Survival techniques for Testers-BEYOND THE T-SHAPED TESTER
he T-shaped tester (Rob Lambert, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory) combines need for general knowledge with advanced test skills to be successful. But testing is a versatile profession and demands are growing. Time to go beyond the T-shape and introduce the π-shaped tester. Extend your global knowledge (development, project management, agile etc) and test skills with yet another specialism to stay in demand, e.g. security, test automation, requirements. In this webinar, Derk-Jan and Jan Jaap report the results of their search for future needs. They explain how we can survive as a tester and what skills and knowledge we need to develop. In their story they include the responses they got from the 100 participants that joined the workshops they gave on this topic. Key Takeaways: Become aware of the need to continuously develop yourself What specialism’s should I adapt to become a better tester Insights in how to brand your knowledge and let the world know about your specialism Derk Jan de Grood WebinarDerk-Jan de Grood works for Valori as senior test manager and Agile Transition Coach. His drive is to improve the visibility of testing in both agile and traditional organizations, by sharing his knowledge and experience by means of training, presentations, workshops and publications. He is a regular speaker at conferences like EuroSTAR, wrote several successful books on software testing and publishes articles for the major testing magazines. In 2014 he won the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award. Jan Jaap Cannegieter webinarJan Jaap Cannegieter is a well-known consultant, author, (keynote) speaker and requirements and test specialist form the Netherlands. He has 20 years of experience in ICT and did assignment s in testing, quality assurance, TMMi, CMMI, SPI, Agile and requirements. In testing he was a tester, test manager, test consultant and workshop leader. At this moment Jan Jaap is test/QA-manager and delivery manager at DinamiQs and vice president of SYSQA B.V., a company of 180 employees specialized in requirements, software testing, quality assurance and IT-governance. Within SYSQA Jan Jaap coaches other testers and test managers, is the thought leader and responsible for product development. He is the driving force behind Situational Testing and he wrote several articles and books in the Netherlands.
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- 1. Survival techniques for testers Beyond the T-shaped tester Derk-Jan de Grood & Jan Jaap Cannegieter
- 2. Survival techniques for testers Beyond the T-shaped tester Derk-Jan de Grood @derkjandegrood derkjandegrood@valori.nl Jan Jaap Cannegieter @jjcannegieter j.cannegieter@squerist.nl
- 5. Testers piramide Test consultancy Test management Team lead Test design & execusion
- 8. T-shaped professional Conceived by David Guest in 1991 ["The hunt is on for the Renaissance Man of computing,", The Independent, September 17, 1991. ]
- 9. What is a T-shaped professional? Deep/specificDeep/specific Broad/GenericBroad/Generic Knowledge Skills Knowledge Skills
- 11. There is not one T Bridge builder Super specialist And what about someone who can test and elicitate / manage requirements?
- 13. Workshops on EuroSTAR 2015 and TestNet 2016 200+ test professionals
- 14. Wisdom of the crowd sessions
- 15. We asked the attendees to identify different π-shaped profiles What specialism could be wise to grow as a second leg?
- 16. What specialism to grow as a 2nd leg?
- 17. Dot-voting
- 19. Choosing your future path
- 21. Test automation • Programming knowledge • Technical knowledge • Tool knowledge • Scripting • Tool selection • BDD / TDD / ATDD • Keyword driven testing • Version and config mngt • Backend testing • Integration testing • GUI testing • Infrastructure • Virtualization
- 22. It may be strategic, but … does it fit ? AceAce $€$€ LikeLike
- 23. Programming • Program languages • Java / C# • Scripting • Code generators • Unit testing / TDD • Whitebox testing • Code checkers • Programming framework • Analytical skills • Critical thinking • Development tools • Modelling • Software architecture
- 24. Requirements management • Communication • Interview techniques • Problem analysis • Modelling techniques • Process analysis • Domain knowledge • Business case • Negotiation • Technical skills • Creativity • Requirements elicitation • Risk analysis • Review techniques
- 25. Agile • Communication Skills • Thinking business value • Process knowledge • Agile Foundation • Agile test strategy • Knowing how to solve agile problems • Time management • Being adaptive • CI/CD • Soft skills: Empathic, Honesty, Dealing with uncertainties • Implementation/leading change • Self critical
- 26. Hey, now it is up to you!
