Slide deck for workshop facilitated by Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory at Quality in Agile Vancouver 2015. Outcomes from the workshop including all the mind maps will appear eventually on lisacrispin.com.

1. Advanced
Topics:
Focus
on
Automa3on
Quality
in
Agile
2015
Lisa
Crispin
and
Janet
Gregory
Agile
Tes)ng:
A
Prac)cal
Guide
for
Testers
and
Agile
Teams
More
Agile
Tes)ng:
Learning
Journeys
for
the
Whole
Team

2. A
liAle
about
us
Janet
First
agile
team:
2000
Currently
coaching,
training
TwiAer:
janetgregoryca
Email:
janet@agiletester.ca
Agile
Tes3ng;
2009
More
Agile
Tes3ng:
Oct
2014
Website:
www.agiletester.com
www.agiletester.ca
Lisa
First
agile
team
–
2000
Currently
tes3ng
at
Piviotal
Tracker
TwiAer:
lisacrispin
Email:
lisa@agiletester.ca
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

3. The
Day…
Maybe!
1. Introduc3ons
2. Short
intro
to
get
you
thinking
3. Iden3fy
biggest
challenges
4. Brainstorm
experiments
for
each
5. We’ll
contribute
any
ideas
we
have
6. Perhaps
3me
at
the
end
for
general
discussion,
demos
or
mini-­‐open
space
for
topics
not
discussed
earlier
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

4. • Brainstorm
–
explore
some
new
fron3ers!
• Collabora3ve,
problem
solving
a`tude,
open
• Models
to
help
with
automa3on
challenges
• Some
more
slides
–
if
they
relate
to
problems
/
experiments
• You’ll
leave
with
some
experiments
to
help
with
your
biggest
problems
and
goals
Expecta3ons
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

5. What
might
we
talk
about?
It’s
up
to
you!
• Skills
needed,
training
• Selec3ng
tools
• What
to
automate
• Who
should
automate?
• Automa3on
paAerns
• Maintaining
automated
tests
• Con3nuous
integra3on
&
delivery
• Automa3ng
at
different
levels,
i.e.,
API
or
UI
• Mobile
or
embedded
automa3on
Others?????
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

6. Introduc3ons
• What
is
your
specialty?
• What’s
your
goal
for
today?
Write
it
on
the
lined
s3cky.
• Note
who
you’d
like
to
talk
to
• Self
organize
into
table
groups!
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

7. • Why
we
automate
• What
gets
in
the
way
• A
whole
team
approach
• Helpful
models
Let’s
Start
With
An
Overview

8. • Manual
checking
takes
too
long
• Manual
checks
are
error
prone
• Frees
people
to
do
their
best
work
(tes3ng)
• Provides
‘living
documenta3on’
• Repeatable
• Saves
3me
8
Why
Should
You
Automate?

9. 9
Why
Aren’t
You
Automa3ng?

10. 10
§ ROI
–
explain
to
management
§ Acknowledge
hump
of
pain
xUnit
Test
PaAerns,
Gerard
Meszeros
Perhaps
a
cri3cal
mass
of
automa3on
libraries

11. 11
Recognize
change
is
hard,
but
worth
it
if
done
right

12. Source:
Gojko
Adzic,
StarEast
2011
keynote

13. Source:
Gojko
Adzic,
StarEast
2011
keynote
When the TEAM
owns automation

14. 14
Agile
Tes3ng
Quadrants

15. Agile
Tes3ng
Pyramid
(Mike
Cohn)
push
the
tests
lower
Automate
at
the
feature
level
Automate
at
the
story
level
Automate
at
the
task
level

16. Test
Automa3on
Volcano
Original
idea
from
MaA
Barcomb;
Image
by
Jenn
Sinclair

17. What’s
in
your
way?
• Use
the
s3cky
notes
on
the
tables
to
iden3fy
your
automa3on
challenges
• Try
be
specific
because
we’ll
be
grouping
them
later
• Share
as
you
write
17

18. Now
…
Let’s
priori3ze
1. Put
your
s3ckies
on
the
wall
chart
2. Group
similar
challenges
3. Dot
vote
for
your
“favorites”
(three
votes
each)
5.
Create
problem
statements
for
each
of
the
top
3
18

