@maaretp @[email protected] by Maaret Pyhäjärvi Time Management in Testing

@maaretp @[email protected] Life expectancy, Finland 2022 82.31 years 988 months

@maaretp @[email protected] One persons time wasting habit is another person’s recharging technique. Drain me Recharge me

@maaretp @[email protected] M&M Managers and Meetings

@maaretp @[email protected] There’s things that it’s time to take care of. And things that time takes care of. – Antti Laine, around year 2001 while being my boss

@maaretp @[email protected] Tester and Developer Source: Adapted from Bret Pettichord. 2000. Testers and Developers Think Differently Tester Developer Need of Mastery Focus of Modeling Focus of Thinking Tedium and Conflict Get up to speed quickly Generalist Domain knowledge Ignorance is important Thorough understanding Specialist Knowledge of product internals Expertise is important Model user behavior Focus on what can go wrong Focus on severity of problem Model system design Focus on how it can work Focus on interest of problem Practical Empirical: What is observed Sceptics Theoretical How it is designed Believers Tolerate tedium Comfortable with conflict Report problems Automate tedium Avoid conflict Understand problems

@maaretp @[email protected] How Long Does It Take to Test X?

@maaretp @[email protected] Stakeholders happy, even delighted –Quality Information Good Team’s Output –Quality Information Less than Good Team’s Output –Quality Information Results Gap Surprise! Results Gap on a Team that thinks Testers == Testing Pick up the pizza boxes… ”Find (some of) What Others May Have Missed”

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@maaretp @[email protected] Test Strategy for E-Primer Tests for E-Primer

@maaretp @[email protected] Creativity requires time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDngw5R32WE&list=FLrTlIKuIS-LmRk-aAbcxTKg

@maaretp @[email protected] Explore with Intent Mission Charter Other Charters Details INTENT LEARNINGS

@maaretp @[email protected] Gambit Midgame Endgame Intake Survey Analysis Setup Coverage Closure Introduce Richer Vocabulary

@maaretp @[email protected] Time-box thinking and stop without being done. Bugs make estimating tricky.

@maaretp @[email protected] Discovery Delivery Production

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@maaretp @[email protected] Limit WIP Serial tasking FTW!

@maaretp @[email protected] 25 years in testing …now managing 25

@maaretp @[email protected] You do all this stuff… How? What Have You Learned about Time Management?

@maaretp @[email protected] You must be the guardian of your own time.

@maaretp @[email protected] Options Leading to Serendipity Leading to Knowing More Your career is too important to be left at whims of your manager. Your impact is what makes a career.

@maaretp @[email protected] Availability timeline Results Productive Generative Short term Long term Find and get fixed Executable docs Holding space Leaving co-owned automation behind Leaving better behind Improving *your* skills

@maaretp @[email protected] 1 month 2x – 6 months 3x – 8,5 months 4x – 10 months 5x – 1 year Output ROI of spending 1 hour a day learning for a 1% increase 1.01^365 = 37.8

@maaretp @[email protected] Impact and Results Zero Bug Policy Reflection Wall Time Forget Plans, Start Planning Continuous is the Magic Share and Ensemble Credit Time Box Thinking Docs as output Rebel Rule to Testing: NEVER be bored. Be Away Regularly No Bug Reports, No Bug Closing

@maaretp @[email protected] 2020 2016 MIATPP Most Influential Agile Testing Professional Person #PayToSpeak #TechVoices #EnsembleTesting #EnsembleProgramming #StrongStylePairing #ExploratoryTesting #TestAutomation #ModernAgile #AwesomeTesters Maaret Pyhäjärvi (from Finland) Email: [email protected] Twitter: @maaretp Web: maaretp.com Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi (please connect with me through Twitter or LinkedIn) 2019 - 2022 https://exploratorytestingacademy.com Ohjelmistotestaus ry https://techvoices.org