- 27. Testbash Hacketron Pilot Talk with peers Download a tool Book reading Course Do Utest Testbash Hacketron Pilot Talk with peers Download a tool Book reading Course Do Utest Let the world know what your capable of Let the world know what your capable of Nothing beats the real thing Nothing beats the real thing
- 28. Profiling-Curve by De Grood & Cannegieter (2015) Retweet Tweet Respond to blogpost Write a blog Talk at conference Start a SIG Organize a session at work Maybe achallenge buthigh impact Maybe achallenge buthigh impact Easy with limited effect Easy with limited effect
- 30. Learning starts now: Succes with building your profile !
Notes de l'éditeur
- Are you comfortable, you might be in a bubble?
- Team member instead of tester in an agile team The DEV testing in the agile team Increased automation due to several deployments a day Increased outsourcing (also high tech and high education) Increased business agility Increased importance of non-functional aspects … Add the consequence of this. E.g. test get done by the dev, tester out of a job Introduce priamid, 10 manual testers, 5 coordinatior, 2 TM, 1 teamlead. So not all manual testers can be a teamlead. Suggest roles from [1]. Focus on skills en competences instead (see also ** on slide 8 examples)
- The old function names don’t work anymore
- In iedere poot zitten zowel hard- als softskills. In de horizontal zitten softskills die voor iedere specialisatie van belang zijn, bijvoorbeeld samenwerken In de verical zitten de softskills die bij de specialisatie horen bijvoorbeeld technische affiniteit bij testautomaisering of inlevingsvermogen bij BA. De lengte van de vertical wordt dus bepaald door de laagste waarde van hard skills en soft skills van de specialisatie. De lengte van de poot bepaald de effectiviteit van de specialisatie. Interactief zowel de horizontale als de verticale invulling aan geven met de zaal History of testing profiles… Introduce _ and | shape. Who came up with the T shape Mile wide-inch deep of true generalist Specialist with deep knowledge Example 1: of how IT knowledge is applied while doing specislit work, Example 2: Domain knowledgw Example 3: of how communication skills are used when doing e.g. specifiaction work.
- In iedere poot zitten zowel hard- als softskills. In de horizontal zitten softskills die voor iedere specialisatie van belang zijn, bijvoorbeeld samenwerken In de verical zitten de softskills die bij de specialisatie horen bijvoorbeeld technische affiniteit bij testautomaisering of inlevingsvermogen bij BA. De lengte van de vertical wordt dus bepaald door de laagste waarde van hard skills en soft skills van de specialisatie. De lengte van de poot bepaald de effectiviteit van de specialisatie. Interactief zowel de horizontale als de verticale invulling aan geven met de zaal History of testing profiles… Introduce _ and | shape. Who came up with the T shape Mile wide-inch deep of true generalist Specialist with deep knowledge Example 1: of how IT knowledge is applied while doing specislit work, Example 2: Domain knowledgw Example 3: of how communication skills are used when doing e.g. specifiaction work.
- Horizontaal: niet diepgaande kennis, nodig om te communiceren met andere disciplines Vertical: specialistische kennis, wat je toevoegt aan het project Alleen horizontal overleven: generalisten. Blinkt nergens in uit maar overziet het geheel wel Alleen verical: heeft (veel) diepere kennis van anderen, als je het echt niet meer weet bel je hem/haar. Maar wordt
- 15 minutes
- Verhaal: Er zijn een heleboel specilisms genoemd, wel twee flipover vol = 42 verschillende opties De mogelijkheden zijn breder dan je denkt, als je maar creatief bent…maar niet elke wordt snel gekozen. Bijzondere om te noemen zijn: Embedded specialist (binnen EuroSTAR niet genoemd, wat wel past bij het profiel van EuroSTAR) Logging specialist Integration specialist/ release : note er staat System integrator op slide 1 en Integration en deployment specialist op slide 2 Assist people with disabilities
- You could choose for TA profile, its seems logical and wise, but does it fit your personal preferences.?
- We (DJ/JJ) write a Eurostar ebook with the elaboration of the 8 profiles. And credit the attendees.