The Secret to Successful Test Automation

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1 The Secret to Successful Test Automation Agile Denver, October 24, 2011 Lisa Crispin With Material from Janet Gregory 1

2 About me Programmer, tester, agile team member 2

3 About you Pair up with the person next to you. Tell each other your team s biggest obstacle to automating all your regression tests. 3

4 We shall reveal: The Secret to Successful Test Automation

5 Let s start by defining agile Agile teams: Deliver business value frequently at a sustainable pace while adapting to the changing needs of the business Source: Elisabeth Hendrickson 5

6 The key is sustainable pace Technical debt slows us down 6

7 The Death Spiral

8 High technical debt + insufficient automation = even less time

9 Automated tests are code public class CalculatorFixture extends ColumnFixture { public String startdate; public String enddate; public double startbalance; public double endbalance; public String irrtarget; private Calculator calculator = new Calculator(); private Double irr; 9

10 Test code deserves the same respect as production code!

11 Source: Gojko Adzic, StarEast 2011 keynote

12 Source: Gojko Adzic, StarEast 2011 keynote

13 Testers are especially good at Eliciting examples Turning them into tests Ensuring the right testing gets done Exploratory testing 13

14 Give testers time to do what we do best How? 14

15 The Whole-Team Approach 15

16 Ways to collaborate Pair 16

17 Test automation frameworks Let non-programmers specify tests 17

18 Continuous integration/testing short feedback loop 18

19 Team responsibility Automate all regression tests 19

20 Keep tests passing Stop the line to fix problems 20

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22 Commitment to quality What s your team s commitment? The best possible software product? 22

23 Meaningful Commitmen t Experimen t Learn 23

24 Under-commit Plan less work than you think you can do Including all test automation

25 Learn to write maintainable tests Get over the hump of pain From Gerard Meszaros XUnit Test Patterns 25

26 Whole-team software development Create a user story Write Customer (Q2) Tests Expand tests Story Tests Start thinking how to code Automate Q2 Tests TDD Pair, Show Me Product owner Product owner/ Tester Tester Tester/Programmer Programmer Exploratory testing Customer User Acceptance 26

27 Remember: It s a Team Problem Tackle automation with diversity Use retrospectives Try small experiments No story is done until it s tested

28 More about technical debt - The Shortcut Game Cutter technical debt issue (free with registration) Articles on technical debt sprints (handouts) 28

29 Some Agile Testing Resources lisacrispin.com janetgregory.ca exampler.com testobsessed.com testingreflections.com dhemery.com gojko.net shino.de 29

30 Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams By Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory Copyright : Lisa Crispin

Specification by Example How successful teams deliver the right software Gojko Adzic Case

32 Managing Software Debt Building for Inevitable Change Chris Sterling Addison-Wesley, 2010 Copyright : Lisa Crispin

33 All Proceeds to Charity! Beautiful Testing: Leading Professionals Reveal How They Improve Software Edited by Tim Riley, Adam Goucher Includes chapter by yours truly Copyright : Lisa Crispin

34 How will you get your team working together to automate tests?

35 Door Prizes!

Seven Key Factors for Agile Testing Success

Seven Key Factors for Agile Testing Success NDC 2010 Lisa Crispin With Material from Janet Gregory 1 Introduction Tester on agile teams since 2000 Current team: Has delighted customers Delivers value to