Sharpening your test skills in the age of collaboration and automation

Sharpening your skills in the age of collaboration and automation

Alan Kan@alankannet

http://www.linkedin.com/in/zenmaster/

20.8%

http://www.researchnz.com/pdf/Special%20Reports/ResearchNZ%20Special%20Report%20-%20NZrs_Device_Use_09-04-14.pdf

Mobile is Growing Quickly in NZ

34.5%

A/NZ Businesses have Embraced Cloud

http://www.zdnet.com/iaas-paas-to-drive-cloud-adoption-in-anz-zdnet-survey-7000026064/

What do they mean to you?

more tests,shorter test cycle,

more interconnected systems

1000+ Agile Auckland meetup members

Stop learning means...

Are you ready for...

More tests,shorter test cycle,

more interconnected systems,more interactions?

Adopt a Quality mindset

Better understand your users

Focus on Test Oriented Architecture

Learn a test framework and/or an automation tool

Stub and service virtualisation

Keep an eye on new

technologies

Practice collaboration

Empathise

Coach others and be coachable

These will differentiate you in the new age• Mindset

– Quality– Better understand your user– Embrace new technologies to help testing– Seek opportunity to collaborate with your team– Empathise– Willingness to coach others and be coached

• Technical Skills– Test oriented architecture and data analysis– Test framework or automation tool– Stub and/or service virtualisation

The secret of making new skills stick...

Thank you!Alan Kan

@alankannethttp://www.linkedin.com/in/zenmaster/