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Survival techniques for testersBeyond the T-shaped tester
Derk-Jan de Grood & Jan Jaap Cannegieter
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Survival techniques for testersBeyond the T-shaped tester
Derk-Jan de Grood@[email protected]
Jan Jaap Cannegieter@[email protected]
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Agenda8.30 – 9.00 Opening, introduction of the workshop9.00 – 9.30 Determination of the π profiles9.30 – 10.00 Elaboration of the chosen profiles10.00 – 10.30 Break10.30 – 11.30 Gallery and personal development plan (PDP)11.30 – 12.00 Discuss some of the PDP’s12.00 – 12.30 Your future profile and development path
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Recent changes
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Testers piramideTest consultancy
Test management
Team lead
Test design & execusion
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T-shaped professional
Conceived by David Guest in 1991 ["The hunt is on for the Renaissance Man of computing,", The Independent, September 17, 1991. ]
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What is a T-shaped professional?
Deep/specificDeep/specific
Broad/GenericBroad/GenericKnowledge
Skills
Knowledge
Skills
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Skills vs knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
SkillsSkills
Actual level
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There is not one T
Bridge builder
Super specialist
And what about someone who can test and elicitate / manage
requirements?
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Combining two specialities
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[Source: BRITTANY HUNTER]
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ExamplesExamples
Requirement
Requirement
ss
TestingTesting
Broad/GenericBroad/Generic
The knowledge and skills vary The knowledge and skills vary with each π-shapewith each π-shape
ToolingTooling
TestingTesting
Broad/GenericBroad/GenericM
anagement
Managem
ent
TestingTesting
Broad/GenericBroad/Generic
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Assingment 1: What’s in the second leg?
Identify different π-shaped profiles
15 minutes
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Assingment 2: Zooming in
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Assingment 2: Define knowledge and skills
• Go to the profile you want to elaborate• Determine:
• Knowledge in second vertical• Skills in second vertical• Knowledge and skills in horizontal• Knowledge and skills in testing vertical
• 30 minutes
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Gallery
Gallery, walk around and view each others workAdd items using sticky notes in case you think it is incomplete
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Hey YOU,Let’s get personal
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Personal preferences & strategic choices
Ace
$€
Like
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TestbashHacketronPilotTalk with peersDownload a toolBook readingCourseDo Utest Let the world
know what your capable of
Nothing beats the real thing
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Profiling-Curve by De Grood & Cannegieter (2015)
Retweet Tweet Respond to
blogpost
Write a blog
Talk at conference
Start a SIG
Organize a session at
work
Maybe a challenge but high impact
Easy with
limited effect
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Assingment 3: Personal Dev Plan• Determine what profile fits you best (in the future) • For each of the knowledge items and skills do
determine what you need to develop to meet the requirements of this profile
• Make your own personal developmentplan based on the template
• Present your plan to another delegant
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From the CAT manual
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Learning starts now:
Choose your sessions based on your personal goal!