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Agile Testing - shifting quality to the left

Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Introducing Bharat

Barrat, maybe

Brett = Not bad

Brad = Cool

Just not, BORAT

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Introducing Theresa

This is not me…

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Introducing Theresa

This is also not me…

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Introducing Theresa

This is me!

@teresitatheresa

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Some differences between agile and traditional testing

http://pixshark.com

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Shifting Quality Left on The Wall

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It all starts in your head.

How do you “become agile”?

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Show me the automation tools

Cucumber, Specflow, Selenium,

Sahi, Watir, Fitnesse, JBehave,

Concordian, Geb, Groovy, Spock,

Fit, FitNesse, Spock, ScalaTest,

Spec 2, RSpec, Protractor…

...and then some.

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Culture over process

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Different Roles, Different Strokes

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Conclusion

credit: http://www.growingagile.co.za/

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Theresa Neate & Bharat Sangekar - 1st Conference 2015

Recommended reading/study:

Use your rediscovered curiosity, and learn!● “ThoughtWorks Anthology” v1 (2008)● “Agile Testing” (Janet Gregory & Lisa Crispin)● “Evil Tester” blog and courses (Alan Richardson)● “Explore it!” (Elizabeth Hendrickson)● Online technical courses on Udemy, Code School, CodeAcademy,

etc.● All the above authors’ blogs, Twitter accounts, webinars, etc.● Keep attending conferences and meetups to LEARN, not just

network, and ask questions

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Questions?

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