Graham Freeburn, Sopra Group W18 – Map your way to better testing! @esconfs #esconfs
Graham Freeburn, Sopra Group
W18 – Map your way to better testing!
@esconfs #esconfs
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introductions
http://uk.linkedin.com/grahamfreeburn
Twitter.com/freeburn_g
Graham Freeburn…..
Principal Testing Consultant
18+ years specialising in testing
30+ years in IT starting as a mainframe developer, then designer, project
manager, methods and release management consultant
experience in
test process improvement, mindmapping,
risk-based testing, exploratory testing, training &
mentoring, test automation, test strategy, and teaching people how to
enjoy Scottish Whisky!
regular speaker at EuroSTAR and other testing conferences.
This is my 17th EuroSTAR conference
chairman and co-founder of Scottish Testing Group
Twitter.com/SopraISG
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Agenda
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Objectives
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Why Change?
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More Out of Testing
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Visioning
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Example - Kickoff
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Example - Why Test?
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Example - SWOT Analysis
Europ Assistance - Test Improvement Service, 13/10/2010
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Example - Improvement Planning
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Focus on Skills
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Skills - TA
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Skills - TM
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What I kept - Questionnaire
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Sco
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Testing Issues
Ranked Issues (with data variance)
Score
S-Variance
Priority
P-Variance
Objectives & Constraints - All Responses
3.68 3.63
5.32
3.403.06
1.92
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Reduce
Time to
Test
Reduce
Cost to
Test
Improve
Quality
More
Testing
Quick
Payback
Minimise
Change
Priority
Variance
"It is valid to trade time and/or cost against the level of residual risk?"(Ranking : 1 = Completely disagree, 6 = Completely Agree)
ALL Responses (Average Rank is 4.3)
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Completely
Disagree (1)
Mostly
Disagree (2)
Some
disagreement
(3)
Some
Agreement (4)
Mostly Agree
(5)
Completely
Agree (6)
No of
Responses
for a given
rank
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What I kept – Road Map
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Summary
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Thank You and Questions
Contact: [email protected]
+44(0)7973 789 464 or +44(0) 141 204 7255
http://uk.linkedin.com/grahamfreeburn Twitter.com/freeburn_g
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Testing to the Limit!