Slides explaining the Agile process, and how Test Automation plays a key role in enabling teams to be successful in this fast moving process.

1. ROLE OF AUTOMATION IN
TESTING
Anand Bagmar
Test Practice Lead

2. @BagmarAnand
about.me/anand.bagmar
ABOUT ME

3. Money / Value
Time
Quality
ORGANIZATION OBJECTIVE

4. Typical Process in
Agile Teams

5. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
Story Testing
Showcase to
Business
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
STORY PLANNING SESSION
BUSINESS BA TESTER
TESTER
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box

6. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
Showcase to
Business
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
STORY WRITING
BUSINESS BA TESTER
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
Story Testing

7. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
Showcase to
Business
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
AUTOMATE ACCEPTANCE TESTS
BUSINESS BA TESTER
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
Story Testing

8. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
Showcase to
Business
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
IMPLEMENT FUNCTIONALITY
BUSINESS BA TESTER
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
Story Testing

9. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
Showcase to
Business
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
BA & QA SIGNOFF
BUSINESS BA TESTER
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
Story Testing

10. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
BUSINESS BA
Showcase to
Business
TESTER
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
STORY TESTING
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
Story Testing

11. Story Planning Session
BUSINESS BA
Write Story & Scenarios
BA
Implement Automated
Acceptance Tests
TESTER
TESTERDEV
Implement Functionality
Regular BA/QA Demo
BA / QA Signoff on Dev
Box
DEV DEV
TESTERDEV BA
TESTERDEV BA
BUSINESS BA
Showcase to
Business
TESTER
START DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
DEVELOPMENT
ENGINE
SHOWCASE TO BUSINESS
TESTER
STARTS
HERE
SYSTEM
TESTING
Story Testing

12. Test Automation
A PRACTICE THAT MAKES TEAMS SUCCESSFUL?

13. Test Automation
A PRACTICE THAT MAKES TEAMS UNSUCCESSFUL?

14. What is
Test Automation?

15. Automation
-
A Safety Net

16. Value
IDEAL TEST AUTOMATION PYRAMID
Manual / Exploratory
Technology-
facing Tests
Business-facing
Tests
Cost
Time
UI
Web Service
View
JavaScript
Integration
Unit

17. REALITY

18. ICE-CREAM CONE ANTI PATTERN
Manual / Exploratory
UI
Web Service
View
JavaScript
Integration
Unit

19. Web Service
View
JavaScript
Integration
Unit
Developers Test Pyramid QA Team Test Pyramid
DUAL TEST PYRAMID ANTI-PATTERN
Manual / Exploratory
UI
Web Service

20. CUP-CAKE ANTI-PATTERN

21. TYPES OF TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORKS
Modular
Data-driven
Keyword-driven
Model-based
Hybrid
? ? ?

22. Understand
the
system(s)
/
product(s)
you
need
to
test!!
REMEMBER …

23. TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK DESIGN CRITERIA
Maintainable
Scalable
Browser / Device support
Support features of
Product-under-test
Easy to Use
Different
Environments
Parallel Execution
Tool support
Reports & Metrics
Support the types
of testing required
Operating System &
Database support
Run locally & remotely
Language / tool
restrictions

24. PRINCIPLES FOR TEST AUTOMATION FRAMEWORK
Design Patterns
Abstraction Layers
Headless executing
Evolve
Code Quality
Take Screenshots
Refactor
Tools & Utilities
Extensible
Run via CI
Logging
Video Recording
Test Data

25. FRAMEWORK ABSTRACTION LAYERS

26. QA
Capabilities & Skills

27. Are We Building the Correct Product
& ….
If so, are we building it correctly?

28. QA CAPABILITIES
Continuous
Delivery
Coaching
Enabling
Sales
Bridging The
Communication Gap
Tech Debt
Trainings
Writing
Blogs
Raising Risks
Prioritization
Facilitation
Stakeholder
Management
Speaking At
QA Conferences

29. QA SKILLS
Domain
Functional Analysis
& Testing
Process Improvements
Automation
Testing Mindset
Accessibility Testing
Showcases
UAT
Defect Management
Security Testing
Performance Testing
Usability Testing
Facilitation

30. abagmar@gmail.com
Anand.Bagmar@thoughtworks.com
@BagmarAnand
about.me/anand.bagmar
THANK YOU