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Are You Managing Testing or
“The Test Process”
Fiona CharlesSTPCon
October 27, 2011
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Project management?
OR
the trappings (rituals) of project management?
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e‐commerce site SIT60+ interfaces, internal &
external
20+ teams
Andersen, MS, IBM, LGS (+ customer)
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“We NEED to see ‘The Plan’.”
Large Consultancy PM
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Morning meeting (daily)
Whiteboard daily plan for exploratory test
Test building blocks in spreadsheet: embedded calculations
Dynamic expected results
End‐of‐day email status
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Adaptation is the plan made based on the information from
the Daily Standup
‐
Scrum Master training
Tweet by Claire Moss21‐Oct‐2011
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Testing and test management
NOT
the standard documents and processes of testing and TM.
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“Project managers don’t want us to manage
testing. They want us to manage ‘the testing
process’.”James Christie
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Why?
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MS Project plans
Phase gate documentsMTP, Test Strategy, Test Plan(s), Test Cases, Scripts,
Test Execution Plan, Test Status Reports, Test Exit Report
Test management tools
Standardized metrics
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repetitiverepetitive
repetitive
repetitive
redundant
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Where did it all come from?
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“In preparing for battle I have always found that
plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Testing is fundamentally a thinking and exploring
process.
NOT
A document creation process.
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What do our stakeholders need us to do?
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Testing
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Project management
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Management
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Management (more)
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Leadership
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What’s the best way— smartest and most cost‐
effective—to deliver what our stakeholders need?
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Let’s take testing back!
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Capture thinking
Guide
Inform
Demonstrate due diligence
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How much baggage do we really need?
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Kung Fu Philosophy
©Marvell Comics
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©Marvell Comics
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©Marvell Comics
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Fiona Charlesfiona.charles@quality‐intelligence.com
www.quality‐intelligence.com
Images and text ©Fiona Charles 2011