The hero that guards my nightly rest

Hero that guards my nightly rest

Derk-Jan de GroodRabobank – june 2013

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Understand the 3

pilars

Objectives

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Increase added value of testing

Get more out

of your w

ork

Promote a self check

A little history

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Some views on testing

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Traditional views

Checking (Not finding bugs)

QA (to much on how it should)

Manual(to much labor)

Context (no link with governance and acceptance)

Testing

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Madrid, 4th-7th of June 201222

Bug finding

Intelligence

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Factual

Emotional

Answer

Value in

Shorter time to market

Better software

Compliancy

And….

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Comfort

Why there is a need for…Comfort

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A successful project

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Time

Scope

Q

Budget

How many of

the projects fail?

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Why projects fail

Unclear and shifting goals

Unrealistic time and resource estimation

Lack of expertise

Insufficient overview on progress, quality and attention points

Insufficient management commitment

Inability to work as a team

Complexity

Lack of stakeholder involvement

No steering information

No eye for human aspect

Incompetent management

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Project experience

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Maximum achievable

Time

Eup

horia

Euphoria & Idealism Deception Realization Fulfillment

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Fear

What are we afraid of….?

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Consequences of fear…

Hidden resources

Manipulating results

Ignoring risks

Exaggerating risks

Not reporting problems

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Micro management

Transferring fear

Hiding our heads in the sand

Fear blocks improvements, collaboration & adequate project management

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Flow according to Csikszentmihalyi

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Fear gradations

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Grip

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Overview

InsightCommitment

Influence

Define a teststrategy

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Focus on outcome rather than activities

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Test strategy

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Goal

Succes factors

Challenges

Unc

erta

intie

s

Worries

Fears

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Test activity completed

What does this mean for the stakeholder?

Fact

Advantage +

Benefit 29

To what present did you contribute ...

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Dare to be imprecise

Afspraken

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Resume

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Design for traceability

Factual

How many do have good

traceability?

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My dashboard takes ….to generate

Less than 10 minutes About an hour Half a day More than half a day To much time, we estimate instead

Dashboard

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Tags

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Risks

Qua

lity

attr

ibut

es

Parts

And/or• Business

scenario’s• Usecases• Product• Services• Claims• Usergroups• Etc…

Tell a good test story

Emotional

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Goal

Challenge

Choices

Problems

Impact

Result

Benefit

Situation

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Standing meeting

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Pass on… the present

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Wauw, it works even better with scrum…

SCRUM

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It’s a small step for the team,

but a great step for the Business

Test strategy

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Goal

Succes factors

Challenges

Unc

erta

intie

s

Worries

Fears

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Wrap-up

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Wrap-up

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Know how to give a present

Derk-Jan

ValoriColtbaan 4a3439 NG NIEUWEGEINThe Netherlands

derkjandegrood@valori.nl+31(0)651807878www.valori.nl@DerkJanDeGroodhttp://djdegrood.wordpress.com

Derk-Jan

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And to receive one…

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Eh…thanks…