How testers can be a liability
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Ulrika Malmgren
Tester
Coach
(soon) Programmer
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Misconceptions about testers
and testing
You don't test quality in - you need to build it in
+ testing =
165 bugs in Jira
Testers break stuff
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Myth!
Testing is about
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understanding why, for whom and how
visualising what we know and what we're missing
performing actions to have more info
Programmers can't test their own code
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Myth!
Some programmers lack practice at testing
More accurate:
How testers can be a liability
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Ulrika Malmgren
How to prevent testers from being a liability
Tester
Coach
(soon) Programmer
3 factors
which affect quality
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Quality of the conversations
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Temperature reading - Virginia Satir
Measuring collective intelligence - MIT
The five keys to a successful Google team - Google
https://rework.withgoogle.com/blog/five-keys-to-a-successful-google-team/
Read more
So what?
How you communicate in your team is affecting how well you can perform
Ways of working
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User Story Map - Jeff Patton
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User Story Mapping
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User Story Mapping
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User Story Mapping
Scenarios
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Given ...
When ...
Then ...
Mind Maps
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So what?
How you understand the complexity, the goal and everyone's part in achieving it will impact your success
Techniques for identifying problems
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Reading tip! Elisabeth Hendrickson - Explore it!
Video time!
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Testing dojos
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San Francisco DePOT
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San Francisco DePOT
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Bug hunt with retrospective
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Experience report - Ulrika Malmgren
So what?
Unit tests isn't testing
Find the bears
Practice, practice, practice
Testing quadrants and how they relate to our team
Definition of done
Definition of ready
Checked vs explored
Who are our stakeholders?
How can we test earlier?
Zero bug policy - book circle
Root cause analysis
Bug analysis
Mob testing
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3 factors which affect quality
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How to prevent testers from being a liability?
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Make sure every team member takes responsibility for quality
Testers
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Spread the knowledge about your craft
Contribute continuously
Programmers
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Test your own stuff
Focus and learn
All team members
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Don't frown on soft values and exercises
See testers as ambassadors for quality
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Raise the knowledge level of your team
Reflect on communication
Work with understanding
Sharpen your tools
How to prevent testers from being a liability
By Ulrika Malmgren
How to prevent testers from being a liability
@smashing conference 2016 - 2016-10-25 The video shown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahg6qcgoay4
