The 7 habits of Effective Agile Testers SofTec2010 Vipul Gupta Sr. Test Architect www.impetus.com
Dec 23, 2015
The 7 habits of Effective Agile Testers
SofTec2010
Vipul Gupta
Sr. Test Architect
www.impetus.com
Agenda
Why Agile? What Agile development demands? Challenges it poses for testers Habits tester should develop Introduction to Test3600
Why Agile?
take small steps, have multiple checkpoints
development and testing works together
iterative
achieving adequate test coverage in each iteration
incomplete code delivered with each iteration
user stories not clearly drafteddevelopers do most of the testing
challenges
Challenges for Testers
expand user stories validate completeness of requirements
perform more specialized testing
need to
Testers Still Needed
be proactive open in communication with team and
stakeholders own the tasks that are assigned
Habits testers need to develop
habit 1
begin with the end in mind define the scope correctly retrospect
Habits testers need to develop
habit 2
put first things first strategize before moving forward continuous planning
Habits testers need to develop
habit 3
think win/win pair up with the business and
development team stay away from blame game
Habits testers need to develop
habit 4
seek first to understand, then to be understood identify the root cause of the problem identify multiple solutions discuss the solutions within team do not make personal attacks on any
team member
Habits testers need to develop
habit 5
synergize testers and developers collaboration can
help in improving test coverage share the tasks within team share the learnings with other team
members
Habits testers need to develop
habit 6
integrated toolset and set of practices based on proven product testing patterns
Introduction to Test3600
test3600
be proactivebegin with the end in mindput first things firstthink win/winseek first to understand, then to be understood
synergizesharpen the saw
Summary
7 habits
Derived from “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” written by Stephen R. Covey
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