My first international presentation was given on 26.10.2016. during Project Quality Day on EclipseCon 2016. in Ludwigsburg Germany. Here are slides from the presentation.

1. Context-driven
agile tester
- from outsourcing
to startup world
Dragan Spiridonov
Test Lead @dryTools
@profesor_dragan

2. Context-driven agile tester

3. 18 years in IT
Quality of Software is my new mission, but friends still call me the Professor...
- now testing @sifuHQ
About me...
Dragan Spiridonov
Test Lead @dryTools
@profesor_dragan

4. Company culture

5. “Quality is not an act, it is a habit” – Aristotle
Context no.1 - Scrum in outsourcing

6. Scrum can succeed

7. Agile tester in Scrum
Go beyond defined tasks to help your team:
● automate everyday tasks to save some time
● look for ways to improve existing testing process
○ improve test design - from detailed test cases to session charters and mind maps
○ improve reporting - instead of template reports nobody reads use few well-formed
sentences describing what have been done and to what extent
● prepare for and present during Sprint Demo

8. “Quality is never an accident.
It is always the result of intelligent effort.”
- John Ruskin
Context no.2 - From Scrum to Kanban in outsourcing

9. Scrum has failed, can we use Kanban?
“Every process is created by people, and thus can be changed by people.”
-G.M.Weinberg
Make an effort in finding a solution:
● increase communication to acquire new information and better
understanding of situation
● analyze new information while collaborating on finding a solution
● choose a process to enable team in delivering expected quality
● start using new process
● observe and evaluate

10. Agile tester in Kanban
Go beyond defined tasks to help your team:
● Take care of the flow on the board
● Gather requirements
● Automate checks

11. “Quality means doing it right even when no one is
looking.” – Henry Ford
Context no.3 - Lean startup

12. Lean startup kinda way

13. Agile tester in Lean startup
Go beyond defined tasks to help your team:
● accept challenges, engage and explore unknown territory
● earn your respect with the value you add to the team
● multiply your skills, evolve into full stack tester

14. Agile tester in any context
Go beyond defined tasks to help your team:
● setup your test environment and share it with the team
● use source code control - to have a deeper insight into work done by
developers on your team, use code commits to start conversations
● pair with developers - talk about how they want to implement and how
and why do you want to test
● communicate your findings using assertive language
● be kind, be polite, smile

15. To keep up with context changes...
… as an agile tester, work on constant improvement of 4C’s:
● Communication
● Collaboration
● Critical thinking
● Creativity
“Change is the only constant in life.” - Heraclitus

17. Questions?
Dragan Spiridonov
Test Lead @dryTools
@profesor_dragan

18. Resources:
Pictures
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Quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/search_results.html?q=quality
Mind maps
Company culture
Scrum can succeed
Agile tester in Scrum
Agile tester in Kanban
Agile tester in Lean startup