Testers Fighting Club

a tale about some strategies for succeeding in software testing

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1. a tale about some strategies for succeeding in software testing
2. WHY TESTERS FIGHTING CLUB
3. WHY TFC
4. OVERVIEW
5. OVERVIEW
6. OVERVIEW
7. 11 YEARS QUALITY ASSURANCE IT MANAGEMENT BRAZIL VASCO DA GAMA MULTIVISION YURI REIS {
8. TESTING
9. TESTING - WHAT’S IT? so, software testing… {“assesses software quality and helps reducing the risk of software failure in operation.” { explained in the next slide!
10. TESTING - ARTIFACTS …is a byproduct of software development that helps describe the architecture, design and function of software. …is like roadmaps that software developers can use to trace the entire software development process. ~ software artifact test artifact ~ VS
11. TESTING - ARTIFACTS …is a byproduct of software development that helps describe the architecture, design and function of software. …is like roadmaps that software developers can use to trace the entire software development process. ~ software artifact test artifact ~ VS
12. TESTING - ARTIFACTS ~ software artifact test artifact ~ …are documents and scripts created during software testing to ensure that the tested application meets the desired quality standards. …provide evidence of the testing process and valuable insights into the overall testing efforts. VS
13. TESTING - ARTIFACTS …are documents and scripts created during software testing to ensure that the tested application meets the desired quality standards. …provide evidence of the testing process and valuable insights into the overall testing efforts. ~ software artifact test artifact ~ VS
14. diagrams meeting notes software documentation source code prototypes TESTING - ARTIFACTS test strategy test plan test scenario test case software test report generates software artifact test artifact EXAMPLES
15. TESTING - ARTIFACTS
16. TESTING - MYER’S RULE OF TEN
17. TESTING - MYER’S RULE OF TEN
18. TESTING - MYER’S RULE OF TEN { { { x10 x100 x1000 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC) REAL LIFE IMPLEMENTATION
19. TESTING - MYER’S RULE OF TEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LIFE CYCLE (SDLC) REAL LIFE IMPLEMENTATION x1 ???
20. TESTING - MYER’S RULE OF TEN { x1 DESIGN LIFE CYCLE REAL LIFE IMPLEMENTATION
21. TESTING - CAREER PATH FUNCTIONAL TESTER AUTOMATION TESTER AGILE TESTER TEST LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE } TESTER commonly seen as… + TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT + MANUAL TESTER SOFTWARE ENGINEER IN TEST
22. TESTING - CAREER PATH } TESTERS CAN shift the career (i.e.: development) become a consultant be a technical expert focus in some test activity, area or industry automation AI testing mobile app performance usability acceptance automotive gaming gambling
23. TESTING - ERRORS, DEFECTS AND FAILURES people defect make mistakes / errors that leads (or not) to which in turn may (or not) result in a failure (a.k.a bugs, faults) (a.k.a incidents)
24. TESTING - CERTIFICATIONS SPECIALIST CORE AGILE TECHNICAL TEST ANALYST TEST ANALYST TEST MANAGER CERTIFIED TESTER FOUNDATION LEVEL MODEL-BASED TESTER AGILE TESTER FOUNDATION LEVEL TEST AUTOMATION ENGINEER SECURITY TESTER IMPROVING TESTING PROCESS TEST MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION ADVANCED EXPERT LEVELS { INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE TESTING QUALIFICATION BOARD ISTQB®
25. TESTING - SOFT SKILLS SOFT SKILLS CURIOSITY ATTENTION TO DETAILS BEING METHODICAL GOOD COMMUNICATION ACTIVE LISTENING TEAM PLAYER CREATIVITY DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
26. TESTING - MINDSET TESTERS DEVELOPERS supposes a critical view with the intention of ‘breaking’ the object under test to find defects in it. then knowing how to be diplomatic in giving feedback. is focused on how to build things and make them work such a mindset can be described as constructive rather than critical.
27. CAREER CHANGING
28. DECIDED TO CHANGE CAREER CHANGE TELEMARKETER (2003 ~ 2008) SALESMAN (2008 ~ 2010) BUSINESS MANAGER (2010 ~ 2012) IT SUPPORT (2012 ~ 2013) BUSINESS ANALYST (2013 ~ 2014) QA ENGINEER (2014 ~ 2016) FRONTEND DEV (2016 ~ 2017) FULL STACK DEV (2017 ~ 2021) QA ENGINEER (2021 ~ NOW) FIRST CHILD (MALU) FIRST COLLEGE (WITHDRAWAL) FIRST PROMOTION CAREER SHIFT (BUSINESS) IT SUPPORT (2014 ~ 2015) CAREER SHIFT (SUPPORT) CAREER SHIFT (TESTER) CAREER SHIFT (DEV) CAREER SHIFT (TESTER) FIRST GRADUATION (IT MANAGEMENT) SECOND CHILD (AMANDA)
29. STACK OVERFLOW SURVEY
31. 25 ~ 44 - 66% DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST 25 ~ 44 - 69% 25 ~ 44 - 68% WHAT’S YOUR AGE?
32. bachelor and master - 66% WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE HIGHER LEVEL OF FORMAL EDUCATION THAT YOU’VE COMPLETED? DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST bachelor and master - 71% bachelor and master - 66%
33. male - 91% ABOUT GENDER DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST male - 92% male - 88%
34. hobby + freelance - 58% WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES THE CODE YOU WRITE OUTSIDE OF WORK? DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST hobby + open-source - 59% hobby + open-source - 58%
35. remote + hybrid - 81% ABOUT REMOTE WORK DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST remote + hybrid - 85% hybrid + remote - 85%
36. some or great deal of influence - 59% WHAT LEVEL OF INFLUENCE DO YOU, PERSONALLY, HAVE OVER NEW TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES AT YOUR ORGANIZATION? DEVELOPER, FRONTEND DEVELOPER, BACKEND DEVELOPER, QA OR TEST some or great deal of influence - 59% some or great deal of influence - 62%
37. STRATEGIES TO SUCCEED ~ things that I’d like to tell my past self ~
38. YOU MUST TALK ABOUT TFC!
39. UNDERSTAND THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU’RE JOINING
40. IMPLEMENT THINGS IN SMALL STEPS (MEANINGFUL ONES FIRST)
41. COMMUNICATE ISSUES IN A CLEAR WAY
42. INVEST IN YOUR TECHNICAL SIDE
43. DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?
44. THANK YOU! =