Acceptance criteria: QA's quality boost

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Acceptance criteria: QA's quality boost 2024.11.15 Tokyo Test Fest @____rina____

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QA engineering manager   at Mercari　     🍜Fukuoka     Rina Fukuda @____rina____  

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QA engineering manager   at Mercari　     🍜Fukuoka     Rina Fukuda @____rina____  

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Our QA team's initiative We document test cases in our acceptance criteria and review them together as a team.

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Challenges with the previous approach test cases user story acceptance criteria

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PM Engineer Designer QA Impact - better for the whole team! The impact of this initiative helped the whole development team.

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PM Easier for PMs! 🏝 🚤 🚢 Test Cases Acceptance Criteria

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Engineer Helps Engineers!

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Designer Good for Designers!

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QA Better testing for QA!

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PM Engineer Designer QA Better communication, smoother workﬂow 🏝

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Deep dive

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Three simple steps before after after ❶ combined test cases & acceptance criteria ❷ real-time reviews ❸ whole team participation

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Unlocking the power of test cases

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An overlooked treasure map: the untapped value of test cases test cases = treasure map user stories = islands

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Signposts for everyone: acceptance criteria as guides ✅ can do ✅ cannot do ✅ testing details acceptance criteria = island sign

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Example no test target condition expected result (✅or🛑) note 1 title and label display ● title: ✅login ● login label: ✅login 2 screen visibility with feature flag feature flag: on ● ✅screen appears redirects to the home screen. 3 feature flag: off ● ✅screen disappears 4 device compatibility ● ✅iOS ● ✅Android 🪧 ✅ can do ✅ cannot do ✅ testing details

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Success! collaboration and quality improvement 🏝 🪧 🏝 🏝 🪧

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Reviews: the key to quality

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Three simple steps to eﬀective reviews ❶ read out ❷ question ❸ check out 💬 ❓ ✅

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From fuzzy requirements to clear acceptance criteria PM Designer Engineer QA spec UX/UI creation review of spec design doc acceptance criteria refinement (includes review of acceptance criteria)

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Easy for everyone? can everyone do this?

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How we started ❶ my scrum Team I started it in my scrum team. ❷ other scrum teams we expanded it to other scrum teams. ❸ many scrum teams now, many teams use it!

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Why it works: shared understanding ● We combine acceptance criteria and test cases. ● Everyone sees the same information. ● It’s easier to understand and discuss together!

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What's next? ● We are always improving this process. ● We want to make it even better! ● Try it in your teams!

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Key takeaways Combine acceptance criteria and test cases Whole team review Improve quality together! 1 2 3