Agile Testing | Tester Troubles

I started employing this same concept durring a re...

2011-12-19T04:14:13.360Z

I started employing this same concept durring a recent project. An additional bonus is that bugs are essentially stories... and could be looked upon as TDD for test development :)

Thank you for sharing this post. It seems that aut...

2011-12-05T07:40:51.091Z

Thank you for sharing this post. It seems that automation testing services are in great demand however, it is very crucial to understand when to automate. look forward to your next post.

Great post. I like your post and do agree with yo...

2011-08-23T10:19:01.123+01:00

Great post. I like your post and do agree with you, very well said.I trust mots QA Testing expert will appreciate your note. Thanks for sharing this.

Hi Kevin, Glad you like it. I try and keep my pos...

2011-07-15T22:20:56.326+01:00

Hi Kevin,

Glad you like it. I try and keep my posts short and sweet and not too bogged down with tech stuff.

Come back soon for some more posts

Great post! Good advice, especially the parts abo...

2011-07-13T15:58:48.958+01:00

Great post! Good advice, especially the parts about identifying high risk areas and those with low expectations of changes.

I'd love to see more posts like this one. Short and to the point! :-)

Being a tester I also find ad hoc testing to becom...

2011-06-08T12:19:22.432+01:00

Being a tester I also find ad hoc testing to become complicated more and more as we proceed with Software quality testing. I also agree with your post.

I've been the leader of a scrum team for a lit...

2011-05-25T06:22:34.102+01:00

I've been the leader of a scrum team for a little over a year now and the DoD is something I've continued to struggle with. For some time we would simply validate that a list of acceptance criteria - taken from the use case - had been met and consider a story DONE. Now I am considering including a set of tests - automated where possible and manual where not - where these become the acceptance criteria.

Has anyone else adopted a similar approach and what kinds of results did you see? I'm concerned that this level of testing to consider a story DONE will greatly slow down our team velocity, but am hopeful that it will increase our confidence in the quality of the software. It should also help us to generate a repository of regression tests.

Clicking around without an agenda ends up being a ...

2011-04-19T00:53:04.850+01:00

Clicking around without an agenda ends up being a waste of time, so to create a mini plan is a great idea. Tell me Ray - do you ever guest speak at some agile meet-ups? Would be good to pick your brains.

Ray, thank you for an interesting article on Agile...

2011-04-08T10:57:06.727+01:00

Ray, thank you for an interesting article on Agile testing. I have a question for you about test planning and test execution reporting. I am working in an organization where waterfall methodology is adopted. Prior to SIT, test plan and test scripts have to be implemented, number of test cases is published, test execution is planned, and reporting is based on number of tests executed. If the requirements and thus, test scenarios are continiously emerging, how is the overall project status can be assessed? How can we know and effectively report to the management whether the project is on track or not? Thanks.

I like this post... it describes the agile process...

2010-12-21T13:10:42.100Z

I like this post... it describes the agile process some how... but nice because i work an agile tester even i don't like it.. but what's written above is the truth about agile!!

Thanks for this post!

1.Test plan comes before iteration starts after ac...

2010-12-09T21:54:56.486Z

1.Test plan comes before iteration starts after acceptence criteria
2.sprint planning is to provide information ,feedback on test,progress measurement
3.Sprint review,is goal acheived and any impediment executing the test through user stories

Had an interview today and they are an internation...

2010-11-27T00:22:18.201Z

Had an interview today and they are an international company and are looking for ISTQB! :( ...its true a parrot can pass these exams...

I don't have knowledge about Agile. But, after...

2010-11-23T04:49:59.470Z

I don't have knowledge about Agile. But, after reading this article I got some idea about Agile and I am going to implement the Agile in my organization soon.

Good idea. We are trying to automate our software ...

2010-11-19T13:24:21.556Z

Good idea. We are trying to automate our software product and it is taking its time, dragging the development, even. Let me try this approach.

Hi Ray, I am new to Agile and found your articles ...

2010-10-29T19:12:44.435+01:00

Hi Ray,
I am new to Agile and found your articles very interesting. R&D in my company is currently using Agile and for testing we do mostly Exploratory testing. If possible, could you please post some templates for writing "Stories". Or any article on how to get started with Agile?

Thank you,
Pavana

You only really talk about the Foundation course, ...

2010-10-29T15:24:21.404+01:00

You only really talk about the Foundation course, but I'm interested in your take on the other levels. I'm a QA Manager, and I've never put a huge faith in the ISEB course for the reason you've set above.. but I'm still contemplating the other courses for my staff as I feel they *should* offer some benefit (mixed with other courses for Agile, ITIL and PRINCE2).

Hi Monica, SCRUM is a methodology developed based...

2010-10-07T14:18:13.530+01:00

Hi Monica,

SCRUM is a methodology developed based on Agile principles(manifesto).There is no difference between Agile and SCRUM.

Thanks,

kiran.vollala@gmail.com

I found this article through google search. Very u...

2010-09-29T05:59:48.298+01:00

I found this article through google search. Very useful information about Agile. Thanks for sharing this.

Yes, I think it is an easy way to get into automat...

2010-08-23T17:50:58.058+01:00

Yes, I think it is an easy way to get into automation early

Hi I am new to agile.please annybody answer my qu...

2010-07-09T11:09:44.156+01:00

Hi

I am new to agile.please annybody answer my questions.

1.when u preare test plan in agile?
2.Tester role in sprint planning?
3.Tester role in sprint reviews?
4.Tester role in retrospectives?
4.What documents tester will prepare in agile?

Test Scenario is nothing but what to test in appli...

2010-07-09T11:03:23.004+01:00

Test Scenario is nothing but what to test in application.

Example: Google mail application
Possible Scenarios:
1.Login
2.Logout
3.Compose
4.Inbox
etc.....

I followed this approach on my last project and fo...

2010-06-15T07:38:03.142+01:00

I followed this approach on my last project and found it very effective. Do you ever go to testing meet ups in London?

Great alternative. This is something we were looki...

2010-06-15T00:00:58.744+01:00

Great alternative. This is something we were looking at last year but ended up opting down the traditional route

Hi Kay, 1. When testing in a more traditional way...

2010-06-05T21:23:55.634+01:00

Hi Kay,

1. When testing in a more traditional way, you plan for expected behaviour, so an emergent behaviour is the opposite. These are behaviours that make you divert from your plan.

2. How many times have you run a planned test script over and over again without finding a defect only for one to appear after the softwares gone live? I guess this has happened. So by including an exploratory phase into your plan you're more likely to find defects that would otherwise miss.

Hope this helps.

Ray (tester troubles)

What is a "Test Scenario"

2010-05-14T14:33:08.075+01:00

What is a "Test Scenario"