Being a Tester in 2015

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1 Being a Tester in 2015 Teri Charles and Lisa Crispin

2 A li7le about us Teri 15+ years tes=ng, co- organizer of Boulder QA Meetup Lisa 20+ years tes=ng, agile teams since 2000 Currently tester on Pivotal Tracker team

3 How About You? Tell us a li7le about yourselves!

4 Automating is the answer! Let s hire some SDETs! Why So Much Confusion?

5 Examples of Job Descrip=ons 2+ years C# is a must 2+ years working as a Quality Assurance in a SoYware Engineering test capacity 2+ web applica=on development 2+ JavaScript MVC framework 2+ years ASP.NET MVC Ability to architect and op=mize test frameworks for key automa=on ini=a=ves Integrate automated tests into con=nuous integra=on workflows BDD, TDD, Unit tes=ng, Jasmine, SpecFlow

6 More Examples of Job Descrip=ons! ASP.NET Web API, RESTful API development or integra=on Single Page Applica=on (SPA) development MongoDB or other NoSQL database Ember.js or SproutCore AWS deployment and management, cloud automa=on Expert knowledge of relevant development tools & code management repositories (Netbeans, Eclipse, Komodo, SVN or equivalent) High- scale performance tuning Competency in one of the following languages: C, C++, Perl, Java or Python is a plus

7 Where is the Confusion Coming From? Recruiters Hiring Managers Testers

9 To code or not to code, that is the ques=on!

10 Do You Need to Learn How to Code? Do you want to learn how to code? Ø Then do it Do you not want to learn how to code? Ø Then don t do it

11 Most Importantly Don t Freak Out Figure out who YOU are, what are YOU interested in Get more technical Ø Get more comfortable looking at code Ø Know your domain Ø Learn a bit of SQL, shell Ø Use IDE team uses Ø Ask ques=ons Ø Know what you need to add value

12 What is Being a Tester? Think like a Tester! Being a detec=ve! Ask the ques=ons! Communicate! Courage! Learn learn and then learn some more! Is it knowing processes, wri=ng test plans and test cases? Competencies trump roles

Learn the Rules So You Can Break the Rules!

14 Ques=on What do we/you love about it being a tester?

15 Group Exercise At your table, write one item per s=cky note. What do you do now in your job? What would you like to be doing? Each person read your s=cky notes and place on table. Group similar items. Do any similar themes emerge?

16 Mentors Publica=ons Books Blog pos=ngs Webinars Conferences Meetups Online communi=es Learn New Skills

17 Exercise Pick your top learning goals and make a plan Ø For next week Ø For next month Ø For next six months Bonus: Pair with a buddy, exchange s, keep each other informed on your progress

18 Educate Others One of the best ways to learn something is to teach something! Hold a brown bag at work Write. Get published! Present at conferences Present at local Meetups What are some other ideas?

19 Learning Resources Tes=ng Resources: h7ps:// The Giant Mind Map of Testers to Follow: h7ps:// Lambert, Rob, "T- shaped Testers and Their Role In a Team", h7p://thesocialtester.co.uk/t- shaped- testers- and- their- role- in- a- team/, 2012 Levison, Mark, "The Beginner's Mind - An Approach to Listening", h7p:// beginners_mind, InfoQ, 2008 McMillan, Darren, "Mind Mapping 101", for Tes=ng: h7p:// Pa7on, Jeff, User Story Mapping, 2014 Wynne, Ma7 and Aslak Hellesoy, The Cucumber Book: Behavior- Driven Development for Testers and Developers, Pragma=c Programmers, 2012

20 More Learning Resources Adzic, Gojko, SpecificaGon by Example: How Successful Teams Deliver the Right SoMware, Manning, 2011 Adzic, Gojko, Impact Mapping: Making a Big Impact with SoMware Products and Projects, 2012a h7p:// impactmapping.org Gärtner, Markus, ATDD By Example: A PracGcal Guide to Acceptance Test- Driven Development, Addison- Wesley, 2012a Karten, Naomi, "Are You Listening?", h7p:// you- listening, Agile Connec=on, 2009 Keogh, Liz, h7p://lunivore.com - look for her posts on BDD, Real Op=ons Knight, Adam P., "T- shaped Tester, Square Shaped Team", h7p://thesocialtester.co.uk/t- shaped- tester- square- shaped- team/, 2013

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