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10/26/2016 16:15
Testers in Agile Teams—Isolation or
Collaboration?
Presented by:
Rob Sabourin
amibug.com
Brought to you by:
350 Corporate Way, Suite 400, Orange Park, FL 32073
888-­‐268-­‐8770 ·∙ 904-­‐278-­‐0524 - info@techwell.com - http://www.starcanada.techwell.com/
Rob Sabourin
amibug.com
Rob Sabourin, P. Eng., has more than thirty-three years of management
experience leading teams of software development professionals. A highly-
respected member of the software engineering community, Rob has managed,
trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He
frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA,
testing, management, and internationalization. Rob authored I am a Bug!, the
popular software testing children's book; works as an adjunct professor of
software engineering at McGill University; and serves as the principle consultant
(and president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Rob at
rsabourin@amibug.com.
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Isolation or Collaboration?
Robert Sabourin
President
AmiBug.Com, Inc.
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Montreal, Canada
rsabourin@amibug.com
Testers in Agile Teams—Isolation or Collaboration?
Testers in Agile Teams
What exactly are testers doing as organizations evolve from waterfall lifecycles to
iterative, incremental agile approaches? Agile transitions, rather than fostering
collaboration, often lead to isolation, role confusion, and fear. Many testers are left
out in the cold. Agile testers face existential challenges: Is it enough that
programmers test their own code? Must testers become programming experts? Do
we still need business analysts or subject matter experts? Test evangelist Rob
Sabourin explores an exciting vision for testers and demonstrates how they can take
a role in acting as guiding lights to the entire team. Rob shares real-life examples of
AmiBug.Com, Inc.
testers becoming trusted advisors and confidants to product owners, acting as
customer advocates and guardians of the user experience. He explains how testers
can drive critical design decisions early, using risk models to expose emergent
architectures. Testing skills, knowledge, and wisdom apply in a plethora of
circumstances so testers can take the driver’s seat—in every step of the agile
transition.
September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 2
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Testers in Agile Teams
• One of these things …
– Is not like the other …
– Doesn’t belong …
– Can you tell me which …
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y
– Before I finish this song …
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2014
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Testers in Agile Teams
• Three of these things …
– Belong together …
– Kind of the same …
– Can you tell me which …
AmiBug.Com, Inc.
y
– Before I finish this song …
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2014
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flexible
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graceful
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philosopher
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rigorously review
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proudly ponder
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recommending
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passionate pleader
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ardent advocate
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sensitive
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coaching
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trusted teacher
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sage advisor
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test drive
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social responsibility
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ethics
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wise counsellor
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Thank You
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September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 47

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Testers in Agile Teams—Isolation or Collaboration?

  • 1. K2 Keynote 10/26/2016 16:15 Testers in Agile Teams—Isolation or Collaboration? Presented by: Rob Sabourin amibug.com Brought to you by: 350 Corporate Way, Suite 400, Orange Park, FL 32073 888-­‐268-­‐8770 ·∙ 904-­‐278-­‐0524 - [email protected] - http://www.starcanada.techwell.com/
  • 2. Rob Sabourin amibug.com Rob Sabourin, P. Eng., has more than thirty-three years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A highly- respected member of the software engineering community, Rob has managed, trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing, management, and internationalization. Rob authored I am a Bug!, the popular software testing children's book; works as an adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University; and serves as the principle consultant (and president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Rob at [email protected].
  • 3. 1 Testers in Agile Teamsg Isolation or Collaboration? Robert Sabourin President AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 1 AmiBug.Com, Inc. Montreal, Canada [email protected] Testers in Agile Teams—Isolation or Collaboration? Testers in Agile Teams What exactly are testers doing as organizations evolve from waterfall lifecycles to iterative, incremental agile approaches? Agile transitions, rather than fostering collaboration, often lead to isolation, role confusion, and fear. Many testers are left out in the cold. Agile testers face existential challenges: Is it enough that programmers test their own code? Must testers become programming experts? Do we still need business analysts or subject matter experts? Test evangelist Rob Sabourin explores an exciting vision for testers and demonstrates how they can take a role in acting as guiding lights to the entire team. Rob shares real-life examples of AmiBug.Com, Inc. testers becoming trusted advisors and confidants to product owners, acting as customer advocates and guardians of the user experience. He explains how testers can drive critical design decisions early, using risk models to expose emergent architectures. Testing skills, knowledge, and wisdom apply in a plethora of circumstances so testers can take the driver’s seat—in every step of the agile transition. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 2
  • 4. 2 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 3 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 4
  • 5. 3 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 5 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 6
  • 6. 4 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 7 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 8
  • 7. 5 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 9 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 10
  • 8. 6 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 11 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 12
  • 9. 7 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 13 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 14
  • 10. 8 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 15 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 16
  • 11. 9 Testers in Agile Teams • One of these things … – Is not like the other … – Doesn’t belong … – Can you tell me which … AmiBug.Com, Inc. y – Before I finish this song … 23-Sep-16© Robert Sabourin, 2014 Slide 17 Testers in Agile Teams • Three of these things … – Belong together … – Kind of the same … – Can you tell me which … AmiBug.Com, Inc. y – Before I finish this song … 23-Sep-16© Robert Sabourin, 2014 Slide 18
  • 12. 10 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 19 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 20
  • 13. 11 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 21 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 22
  • 14. 12 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 23 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 24
  • 15. 13 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 25 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 26
  • 16. 14 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 27 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 28
  • 17. 15 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 29 AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 30
  • 18. 16 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 31 flexible Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 32 graceful
  • 19. 17 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 33 philosopher Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 34 rigorously review
  • 20. 18 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 35 proudly ponder Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 36 recommending
  • 21. 19 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 37 passionate pleader Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 38 ardent advocate
  • 22. 20 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 39 sensitive Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 40 coaching
  • 23. 21 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 41 trusted teacher Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 42 sage advisor
  • 24. 22 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 43 test drive Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 44 social responsibility
  • 25. 23 Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 45 ethics Tester in Agile Team AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2012 Slide 46 wise counsellor
  • 26. 24 Thank You AmiBug.Com, Inc. September 23, 2016 © Robert Sabourin, 2016 Slide 47