Yaron Tsubery
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Daily Dilemmas in Agile ProjectsSIGiST Israel Event
5th May 2010
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Introduction
Yaron Tsubery
Married and having 3 children
More then 18 years experience in Software Development and Testing,
Managing testing groups and projects deployed to customers located in Israel, USA, Europe, and Fareast countries and...
Director QA & Testing, Comverse,
President of ITCB (Israeli Testing Certification Board) and a formal member in ISTQB,
President of ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board).
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Presentation’s Objectives
Share with you dilemmas that we had in Agile projects,
Stimulate your mind on this subject,
Show some benefits you can gain from.
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Agile Software Development
Agile software development refers to a group of software development methodologies based on iterative development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams. The term was coined in the year 2001 when the Agile Manifesto was formulated.
Agile methods generally promote a disciplined project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation, a leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability, a set of engineering best practices intended to allow for rapid delivery of high-quality software, and a business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals.
And in Hebrew?
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Agile Manifesto
We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Working software over comprehensive documentation
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
Responding to change over following a plan
That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
(http://agilemanifesto.org/)
(http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html)
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Why Do We Have Dilemmas?
Maybe because…
The whole Agile concept is new to us
We’re used to other methods and implementations
We’re implementing it already and we have questions with no direct answer in the method
We have a dynamic project atmosphere
We didn’t follow exactly the method
We’re testers – that is why we are questioning everything (-:
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
The Simplified Process – AC/DC
Analyze
Consider and Communicate
Decide
Control
…Because you maybe you as well want to sleep like a baby…
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AC/DC
AnalyzeGo over the method you’re implementing and try to locate
the answer there
Consider and Communicate Prepare list of key points for consideration: process,
management, customer, project interfaces etc’
Advise with: peers, managers, other groups in the company, Agile colleagues (forums)
Decide Using the analysis you ,made and the results of your
communication
Control Control and maintain the solution
Improve where needed
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Questions
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Tradition or Agile?
Should we defend the traditional methods or should we move to Agile ones?
Are you facing this dilemma?
Is it fit with to the declaration stated in the Agile Manifesto?
Have you decided alone OR were you a part of a team that joined OR were you forced to join the Agile team?
Did you checked how is it done with a perspective to your interfaces: developers, project managers etc’?
What have you done at a challenged situation as this?
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Is It A Real Agile Project?
Is the project defined as an Agile one?
Are we working in a unified team? Are we equal?
Who has the source of knowledge?
Which Agile method/s is/are implemented?
Are we forced or agreed to work in the project?
Are we doing it just to say that we do that…
…OR because our manager asked from us
…OR because we believe in it?
…Do you want to question more this situation?
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Dilemmas
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Dilemmas
Should I report on defects while I’m testing with the developers?
Do we need regression tests if we already performed the tests with the developers?
The project manager is asking to test a daily build, is it Agile?
Formal vs. un-formal build…
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More Dilemmas
Test automation, is it Agile?
We have a monthly Sprint and the project manager asks to divide to 2 cycles of 2 weeks each…
How to measure and which measurements to use?
What about non-functional tests?
How to implement Agile within distributed groups?
…
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Let’s Try The AC/DC...
Should I report on defects while I’m testing with the developers?
AnalyzeWe’re using SCRUM which define that we can report
Consider and CommunicateWe wanted to keep the good cooperation between teams
We discussed with some colleagues and with our peers
DecideWe decided not to report
Control BUT Then, while controlling, we changed to manage
defects by an internal excel file in early builds
In major builds we reported defects using the tool
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Let’s Try The AC/DC...
What about non-functional tests?
Analyze We’re using SCRUM which not define that precisely
Consider and Communicate We prepared a list of risks if we’ll not perform non-functional or if
we’ll not perform the risky parts of it
We discussed with some colleagues, our peers and managers at the team
Decide We decided to test just the risky areas in major releases
While certifying new HW in the systems, we performed only sanity
Control We measured problems from customers
We decided to add more regression while certifying new HW in these systems
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Let’s Try The AC/DC...
How to implement Agile within distributed groups?
This case is much more complex and requires
more than few minutes to talk about… (-:
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More Dilemmas
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Introduction
Presentation’s objectives
What is Agile?
Why do we have dilemmas?
The simplified process – AC/DC
Questions and Dilemmas
Summary
Summary
It is important to understand if we implement Agile in our company – or just declare that…
It is important to understand which Agile method are we implementing and how much we cover this method
In a case we’re a big company, it is important to understand if we implement the same method/s in all of our groups… efficiency or unity…
The world is progressing fast all the time, and we should find what is the best for us to do in order to continue achieving our missions and goals!
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