Post on 15-Aug-2015
Traditional Testing meets Agile Development
Dietmar Strasser
Director QA, Lifecycle Quality Management
dietmar.strasser@borland.com
Agenda
Journey towards an Agile Team Our Environment we live inHow do we provide Visibility?Q & A
Journey towards an Agile Team
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Starting Point
SilkPerformer Developers
Test Manager Developers
SilkTest Developers
QA Doc
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
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SilkPerformer Developers
Test Manager Developers
SilkTest Developers
QA Doc
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
Adding Product Owner
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User Story Workflow – Testers not integrated
Unassigned
In Progress Dev
In Progress QA
Drafted QA Ready
Approved
Drop Ready
RTM Ready
PO
PO
QA
Not Started In Progress
PO
Drop Ready
RTM Ready
QA
Dev
QA
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User Story Workflow - „Small Waterfall“
Unassigned
In Progress Dev
In Progress QA
Drafted QA Ready
Approved
Drop Ready
RTM Ready
PO
PO
QA
Not Started In Progress
PO
Drop Ready
RTM Ready
QA
Dev
QA
Coding•User story•Iteration x•4 weeks
Release Testing•All user stories•Last Iteration•4 weeks
Testing•User story •Iteration x+1•4 weeks
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Lesson Learned
“Ask the Team”
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Adding Tester Skills
SilkPerformer Developers
Test Manager Developers
SilkTest Developers
Doc
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
Tester
Tester
Tester
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Adding Documentation Skills
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
SilkPerformer Developers
Test Manager Developers
SilkTest Developers
Tester
Tester
Tester
Doc
Doc
Doc
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SilkPerformer Engineering Team
Transition to Engineering Team
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
SilkTest Engineering Team
Test Manager Engineering Team
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Adding QM Coach
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
QM Coach
SilkPerformer Engineering Team
SilkTest Engineering Team
Test Manager Engineering Team
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Test Manager Engineering Team
Splitting & Re-Locating Teams
PO
PO
PO
PM
PM
PM
PM ... Product Manager
PO ... Product Owner
QM Coach
SilkPerformer Engineering Team
SilkTest Engineering Team
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In Progress
User Story Workflow - Agile
Unassigned
Drafted
Approved
PO
PO
Not Started In Progress
PO
DONEScrum
Team
DONE
AgileFinish user story in
one4-weeks Iteration
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Lesson Learned
“Agile is a journey,
not a destination”
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Product Scrum Team(s)
Distributed Team Environment
EQCContact
Daily
Quarterly
EQC Resource Pool
QM CoachQuarterly
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Lesson Learned
“Communicate, communicate, communicate, …”
Our Environment we live in
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Scrum Team(s)
Iteration Management
Our Environment we live in
RBT Environment
Scrum Team(s)
Test Management
Product Owner
Requirements Management
Management
Project Management, Reporting
Scrum Team(s)
xUnit
Scrum Team(s)
Functional/
Performance Testing
Scrum Team(s)
Source
Management
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Lesson Learned
“People are more important than processes & tools”
How do we provide Visibility?
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Types of Visibility
• Internal Visibility• Daily Stand-Ups• Iteration Review Meetings• Regular Updates on Production Systems• Project Dashboard
• External Visibility• Regular „Drops“ for customers and field people
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Project Dashboard
Goal Story Report(Executive Summary)
Scrum Team Reports
Iteration-Related Quality-Related
User Story Reports
Getting into D
etails
Provide V
isibility
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Goal Story Report
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User Story Report
Q & A
Email to:dietmar.strasser@borland.com