As someone new to the QA and the testing community, within his organization, Ben was experiencing difficulties testing stemming from communication issues across teams. It felt like he was often the middle-man in a game of telephone between stakeholders, often making it difficult to efficiently manage how they test new features and products. To help address this issue, Ben incorporated ensemble testing into their testing culture. He will focus on what he has found to be the benefits of ensemble testing (such as improved communication and relationships among teams & spreading product knowledge), helpful hints for making sure the sessions go well (such as being prepared ahead of times & following up and using temporary Slack channels as a tool), and his journey of how, as a new tester, he helped his organization leverage ensemble testing to overcome communication difficulties and improve the speed and impact of their testing efforts.

1. Creating An Ensemble:
A New Testers Journey To
Getting People Together To Test
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7. We Will Cover...
What Led To Ensemble Testing?
What’s A Session Look Like?
Good & Bad Testing Session
The Benefits of Using It
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How To Do This Remotely

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10. Copy
Design
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12. Hmm...Let me reach
out to product. Log
what you see!
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17. Poor Communication
+ Lost Time
Unnecessary Bottleneck
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18. What is Ensemble Testing?
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19. Groups of 6 to 10 People
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20. The Driver
The Navigator
ROLES:
The Note Taker
The Ensemble
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21. The Driver
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22. The Navigator
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23. The Note Taker
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24. The Ensemble
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26. What Makes A Successful
Session?
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27. Kindness
Respect
Consideration
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28. Yes, and...
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29. Include Others
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30. Have A Guide
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32. Exploratory Testing
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33. What Happens If??
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35. Haste Makes Waste
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36. Prep-Work Or Not?
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37. Temporary Channels
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38. Thread & Channels
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45. Follow Up
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46. Traits Of A Successful Session
● Kind, Respect, Considerate
● Build Off Each Other
● Include Others
● Have A Guide
● Allow Exploratory Testing
● Slow & Ask Questions
● Prep If Less Then A Few Minutes
● Use Temp Channels
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47. What Are The Benefits of
Ensemble Testing?
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48. Improved Communication
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49. “Ben Ate Potato Salad”
Came Out As...
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50. Ben Ate A Baked Potato
With A Salad
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51. Builds Relationships
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52. Earlier Stakeholder Input
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53. Improves Future Products
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54. Teaches Others Testing Gaps
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55. Reduced Testing & Deployment
Time
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56. Reduces Bugs In Product
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57. Reduces Bugs In Product
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58. Helps “Shift Left”
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59. Benefits Of Ensemble Testing
● Improved Communication
● Builds Relationships
● Earlier Stakeholder Input
● Improves Future Products
● Teaches Others To See Testing Gaps
● Reduces Testing & Deployment Times
● Reduces Bugs In Product
● Helps “Shift Left”
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60. What About Remote Sessions?
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61. Have a Kickoff Meeting
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62. Minor Role Changes
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63. Focus On The Session
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64. Take Breaks!
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65. Use Video Sharing Features!
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66. Smaller Groups
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67. Tips For Remote Testing
● Kickoff Sessions
● Minor Role Changes
● Focus
● Take Breaks
● Use Video Sharing Features
● Have Smaller Group Sessions
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68. Next Steps?
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