Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc.Copyright 2015

Krakow ALE

November 15, 2015

@janetgregorycaWith input from Lisa Crispin

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Agile Testing; 2009

More Agile Testing: Oct 2014

Website:

www.agiletester.com www.agiletester.ca

DragonFire Inc.

www.janetgregory.ca

@janetgregoryca

janet@agiletester.ca

to show that a learning culture

is critical for agile success

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….. with a focus from an agile testing perspective

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• Defined by itso Values

o Norms

o Assumptions

• Social System

• Collective Beliefs

• Visible Artifactso Icons

o Rituals

o Vocabulary

o Language

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• Leadership

• Design of an organization

• Decision making process

• Sub-cultures

• History of an organization

• Personal values

• Lack of trust

• Collaboration / communication

• Misunderstandings

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…. So let’s talk a bit about things team members are expected to learn and ways

that might help us

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….. all this influences how we learn

Testing Specific Issues

Too many dependencies

Programming Specific Issues

Too many dependencies

Multi- discipline skills

Expert Discipline skills

Individuals - T-Shaped Skills

Square-shaped Team

See links for more by Rob Lambert and Adam P. Knight

Thinking Skills

Soft Skills

Agile Principles

Technical Skills

Expertise Skill

Domain Knowledge

Problem Solving

Systems Thinking

• Common language

• Use examples

• Question everything

Use tests and examples for shared understanding and common language

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• Be constructive

• Focus on the problems, not the person

• Collaborative approach – “Show me”

Is about honouring

yourself,

the other people involved,

and

the context you are in

Based on learning from Jamie Ungerleider

Congruence – Jerry Weinberg, Virginia Satir

• In the past◦ Pre Industrial

Revolution

◦ Industrial Revolution

• Now and in the Future

• Information Age

• Life-long Learning

Individual learning

Organizational learning

We need both

• Foster a learning culture◦ Tolerate mistakes

◦ Personal safety

• Give time to experiment, to try, to learn

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• Think constantly of other teams or team members

• Extend help to others

• Provide visibility into current quality of the product

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Experiment!

• Pair

• Study group, book club

• Community of Practice

• Online resources

• What fits your learning style?

Be Curious

And always, strive for quality!

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Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team

By Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin

www.agiletester.ca

www.agiletester.com

Contact info

www.janetgregory.caEmail: janet@agiletester.caTwitter: janetgregoryca

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Instead of saying NO,

or being the gatekeeper

Be the information provider so business can make the decisions

Questions?

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• Karten, Naomi, "Are You Listening?", http://www.agileconnection.com/article/are-you-listening, Agile Connection, 2009

• Knight, Adam P., "T-shaped Tester, Square Shaped Team", http://thesocialtester.co.uk/t-shaped-tester-square-shaped-team/, 2013

• Lambert, Rob, "T-shaped Testers and Their Role In a Team", http://thesocialtester.co.uk/t-shaped-testers-and-their-role-in-a-team/ , 2012

• Levison, Mark, "The Beginner's Mind - An Approach to Listening", http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/beginners_mind, InfoQ, 2008

• McMillan, Darren, "Mind Mapping 101", for Testing: http://www.bettertesting.co.uk/content/?p=956, 2011

• http://janetgregory.ca/about-learning/ and http://janetgregory.ca/about-learning-2/