19. Sub
topic
Sub
topic
Sub
topic
First
brainstorming
technique
–
mind
maps!
MAIN
TOPIC
Sub
topic
Sub
topic
first
&me
change
new
account
password
rules
encryp&on
save
user
name
rules
Advanced
Topics
on
Agile
Tes3ng:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

20. Round
1:
Brainstorm
• Let’s
address
the
top
automa3on
challenge
• Gather
around
one
or
more
sheets
of
flip
chart
paper
–
everyone
grab
a
marker!
• Start
drawing
your
mind
map
for
ideas
• Add
notes,
pictures,
whatever
helps
you
think
• Iden3fy
people
who
can
help
you,
for
example,
programmers,
opera3ons
people
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory
20
minutes

21. Round
1:
Outcomes
• Did
mind
mapping
and
drawing
help?
• What
experiments
or
ideas
did
you
capture?
• Any
interes3ng
stories?
• Any
outstanding
ques3ons?
• Any
surprises?
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

22. Round
2:
Brain
Wri3ng
What
is
brain
wri3ng?
• It’s
a
way
to
share
your
ideas
in
wri3ng
and
for
others
to
add
theirs
hAps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-­‐3-­‐5_Brainwri3ng
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

23. Problem
#2
on
the
list
Use
brain
wri3ng
to
help
iden3fy
possible
solu3ons
1. Each
of
you
take
a
sheet
of
paper.
2. Write
your
ideas
for
ways
to
address
this
automa3on
challenge
3. Awer
three
minutes,
pass
your
paper
to
the
next
person.
(we’ll
call
3me)
4. Read
the
ideas
on
the
paper
you
got,
and
add
more
of
your
own.
5. Con3nue
un3l
each
person
has
wriAen
on
each
paper.
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

24. Round
2:
Outcomes
–
Brain
Wri3ng
• What
experiments
do
you
want
to
try?
• Any
interes3ng
stories?
• Any
outstanding
ques3ons?
• Any
surprises
about
using
brain
wri3ng?
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

25. Round
3:
Brainstorming
with
a
Twist
Use
other
groups
to
help
iden3fy
possible
solu3ons
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

26. Address
your
third
challenge
1. Gather
around
the
flip
chart
2. Mind
map,
draw,
write
your
ideas
for
experiments
3. Awer
five-­‐ten
minutes,
move
right
to
the
next
team’s
flip
chart
(we’ll
call
3me)
4. Read
the
challenge
and
the
ideas
wriAen
down,
and
add
more
of
your
own.
5. Con3nue
for
3
rounds
30?
minutes
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

27. Round
3:
Outcomes
• Take
a
look
at
all
the
ideas
• Can
you
turn
those
ideas
into
realis3c
experiments
to
try?
• What
did
the
group
approach
help,
or
hinder?
• Any
surprises
about
this
way
of
thinking?
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

28. There’s
more
to
problem
solving:
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory
Esther
Derby
-­‐
model

29. Let’s
Design
Some
Experiments!
• Go
back
to
your
map
or
drawing
from
any
round
• Design
at
least
two
experiments
to
try
to
address
that
challenge
• Think
about
who
could
help
–
maybe
people
outside
of
delivery
team?
• Think
about
how
they
can
help
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory
20
minutes

30. Outcomes:
Designing
Experiments
• Share
two
experiments
from
your
group
• Would
you
try
these
with
your
own
team?
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory

31. What’s
next?
Advanced
Topics
Focus
on
Automa3on:
Lisa
Crispin
&
Janet
Gregory
• More
brainstorming
or
experiment
design?
• Demos
of
exis3ng
automa3on
solu3ons?
• Did
you
hear
of
any
frameworks
or
libraries
you’d
like
your
team
to
try?
• Q
&
A

32. Contact
Informa3on
janet@agiletester.ca
www.janetgregory.ca
twiAer:
@janetgregoryca
lisa@agiletester.ca
www.lisacrispin.com
twiAer:
@lisacrispin
www.agiletester.ca
www.agiletester.com