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David Kolb describes four different experiential learning styles: doing, experiencing, observing and planning. Each person has their own preferred learning style and none can be called best. To maximize the retention of what you’ve learned, you should actually run through all 4 stages, independent of which stage you used as a starting point. On top of that, you might not always use the same starting point, depending on the situation, your experience and the way you are guided in your tasks. Hersey and Blanchard have provided us with a model to describe how we can guide others. This model has four different leadership styles which are dependent on a person’s motivation and knowledge. Every manager and every managed person fits at least one style, be it telling, selling, participating or delegation. Again no style can be called best and styles may vary depending on the situation. It’s clear that every tester has its own preferred testing style. Some testers plan everything ahead, while others are fond of exploratory testing. Our own approach depends not only on our own preferences but also on other circumstances like our experience, the budget and the deadlines to meet. Can we draw any lines between David Kolb’s learning cycle and the different test approaches? Are agile, exploratory and structured testing, to name a few, different starting points in a testing cycle, like the learning styles in Kolb's learning circle? What would this testing cycle look like and could we conclude that it doesn't matter what approach you use because in the end, you've done them all? Should we conclude that no approach is best? And what is the role of the test manager in all this? Can we influence the testing style of our testers by changing the way we guide them, using Hersey and Blanchard’s model of leadership and guiding? And what guidance fits which testing approach best? In this presentation, we’ll dive into the theory of why a certain (test) approach might or might not work for you, and what should be the best management approach per test style.
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Wim Decoutere & Michaël Pilaeten
Situational Leadership Styles
On Test Approaches
SOME WARMING UP
What do YOU do?
You’ve done this before… You first read the instructions carefully You sort the box contents first You follow the instructions step by step
KOLB’S LEARNING CYCLE
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Perceiving
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Thinking / Planning
Perceiving
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Applying
Perceiving
Thinking / Planning
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Doing
Perceiving
Thinking / PlanningApplying
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Doing Perceiving
Thinking / PlanningApplying
Test Manager ?
Test Analyst ?
Structured Tester ?
Test Manager?
Test Analyst ?
Test Tooler? Test
Executer?
Test Data Provider?
Unit Tester?
Agile Evangelist ?
Team Leader
Testing ?
Exploratory Tester ?
Reflection
Abstraction
Experimentation
Discovery
Kolb’s Learning Cycle
Explorat
ory Testing
Error Guessin
g Reviewi
ng
Executin
g Test
Cases
Automat
ed Tests
TPI assessm
ent
Tool selection
Creating
Defects
Set up
Test Environm
ent
Go / No
Godecision
Writing
Test Cases
Writing
Test Plan
LEADERS
LEADERSHIP STYLESHersey & Blanchard’s
ParticipatingTelling4 different leadership styles:
SellingDelegating
Leadership Styles
Rel
atio
nshi
p fo
cus
Task focus
SellingParticipating
Delegating Telling
Leadership Styles
Junior
Testing
TeamOffshore
Hotfixes
UAT
Experienced
Testing
Team2nd release
Agile
approach
Exploratory
testing
New
manager
Senior
Testing
TeamTest
Manager
with
# projects
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?Conclusion
SellingParticipating
Delegating Telling
Leadership Styles
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Discovery
Abstraction
Experimentation Reflection
Discovery
ReflectionExperimentation
Abstraction
PLEASE TRY THIS AT HOME!
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Wim Decoutere – [email protected]
Michaël Pilaeten – [email protected] – @mpilaeten
© 2011 CTG, Inc.