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RE-INVENTING TESTING – A DISCUSSION ABOUT SCIENCE, EXPLORATION AND INNOVATION

CHRISTIN WIEDEMANN, PH.D. CO-CEO & CHIEF SCIENTIST, PQA TESTING

© 2015 PQA - Christin Wiedemann

@c_wiedemann

@PQATesting

#FollowYourNoseTesting

SHARE

CONFER

INSPIRE


PARTICLE PHYSICIST

DEVELOPER

TESTER


SKEPTICAL

INQUISITIVE

OPEN-MINDED


TESTING TODAY

IMPERATIVE FOR INNOVATION

COLLABORATIVE CONTEXT


WHAT ARE THE NEW IDEAS AND TRENDS IN TESTING?


TODAY: REVOLUTION!


EVOLUTIONTODAY: REVOLUTION!


“[…] O BRAVE NEW WORLD, THAT HAS SUCH TECHNOLOGY

IN’T […]”


IS TESTING EVOLVING?


200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015

FIREFOX

TELERIK

SCALA

XCODE

64-BIT

SELENIUM

RAILS

HUDSON

CHROME

ANDROID

NODE.JSMONGODB

RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN

IPAD

JENKINS

APPIUM SWIFT

RETINA DISPLAY

OPENSTACK SELENIUM

BEHAT


2015 - 100 MBPS

X 1 000

2001 - 100 KBPS


INTERNET DATA 2000 - 1 EB

MOBILE DATA 2013 - 30 EB

1 EB = 1018 = 1 000 000 000 000 000 000

X 30


1983

2015

EXPLORATORY TESTING

EXTREME PROGRAMMINGSESSION-BASED TESTING AGILE MANIFESTO

TEST-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT


OLD NEWS


THINKING INSIDE THE BOX


LET’S GET INNOVATIVE!


“[…] BEING ABLE TO IMAGINE SOMETHING BEYOND WHAT WE ARE […] EXPERIENCING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT.”


NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

NOT TECHNOLOGY


PROBLEM IDEAS

FOCUS

DEVELOP

IMPLEMENT


SCIENCE AND INNOVATION


PARADIGMS CAN BE TOPPLED


GUIDELINES ARE NOT RULES

HABITS ARE NOT RULES

IT IS OK TO BREAK (SOME) RULES


YOU SHALL NOT PASS


SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY


THERE IS NO SINGLE FORMULA FOR GOOD SCIENCE


THERE IS NO SINGLE FORMULA FOR GOOD SCIENCE

TESTING


FOLLOW-YOUR-NOSE TESTING


QUES·TION

/ˈKWESCHƏN/ VERB

FEEL OR EXPRESS DOUBT ABOUT; RAISE OBJECTIONS TO.


DE·BATE

/DIˈBĀT/ VERB

TO DISCUSS (SOMETHING) WITH PEOPLE WHOSE OPINIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN.


CRIT·I·CIZE

/ˈKRITƏˌSĪZ/ VERB

JUDGING THE MERITS AND FAULTS OF SOMETHING IN AN INTELLIGIBLE WAY.


QUESTION

DEBATE

CRITICIZE


CO·OP·ER·ATE

/KŌˈÄPƏˌRĀT/ VERB

WORK TOWARD THE SAME END.


COOPERATE

IMAGINE

INNOVATE


IS TESTING EVOLVING?

DO WE NEED TEST INNOVATION?

HOW CAN WE INNOVATE TESTING - TOGETHER?


COMPLIANCE OR DEFIANCE?


AND THE REVOLUTION?


“BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD.”


SHAPING THE FUTURE OF TESTING

REFERENCES• WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, THE TEMPEST, ACT V, SCENE 1 • http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-

networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html • MAHATMA GANDHI

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/collateral/service-provider/visual-networking-index-vni/white_paper_c11-520862.html

READING TIPS• THE POWER OF WHY, AMANDA LANG • http://www.pqatesting.com/resource/downloads/

Lets_Start_a_Test_Revolution.pdf • “PURSUING PATTERNS, PUZZLES, AND PARADOXES”, LINDA S. GOTTFREDSSON:

http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/2010puzzles.pdf

http://www.pqatesting.com/resource/downloads/Lets_Start_a_Test_Revolution.pdf

http://www.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/2010puzzles.pdf

CHRISTIN WIEDEMANN

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