agile tester 3.0
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How agile testers work? How many QAs profile can we have?TRANSCRIPT
AGILE TESTER 3.0
Daniel Ricardo de Amorim
About me!
Daniel Ricardo de Amorim● Agile QA Consultant at ThoughtWorks● Speaker ● Writer● [email protected]● https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielricardodeamorim/en
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How do agile testers work?
Terminologies
● Quality Assurance ● Quality Analyst● Tester● Test Engineer● Software engineer in Test● Lead QA● Test Analyst
Testers are not sub-roles or separate roles in the team
Not a sub role anymore
Testers are part of the development team
Testers are engineers as well
What is the difference between an Agile Tester and a Developer?
Are they enemies?
But, are all QAs equal the same?
#not
What distinguishes QAs among themselves?
QA profiles can be sorted in three dimensions
Sort of QA's profile in 3 dimensions
● Business dimension● Technical dimension● DevOps dimension
Business dimension
Business driven
Extracting acceptance tests
BDD is one of the techniques
Recommended books
Recommended books
Technical dimension
Programming skills
Pair with devs
TDD and clean code enthusiasts
Experts on test automation
Knowledge on performance testing
Knowledge on security testing
Recommended books
Recommended books
DevOps dimension
Continuous delivery
Automate repeatable tasks
Recommended books
All QAs
Keep the team focused on delivery
Concern about product's quality
Ownership of tests
Wear many hats
Infect the team
The bible
