Presented at Øredev 2015. Is testing keeping up with the advances of software development? Are our approaches evolving as quickly as the new technologies, or are we being left behind, using the same methods and techniques as we did decades ago? Testing needs to get more innovative! Scientific discovery relies on innovation; on scientists being willing to pursue new ideas even if it means having to learn new methods or technologies. Similarly testers need to be creative and courageous, exploring new approaches and questioning old habits. Science is credible, curiosity-driven, critical, impartial and dynamic; science continuously challenges and questions methods, techniques and core beliefs. Shouldn’t testing do the same? Taking inspiration from the scientific method, this session suggests an approach for testing that encourages innovation through creativity and collaboration. You are provided with new insights that can help you re-invent your testing!

1. RE-INVENTING TESTING – A
DISCUSSION ABOUT SCIENCE,
EXPLORATION AND INNOVATION
CHRISTIN WIEDEMANN, PH.D.
CO-CEO & CHIEF SCIENTIST, PQA TESTING

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SHARE
CONFER
INSPIRE

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PARTICLE
PHYSICIST
DEVELOPER
TESTER

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SKEPTICAL
INQUISITIVE
OPEN-MINDED

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TESTING
TODAY
IMPERATIVE FOR
INNOVATION
COLLABORATIVE
CONTEXT

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WHAT ARE THE NEW IDEAS AND
TRENDS IN TESTING?

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TODAY: REVOLUTION!

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EVOLUTION
TODAY: REVOLUTION!

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“[…] O BRAVE NEW WORLD,
THAT HAS SUCH TECHNOLOGY
IN’T […]”

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IS TESTING EVOLVING?

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ANDROID
NODE.JSMONGODB
RESPONSIVE WEB
DESIGN
IPAD
JENKINS
APPIUM SWIFT
RETINA DISPLAY
OPENSTACK SELENIUM
BEHAT

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1983
2015
EXPLORATORY TESTING
EXTREME PROGRAMMING
SESSION-BASED TESTING AGILE MANIFESTO
TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT

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OLD NEWS

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THINKING INSIDE THE BOX

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LET’S GET INNOVATIVE!

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“[…] BEING ABLE TO
IMAGINE SOMETHING
BEYOND WHAT WE ARE
[…] EXPERIENCING IN THE
PRESENT MOMENT.”

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NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF
INVENTION
NOT TECHNOLOGY

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PROBLEM IDEAS
FOCUS
DEVELOP
IMPLEMENT

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PROBLEM IDEAS
FOCUS
DEVELOP
IMPLEMENT

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SCIENCE AND INNOVATION

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PARADIGMS CAN BE TOPPLED

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GUIDELINES ARE NOT RULES
HABITS ARE NOT RULES
IT IS OK TO BREAK (SOME) RULES

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YOU SHALL NOT PASS

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SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

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THERE IS NO SINGLE FORMULA FOR
GOOD SCIENCE

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THERE IS NO SINGLE FORMULA FOR
GOOD SCIENCE
TESTING

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FOLLOW-YOUR-NOSE TESTING

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QUES·TION
/ˈKWESCHƏN/
VERB
FEEL OR EXPRESS DOUBT ABOUT; RAISE
OBJECTIONS TO.

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DE·BATE
/DIˈBĀT/
VERB
TO DISCUSS (SOMETHING) WITH PEOPLE
WHOSE OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM
YOUR OWN.

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CRIT·I·CIZE
/ˈKRITƏˌSĪZ/
VERB
JUDGING THE MERITS AND FAULTS OF
SOMETHING IN AN INTELLIGIBLE WAY.

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QUESTION
DEBATE
CRITICIZE

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CO·OP·ER·ATE
/KŌˈÄPƏˌRĀT/
VERB
WORK TOWARD THE SAME END.

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COOPERATE
IMAGINE
INNOVATE

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IS TESTING
EVOLVING?
DO WE NEED TEST
INNOVATION?
HOW CAN WE INNOVATE
TESTING - TOGETHER?

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COMPLIANCE OR DEFIANCE?

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AND THE REVOLUTION?

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“BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU
WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.”

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SHAPING THE FUTURE OF
TESTING

45. REFERENCES
• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE TEMPEST, ACT V, SCENE 1
• http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-
networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html
• MAHATMA GANDHI

46. READING TIPS
• THE POWER OF WHY, AMANDA LANG
• http://www.pqatesting.com/resource/downloads/
Lets_Start_a_Test_Revolution.pdf
• “PURSUING PATTERNS, PUZZLES, AND PARADOXES”, LINDA S. GOTTFREDSSON:
http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/2010puzzles.pdf

47. CHRISTIN WIEDEMANN
@c_wiedemann
christin.wiedemann@pqatesting.com
www.pqatesting.com
+1 (604) 558-0772

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