Test teams must perform a wide variety of tasks from testing new functions and performing regression tests to helping with bug fixes, producing test reports, and working on test improvements. With all these activities, it is a challenge to keep priorities straight, operate most efficiently, and clearly show stakeholders all that the team is working on. Derk-Jan de Grood shares his experiences with Kanban, a proven method for managing workflow, as a visual tool to help teams allocate resources, reduce waste, and make progress visible to all stakeholders. Learn how you can assign testers to tasks that match their expertise and how improving “flow” will reduce time-to-market and testing costs. With the Kanban process helping you manage test activities, your company’s business managers will finally understand what is happening in testing every day, and you’ll know that everyone is working on the right task to maximize value to the project.

1. W13
Test Management
5/1/2013 3:00:00 PM
Increase Your Team’s Efficiency with
Kanban
Presented by:
Derk-Jan de Grood
Valori
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2. Derk-Jan de Grood
As a senior test consultant at Valori, Derk-Jan de Grood specializes in getting more out of testing by
focusing on the value chain, business-IT alignment, and the team’s visibility. Being a passionate speaker,
Derk-Jan is at home at major testing conferences where he tries to inspire people and help improve the
test profession. He writes for leading test magazines, provides training, lectures, and is the author of
TestGoal, Grip on IT, and the Dutch Testers Association’s jubilee book on future trends in testing. DerkJan lead the list of the top twenty-five most visible testers in the Netherlands. Learn more at
djdegrood.wordpress.com.

3. 12-2-2013
Increase Your Team’s Efficiency
with Kanban
Goal
Show you how kanban can benefit you in:
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Getting testing out of crumple zone
Increasing the efficiency of your team
Better team
Increasing visibility
Derk-Jan de Grood
STAREast 2013
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Kanban
Give me answers !
A brief introduction
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Kanban
Characteristics
Kanban is a method for managing
workflows and has a strong focus on
reducing waste and maximizing value
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TOC
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Principles
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Testing for business benefit
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When bother?
Traditional organization
four situations
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5. Maintenance department
Test Center of Excellence
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SCRUM
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Why bother…
Project
Trends that make kanban interesting
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Mobile
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Geographic
Big Data
Security
Virtualization
Embedded
Interfaces
Back-end Virtualization
Continues Integration
Devices
Infrastructure
Cloud
Test Automation
Emulating
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Knowledge Base
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Our test team is
involved in the following
activities
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Benefits
How do you keep
track of activities,
make sure nothing
is forgotten and
they are handled
efficiently and with
right priority
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The board
Insight in
competences
From
reactive to
steady
flow
Testing out of
crumple zone
Benefits
Increase
efficiency
Better cooperation
How to organize kanban flow
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KanBan
Challenges
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How big should your work-item be?
Preparation. Before you start !
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A simple board
Preparation. Before you start !
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Add columns
Add swimming lanes
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Who does ….
The cards
what?
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This works stimulating
and makes teams
perform better and
have more fun
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Wrap-up
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Wrap-up
Factsheet
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Derk-Jan
Valori
Coltbaan 4a
3439 NG NIEUWEGEIN
The Netherlands
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derkjandegrood@valori.nl
+31(0)651807878
www.valori.nl
@DerkJanDeGrood
http://djdegrood.wordpress.com
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