Agile Testing: Strength Through Interdependence

Agile Testing:

Strength through Interdependence
Copyright © 2013 EBG Consulting, Inc.

Mary Gorman
www.ebgconsulting.com
www.DiscoverToDeliver.com
© EBG Consulting, 2013
www.ebgconsulting.com | www.DiscoverToDeliver.com

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Agile Testing:
Strengthen Through Interdependence
Copyright © 2013 EBG Consulting, Inc.
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Agile Testing Days, 2103.
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Mary Gorman
VP Quality and Delivery,
EBG Consulting

Facilitator, trainer, mentor, agile coach
Author: articles, blog, book
Blog: www.ebgconsulting.com/blog
Book website: www.DiscoverToDeliver.com

Twitter: @mbgorman



“dependent”
is it a good thing?
UP
good
DOWN bad
SIDE WAY don’t know


let’s be clear…
definitions…


dependent
require,
supply;
subordinate,
over reliance on


interdependent
connected,
hang together,
rely on each other,
mutually dependent


your team’s
interdependence?
low

1

high

2


3

4

agile goal
discover and deliver high value



interdependence
the degree members
interact with,
and rely on each other
to accomplish work…
Adapted from: Organizations in Action, James D. Thompson, 1967


pooled
interdependence
Marketing
Develop
Training
Operations


sequential
interdependence
Analyze Design Develop Test



reciprocal
interdependence
Analyze

Design


Develop

Test


comprehensive
interdependence
Analyze

Develop

Design

Test



interdependence
weak

1

strong

2

3

4

pooled sequential reciprocal comprehensive



agile team



it’s the goal
not the role…


strongly interdependent
team
hangs together,
relies on each other,
mutually dependent


trust
team interdependence
is built on
a foundation of
mutual trust



your team’s trust level?
low

1

high

2


3

4

capacity for trust
trust
ourselves


trust
others


3 Cs of trust
contractual
communication
competency
Source: Trust and Betrayal in the Workplace. Reina and Reina, 2006


contractual trust
“trust of character”
clear expectations
what I expect of myself
what I expect from others
meet commitments
1

2

3

4



communication trust
“trust of disclosure”
who knows what, when
open to feedback from each other
direct, constructive feedback

1

2

3

4



competence trust
“trust of capability”
respect each other’s
knowledge, skills, abilities, judgment
engage others & empower
help others learn skills
1

2

3

4



3 Cs of trust
competence
contractual
communication


total up
your team’s trust level
low

medium

0-3

4-8


high

9-12

agile activities

Source: Discover To Deliver, Gottesdiener & Gorman, 2013


discover via

structured conversation

Trust


typical testing



early testing



agile testing



collapse V&V



product rqt
interdependencies



testing

external interdependencies
with other systems, devices
where to begin?
where to end?



testing

internal interdependencies
7 product dimensions



testing


&
user

action



testing


&
action

data



testing


&
data

interfaces



testing




testing product
interdependencies
yields a stronger,
higher quality product



agile testing
techniques



testing
techniques

scenarios
examples
data tables
Given-When-Then
Planguage
….


given-when-then
Story
Scenario
business rule(s)

Given
pre-condition(s), state
fixed data

When
action
input data

Then
observable outcome

post-condition, state

planguage
As a buyer
product
I need to purchase a tion and time
so I can save frustra

Minimum

ResponseTime.Purchase.Buyer
Response time of app to confirmation of
purchase
seconds
Elapsed time between pressing ‘enter’ to
confirm purchase details and beginning
of display of purchase confirm results
No more than 3 seconds

Plan

No more than 1 second

Gist
Scale
Meter

Adapted from: Tom Gilb


analysis
techniques
User
persona

Interface

Action
business process
diagram

prototype

capability map

relationship
map

user role
map

context
diagram

dependency
graph

Data

Control

data model
state
diagram

business
policies,
rules
decision
table, tree

story, story map
use case
value stream map


shared
techniques
Analyze
Design

Develop
shared
techniques


Test

+

shared
techniques
yield a stronger,
higher quality product
foster stronger team
interdependence


interdependent
across all views



independent weak,

frail
dependent controlling
interdependent strong,

flexible


agile testing
of team’s interdependence
provides interaction &
coordination


Agile Testing:

Strength through Interdependence

Thank You!


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