TMAcad: We're work in Progress, Lessons on Becoming a Great Tester

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We’re Work in Progress Becoming a Great Tester

by Maaret Pyhäjärvi


The value of another’s experience is to give us

hope, not to tell us how or whether to proceed

- Peter Block


Testing is done by People. Our features define how well testing gets done.


A Recipe Test

Introspect

From a tester to a software professional with a testing emphasis


Being and Becoming a Tester

Developing into a Specialty


Empirical Evidence over Speculation


Product is my external imagination

I am my developer’s external imagination

1


The Tool: an A4 Paper

Mission Sandbox Description Current Charter

Other Charters Details

? # x


No one is just a tester

2


Tester identity helps you find community to learn

with, tester skillset makes you blend into the system and overall

value chain.


I’ve been told I’m not a tester.


Job Crafting: Shape the job based on

who you are


Continuous Learning through Empirical Focus

3


Good Enough of today is not good

enough of tomorrow.


See the Positive amongst the Negative.

Balance.

4


Being and Becoming a Software Professional

With Testing Emphasis


A Story of a Disruptive Moment


Safety is a prerequisite for learning

5


We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind to one

another.


Ask for forgiveness, not permission


Discover what makes you better, experiment

6


Opportunity Cost: time on one is

time away from another.


Sharing is a way of learning

7


Who you are and who you want to be?

8


Fear may tell you what you should try.

9


We Co-Create Value

10


Best ideas win when you care

about work over credit


Amplified Learning Pair Development & Mob Programming/Testing




I have an idea… Give me the keyboard

TRADITIONAL

I have an idea… Please take the keyboard

STRONG STYLE


When you pair on

Hard problem è Solution

Easy problem è Innovation


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

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



We raise our collective competence, allowing

individuals to use specialized skills


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