Test Leadership in Agile World

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1. Messekongress ITfurVersicherungen - November 2018 @milan_kuveljic Test Leadership in Agile World with Milan Kuveljic Head of Quality Engineering at N26 IT für Versicherungen - Leipzig - November 2018
2. ⬒ Full European banking license ⬒ Mobile-first bank account ⬒ 8 min for the functional bank account ⬒ One-touch access to all financial products Digital Solution to Banking
3. ⬒ 100+ engineers - Berlin/Barcelona/New York ⬒ Deploying 150+ times per week ⬒ Building crash-free mobile applications ⬒ Achieving regularly 5 stars in the App/Play Stores ⬒ Having Web app built for accessibility N26 is a tech company building a modern bank
4. Milan Kuveljic Head of Quality Engineering @N26 milan_kuveljic testingin.space
5. A journey from Test Management to Leadership Challenges Transformation Values The Role Leadership
6. What is Agile World?
7. Agile software development is a group of software development methods in which requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.
8. Agile software development is a group of software development methods in which requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.
9. CHALLENGE
10. CHALLENGES There is no testing team anymore There is no managing testers There is no focus on documentation Testers are not accountable for testing
11. Testing Team Development Team
12. Cross-Functional Product Development Team
13. What is the role of a Test Manager in agile?
14. TRANSFORMATION
15. “You don't manage people; you manage things. You lead people.” Grace Hopper Pioneer of Computer Programming
16. TRANSFORMATION From managing teams to enabling teams From testers to quality engineers From testing to coaching From managing the testers to managing the tests From focusing on documentation to focusing on strategy From accountability to facilitating communication
17. A V L U E S
18. VALUES Promoting Quality Expanding Capabilities Supporting Engineers Continuous Improvements
19. • Facilitation of x-team communication across agile projects within an organization • Presenting an overall view of testing to stakeholders • Personal support, mentoring, and professional development for engineers • Being a point of contact for an engineer • Coordinating testing for projects across organization THE ROLE
20. Where is the impact?
21. Testing Challenges • How do we test big systems and architectures? • How can testing be shared responsibility? • How can we develop the testing capability within teams? • How can we build testability as part of systems design and architecture? • How can we better understand and provide information on quality? • How can we better respond to a change?
22. “You don’t have to be a boss to be a leader” Gerald M. Weinberg Becoming a Technical Leader: An Organic Problem-Solving Approach
23. Test Leadership • Adapting to a change • Enabling teams to become better in testing • Thinking critically through challenges • Creating safe environments where teams become test-aware and have a culture of continuously thinking about improving their testing. • Building testing culture that provides environment itself generates test leaders • Coaching, connecting people and driving a shared vision of quality for the organization
24. Thank you! @milan_kuveljic