EuroSTAR Webinar - Mob testing

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Mob Testing Better Products Through

Diversity

by Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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So, What is Mob Testing (and Programming)

Let’s Define the Basics

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"All the brilliant people working on the same thing, at the same time, in

the same space, on the same computer." -- Woody Zuill

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Mob Programming so that:

•  You’re a tester in a mob programming team

OR • Activity you mob on is testing

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Mobbing Setup and Roles

Driver

Navigators

Designated Navigator

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Strong-Style Navigation

“For an idea to go from your head to the computer it must

go through someone else’s hands”

*http://llewellynfalco.blogspot.fi/2014/06/llewellyns-strong-style-pairing.html

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Yes, and…

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Kindness, Consideration and

Respect

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Observations Retrospective

ONE IDEA PER STICKY

NOTE

CAPITAL LETTERS

EASY TO

READ

FEW WORDS

Lowercase letters

Don’t write in cursive or in biro

Avoid writing too much on one single note as it takes a while for people to

read the whole thing!

•  IDEA 1 •  IDEA 2 •  IDEA 3

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My Mob Testing Experience

Working and Teaching in a Mob

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A Non-Programmer Meets Mob Programming

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An All-Female Hackathon

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Teaching Exploratory Testing in a Mob

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Cognitive Dissonance

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Correcting Mistakes without

Egos in Play

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Stealth Exploration

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My Developers Get Exploratory

Testing!

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Progress with Team Test

Automation

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Before implementing

While implementing

Before production

While in production

Testing as artifact creation

Testing as performance (exploration)

Ways to think of testing peak at different moments with regards to adding a capability

TOTALS

Mob on Any Testing Activity!

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Building habits and transferring skills

over passing knowledge

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The Usual Concerns Wouldn’t we get more done individually?

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It’s NOT this!

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Best ideas win when you care

about work over credit

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From technical debt to technical

assets

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Best face forward in a group

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Building psychological

safety

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You have great ideas even if you did not know how to turn them to code – removing the distance is

worth the struggle.

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Maaret Pyhäjärvi Email: maaret@iki.fi Twitter: @maaretp Web: maaretp.com Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi (please connect with me through Twitter or LinkedIn)