Author: Ben Arnott

Some random learnings from my experience of testing in an Agile environment –

1. Quality is everyone’s responsibility
2. Grey the lines of Developers and Testers
3. Job titles don’t mean jack… it’s the role you play that counts
4. NO MORE MINI WATERFALLS!
5. Less focus on Defect detection rates and on quick to market software
6. Advertise the “Sliders” and adhere to them
7. Don’t be afraid to change the sliders, but make sure they are communicated
8. Testers make great Interation Managers
9. Automation isn’t a silver bullet, it is complimentary
10. Tester and Tester pairing is great
11. Tester and Developer pairing is great
12. Tester and Subject Matter Expert (SME pairing) is great
13. 80% of the Testing Effort is at the time of card elaboration
14. Co-Locate wherever possible!
15. If you are more than 10 metres away from a team member, you are NOT co-located
16. It’s “Done” when it’s tested successfully
17. Integrate Code Continuously and Continuously test integrated code.
18. If Quality isn’t your number one slider… mitigate!
19. If you smell a smell raise it
20. If someone raises a smell, investigate
21. Ask Why
22. Ask Why again
23. Communicate all changes with the entire project.