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Embedding Test Engineering into Development

Today’s agenda Ø The context - why embedding testing into development Ø Our story Ø Testing infrastructure Ø Takeaway Ø Prizes

Ø Who is considered to be a promoter of the context driven testing (rapid software testing)? Ø Answers: o Michael Bolton o James Bach o Myself

Where we’ve started and where we want to go

Where we’ve started and where we want to go

Ø What can help you shorten the feedback loop ? Ø Answers: o Extensive exploratory testing o Investing in automation testing o Support Test Engineering and Dev collaboration

Where we’ve started and where we want to go

The controversial part of the change Ø Our role of test engineer is changing into one of guiding dev team through testing practices, so, who is supposed to test from now on? Ø Answers: o The entire team is testing o The Software Engineers are testing o The Test Engineers are testing

Ø Our focus determines our reality “Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process. ” E. Deming

Where we’ve started and where we want to go

Takeaway Ø Same understanding over the testing pyramid Ø Move validation to automation Ø Context driven testing Ø No separation between manual and automation testing Ø Invest in automation for a fast feedback loop and use exploratory as a healthy measure of automation process Ø Allow developers to write, run and maintain FE tests if they want

Takeaway Ø Focus on people; allow people to grow and progress; create a culture that simultaneously fosters experimentation, learning from failure, and understanding that repetition and practice are the prerequisites to mastery Ø Get involved A great test engineer is not the one that has the power to say yes or no, but it is the one that can help turn a no into a yes.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new” Thank you! Socrates You can reach me at dragos. gavrilescu@heg. com

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