Collaborative Test Designing through Mindmaps

MIND YOUR TESTING, MAP YOUR TESTS

COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN

IAN PESTELOS Agile Management & Context-Driven Testing

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WHAT’S YOUR PAIN POINT?

WHY ARE YOU TESTING?

WHAT

HOW

WHY

WORKSHOP

MINDMAPPING

WHY MIND MAPS

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COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN

WHY COLLABORATIVE MAPPING

MINDMAPPING

TIPS FOR MIND MAPPING

▸ Visualize

▸ Restructure

▸ Review for readability

COLLABORATIVE TEST DESIGN

ANTIPATTERNS

▸ Excessive focus on specs

▸ Over-prettifying the mind map

▸ Documenting through the map

▸ Shooting down other people’s ideas

▸ Not restructuring

MINDMAPPING

COMMON QUESTIONS

▸ What TOOLS to use?

▸ Can you use it as the TEST DOC?

▸ Common PROBLEMS with mind mapping?

STORIES?

FURTHER READING

GO FURTHER

▸ Robert Sabourin – Using Mindmaps for Software Design

▸ Darren McMillan - Mind Mapping 

▸ Claire Moss - Feeling Lost in the Woods? Mindmap can help

▸ Tony Buzan - Mindmaps for Business (book)

IAN PESTELOS Agile Management & Context-Driven Testing

[email protected]/in/ianpestelos@ianpestelos