If you’ve shifted left and right so many times, I imagine it’s hard to remember where you started from? The direction of shift was always within a Test Managers gift, but wasn’t obvious. It’s time to shift towards testability.
Ash Winter, Principal Test Engineer at Sky Betting & Gaming covers the following:
⦁ examples of the benefits of an enhanced testability focus
⦁ how focusing on testability can keep Test Managers relevant in changing times
⦁ introduction of a holistic model of testability to expand thinking
⦁ brainstorming – how can test leaders contribute to a testability culture?
Ash said:
“I believe that testability and organisational success are linked. Testable systems are easier to support and maintain. Being able to observe and control systems is a unifying force across disciplines. Why would one not wish to focus on such benefits?"
TestBoss is an award winning invitation-only networking event for leaders in Test Management, hosted by IT recruitment specialist Corecom Consulting.
15. Defend the Indefensible
• So if testing
is everywhere,
why are we told
that its dead
or dying?
• Half Arsed
DevOps
• Empathy
• Statement in
each group,
defend it!
16. So what's your problem?
• Weak testing
paradigm
• Passing on stale
practice
• Reactive,
resistant mind set
• Fixated on where
testers test
• Hard to test? More
testing…
• Over-estimate what
testing can
achieve
17. Yes you, Test Manager.
• Under use of Production
as an oracle
• Persistent Test
environments
• Feature factories
• Capacity over capability
• Automation of tests not
in testing
• Importing knowledge
• Accepting large batches
of work
• I’ll stop now, you
probably get it…
21. 3 is the magic number…
• For each, in
groups
• 3 benefits of
better
testability
• 3 costs of poor
testability
• 3 ways of
improving
• Volunteers to
reflect
22. Think about the great
innovations and models used in
testing. Historically, they
don’t come from testers. Are we,
as test leaders, doing enough to
justify our continued existence?
End
25. Andrew Palmer, Head of Quality – Iliad
Solutions Ltd
“When managing a large testing team, how much
should you be concerned with informal conversations
and how much should you focus on vision and
mission statements?”
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Question:
26. Garry Buckle, Test & Deployment Manager -
NHS England Corporate ICT Team
“How would you approach missing aspects of a supplier
Test Strategy when coming into a project at a late
stage, especially when there is pressure from all parties
to meet a delivery date?”
Question:
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27. David Ogden, Test Manager –
PeoplePlus
“What makes a good test strategy?”
www.corecomconsulting.co.uk
Question: