Agile Testing: It's about time

Itʼs about time

Andrew PrenticeQA Manager, Atlassian

Agile Testing

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• The trouble with testing• QA @ Atlassian• Challenges & solutions

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Quality is everyone’s responsibility”“

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• Quality is everybodyʼs responsibility• Testers need to forge their own role in Agile• Time is key

The trouble with testing

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• The trouble with testing• QA @ Atlassian• Solutions

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QA stands for quality assistance,

not quality assurance.

Cem Kaner

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• Advocate for our customers during development• Help developers meet their quality responsibilities• Test our products

Functions of a QA Engineer

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• Risk based• Knowledge based• Lightweight• Agile• Effective

Exploratory Testing

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• SCRUM & Kanban• DOTing

Development Process

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• Independent• Technical skills a means, not an end• Pragmatic advocate• Passionate about testing

Traits of an Agile Tester

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• Assist with, not assure, quality• Focus on exploratory testing• Technical skills• Empowerment

QA @ Atlassian summary

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• The trouble with testing• QA @ Atlassian• Challenges & Solutions

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Atlassian Tools

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Bug reports are a necessary evil.

Atlassian QA Engineer job description

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• Faster issue creation• Less context switching• Track exploration

Tool Wishlist

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• Effectiveness• Efficiency• New possibilities• Insight• Coverage• Flexibility

Bonfire provides

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Bonfire supports

• 1.0 July• Real time information• Exploratory automation• Free beta today

Bonfire Roadmap

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Quality is everyone’s responsibility”“

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Thank youAndrew Prentice

aprentice@atlassian.com

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