Using Testing Specialists to Grow Testing Skills in Agile Teams · 2019-07-28 · © 2017-2019...

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Using Testing Specialists to Grow Testing Skills in Agile Teams

Steve Berczuk(TBA)

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About Me

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Process

Technology

2002

2005

1995

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Agenda

• Scrum Process & Principles

• Scrum and Scrum Teams, and Testing

• Dealing with Growth and Specialization

• Questions/Discussion

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Scrum Process & Principles

Scrum

Uncertainty

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The Scrum Team

Product Backlog

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Scrum

Events

Team

Artifacts

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Scrum

Events

Team

Artifacts

Self Organizing Self Contained

Accountable

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The Scrum Team

Scrum Pillars & Values

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Scrum Pillars and Values

Transparency Inspection Adaptation

Scrum

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Scrum Pillars and Values

Transparency Inspection Adaptation

CommitmentCourage

Openness FocusRespect

Scrum

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Scrum Pillars and Values

Transparency Inspection Adaptation

CommitmentCourage

Openness FocusRespect

Scrum

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Scrum

Events

Team

Artifacts

Self Organizing Self Contained

Accountable

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ScrumTeam

Self Organizing Self Contained

Accountable

Cross-Functional

-Dev -Testing -QA -Deployment -…

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Why Cross Functional?

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Experts Only: Blocking

Sprint Backlog (Tasks)

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T Shaped Skills

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T-Shaped Skills

Sprint Backlog (Tasks)

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Reality

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Teams and Features

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Aside: Feature v Application

Payment Service

Customer Service

Fulfillment Service

FeatureFeature Feature

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Aside: Feature v Application

Payment Service

Customer Service

Fulfillment Service

FeatureFeatureFeature

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Testing in the LifecycleBuild Test

Build & Test

UnitIntegration

…

Unit Test Integration …

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Automated Integration Testing is

Different

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Automated Integration Testing is

Different

DevOps

Coding

Quality

….

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Scaling Development

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Teams and Components

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Components & Features

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Component Team Backlogs

Capacity

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Dependencies in Time

Plan

Work

WorkFeature Team

Component Team Plan

Other Work

Other Work

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Single + Self Contained Teams are Better

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Missing Skills

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Teams and Specialties

Test Automation

Test Automation

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Teams and Specialties

Test Automation

Test Autonation

?

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Specialists: Options

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Embedded Specialist

?

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Specialist Component Team

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Specialist Component Team Backlogs

Capacity

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Consulting Model

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Consulting Model

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Balance

Commitment

Team Cohesion

Bandwidth Efficiency

Communication

Reuse

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Scrum Pillars and Values

Transparency Inspection Adaptation

CommitmentCourage

Openness FocusRespect

Scrum

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Specialist Teams

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Specialist Teams

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Specialist Teams

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Specialist Teams

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Specialist Teams

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Specialist & Team Backlogs

Rotation or % Allocation

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Specialist Teams

• Embed with Scrum Teams for multiple sprints

• Train, Coach, and Build Infrastructure

• Identify Common Needs Across Teams

• Share Knowledge Across Teams

• Build Shared Tools and Frameworks

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When?

Planning SprintSprint Sprint

Plan Embed Team 1

Embed Team 2

Embed Team 1

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Benefits: Knowledge Sharing

• Embedding for a period of time -> Commitment

• Sharing of knowledge and techniques

• Creation of communication channels between teams

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Other Approaches to shared Special Tools

• Collective Code Ownership

• Teams make changes as needed & Share (versioning)

• Internal Open Source (Specialists as gatekeepers)

• Component Team

• Need to stay close to needs/use

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Types of Teams

Feature

Team

Feature

TeamiOS iOS

Component

Compone

nt Team

Specialist Team

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Things to Do

• Visualize your team’s skill set

• Jan Beaver Visualizing Cross Functionality (https://www.greyrockagile.com/presos/Visualizing_CrossFunctionality_Jan_Beaver_SGATL.pdf)

• Identify gaps

• Consider how you organize teams

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These are all Engineering Skills

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Expertise, Training & Learning

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Summary• Feature Teams

• Build Features (Customer Visible)

• Component Teams

• Build Shared Components

• Specialist Teams

• Embed with Feature and Component Scrum Teams

• Most members are embedded in other Scrum Teams

• Enable Teams to forecast more accurately with less overhead

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Questions?

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Contact

• Twitter: @sberczuk

• Linked In: steveberczuk

• steve@berczuk.com

• www.berczuk.com