Agile BA from a testers point of view

Derk-Jan de GroodIIBA Conference 2012

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Doelen vanavond…The

mes

sage

Change ahead

Choices to be made

Skills required

Is this presentation about

Testing or BA ?

YES

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Definition

BA TestDEV

Agile

TestDEVBA

• Understanding business requests• Setting the solution boundaries • Writing requirements• Writing Functional design, businesscenarios, usecases, etc..• Getting a go from business

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with agile activities may best be represented by networks

ImpactOf agile

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The BA-er

Opportunities12

Co-Create

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New Roles

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And a new image

Challenges15

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A new generation of application developers is

among us. A word of advice: Don't let managers tell you when the software will be

ready—you tell them when it is ready. Don't say it's ready

when it isn't

KanBan

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Preparation. Before you start !

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Preparation. Before you start !

DoR

Risks

Requirements

Review

SizedHow to demo/

test

Who does …. What and when ?

Review

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Goals

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Agile review triangle

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ATDD

Business

BA Test

DEV

Acceptance management

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Goal

Succes factors

Challenges

Unc

erta

intie

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Worries

Fears

Acceptance

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Demo

Demo

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Business oracle

An oracle with a watch..

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BA Test

DEV

Who represents business?

Product owner

BA

Acceptance tester

the business self

Other…

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Keeping track on the solution

Threats

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Skills Required

When to asses risks?

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We’ll do it after we’ve defined

the requirements

Skills required

A testers view….

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Check if messagetype and sender

combination allowed

Yes?Return error: <sender> is not allowed to send messages of type <messagetype>

Per

suas

ive

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Your contribution

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Waarom?

Waarom?

Networks

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We need proffesionals that…

Understand their job and their relevance of their contribution

Know s/w dev and what the impact of an poor job

Know their way in organisational networks

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Wrap-up

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Wrap-up

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Derk-Jan

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