Welcome back to Testing In The Pub. In this episode Dan sat down at Agile Testing Days with Christina Ohanian and Duncan Nisbet and had a great chat about testing,… Read More +
This paper highlights the effects and challenges of moving to agile in software testing. It starts with a brief explanation of all Software Development Lifecycle's (SDLC's) and what is involved… Read More +
The days of waterfall development's dominance are long gone as a number of alternatives have sprung up to challenge its reign. Today programmers and quality assurance professionals have a wider… Read More +
If you are working in scrum and you don't know what you need to do, then this is the right article for you. Here I will share my experiences and hopefully… Read More +
In this webinar, some of the test team at NewVoiceMedia discussed how testing has changed for them and why working in an agile team is positive for a tester. The… Read More +
No, that’s not just a creative simile. It’s what happened to the Vasa, a 17th Century warship; the largest of its kind ever to be built. The ship was commissioned… Read More +
Introduction In part 1 of this article we looked at the challenges caused by geographical distribution of teams and team members. In this second part we will look into the… Read More +
Introduction Today outsourcing, offshoring and working in globally distributed teams are common for an ever-growing number of people in software development. Even though this trend is not new, the ever-increasing… Read More +
Imagine that you are sat down in a restaurant waiting for your meal to be served. Now imagine that the chefs bring your meal out to your table & proceed… Read More +
Last week we hosted 4 webinars with agile experts Bob Galen, Fran O'Hara & Jan Jaap Cannegieter. On Monday, Bob Galen presented on 'A Testers Guide to Collaborating with Product… Read More +
Get a copy of these slides here. Agile asks for more flexibility when it comes to ways of testing. A lot of testers master one or maybe two ways of… Read More +
Are you trying to do load and performance testing in an Agile environment but find yourself asking, “Am I actually doing this right?” Or maybe you have a number of… Read More +
Get a copy of these slides here. Despite extensive uptake in Agile and more recently Lean approaches, many teams and organisations still struggle to achieve a required level of software… Read More +
In Scrum the Product Owner is relatively starkly defined. They are the owner of the Product Backlog and represent the “customer”. In many organizations, they “go it alone”, trying their… Read More +
This is the second part of a two-part blog that reviews a recent Google Hang-Out between Kent Beck, Martin Fowler and David Heinemeier Hansson regarding Test-Driven Development (TDD). Read Part… Read More +
Currently, there is no universal solution for IT projects that take far too long, to deliver far little value, for far too much money. This triangulation of time, function and… Read More +
In a classical Agile team, testers and developers work together in Feature teams to produce functioning software at each sprint. Sounds simple, right? But as enterprises scale up their Agile… Read More +
Agile development methods can help organizations speed up their software production cycles while maintaining strict quality assurance guidelines. The software development market has never been as competitive as it is today. More organizations are throwing their… Read More +
Over the last several years, a set of ideas and activities have been dumped into a steamer trunk called Agile software development. Agile development has hit mainstream recognition, even though… Read More +
Agile development methods can help organizations speed up their software production cycles while maintaining strict quality assurance guidelines. The software development market has never been as competitive as it is… Read More +
Despite extensive uptake in Agile and more recently Lean approaches, many teams and organisations still struggle to achieve a required level of software quality. To maintain sustained productivity and speed… Read More +
Far too often agile adoptions focus just on the development teams, agile frameworks, or technical practices as a part of their adoption strategies. And then there’s the near perpetual focus… Read More +
Mary Thorn and Bob Galen are working on a new agile testing book to be published in Q4 2014 – Q1 2015. It will focus on a framework for guiding… Read More +
These days, the software development for more and more projects is being carried out using agile methods, such as Scrum, XP or other agile methods. Even in large-scale projects and… Read More +
In traditional testing a tester spreads the testing activities over various phases. To be able to effectively test in Agile projects the test activities should be properly integrated in the… Read More +
Increased transparency and the need to drive quantitative business outcomes with a “right the first time” expectation are key drivers for the transition to agile methodologies. This transition demands a… Read More +
This is the story of two QA Managers, Laura and Milo, working in a typical onsite-offshore outsourcing IT practice. While Laura hails from Spain and works in Oslo, Milo is… Read More +
Times are always changing in the IT industry and newer work methods like Agile were a wind of change that swept away dusty old practices in the way development and… Read More +
It can be difficult to know know what solid testing is all about within agile teams. What traditional practices are fine to continue, which ones need modification, and what totally… Read More +
On traditional projects, testers tend to join the project after coding has started, or sometimes almost finished. Testers and programmers may not communicate except through the defect tracking system. On… Read More +
Discover characteristics of Agile Methodologies to turbo charge your testing in this webinar. Every life cycle affects testing, and Agile is no exception. A number of elements of the Agile… Read More +
There seems to be a serious temptation for testing practitioners to spend far too much of their (already precious) time re-inventing and re-labeling testing methods and processes. Often this can… Read More +
With sequential lifecycles like the V-model, the main interpretation of 'Acceptance' is usually User Acceptance Testing. In the more iterative/incremental approach of Agile, the word 'acceptance' has a different meaning.… Read More +
World of Warcraft and agile teams have many parallels in terms of role distribution, team-building, task management and communication. This talk starts by looking at concepts from WoW with direct… Read More +
Software development and testing practices have gone through a revolution since Agile came into the scene. Buzz words such as scrum, user stories, Kanban, lean and test driven development are… Read More +
When we want to improve our testing, we need to question testing. But what are the right questions to ask in an Agile context? Current TPI models have proven to… Read More +
Agile development methods are becoming more and more common in our projects. The objective is to achieve higher quality and shorter lead times with minimal overhead. A well defined agile… Read More +
In traditional testing a tester distinguishes various phases. To be able to effectively test in Agile projects the test activities should be properly integrated in an Agile approach. This eBook… Read More +
This eBook, edited specifically for the EuroSTAR Software Testing Community, provides a series of extracts from my successful book on "Agile Testing" published by Cambridge University Press. Based on more… Read More +
This paper describes life as a tester in a team of agile rookies: the context - a major healthcare IT company - and what agile did and didn't do for… Read More +
Much of the focus with testing in an agile environment has been on practices/techniques and tools but what about Test Management? Test Managers want to know what happens to their… Read More +
There is a powerful partnership that is created within mature agile teams that helps lead them towards success. No, the developers are not part of it. Not that they aren't… Read More +
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, agile testing is hard! First you have to get over the misconception that you don't need testers within agile teams. Then you have to… Read More +
This is not another agile fairytale. I happened to be a tester in a scrum team that started its first sprint almost two years ago. We were all agile novices,… Read More +
The key points covered in this webinar are: Agile projects are characterised by massive confirmatory unit and acceptance tests - testing strategies need to adapt. Agile teams are characterised by… Read More +
Key Takeaways: Agile test overview Different Test Phases, agile terminology Where the different types of testing fit into an agile development lifecycle Role of the tester and how it is… Read More +
Key Takeaways: What is it that makes a team 'Agile'? - Practices such as Test Driven Development are a reflection of underlying values and goals. It's the adoption of these… Read More +
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