Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin, co-authors of several influential books on Agile Testing, share their expertise in improving software testing methods. They discuss the Agile Testing mindset and the importance of holistic testing, emphasizing collaboration within teams. The conversation delves into the Agile Testing Quadrants and the 'Power of Three' concept, which enhances teamwork in quality assurance. Additionally, they explore exploratory testing and its significance in production environments, shedding light on testing as a continuous activity throughout the development cycle.
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Testing Is Continuous And Collaborative
Testing is a continuous, collaborative activity from inception to delivery and beyond.
It builds quality in via fast feedback and whole-team responsibility.
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Make The Whole Team Responsible For Quality
Involve everyone on the team in quality and testing decisions from the start.
Encourage developers to own automated tests while testers support exploratory and product-facing checks.
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Bring Testers In At Discovery
Include testers early to identify risks and plan mitigations before coding begins.
Use those risk discussions to shape acceptance criteria and the level of quality desired.
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“Testing is an activity that happens throughout. It is not a phase that happens at the end. Start thinking about the risks at the very beginning, and how we are going to mitigate those with testing."
Janet Gregory and Lisa Crispin are the co-authors of several books on Agile Testing and the co-founders of Agile Testing Fellowship. In this episode, Janet and Lisa shared the agile testing concept and mindset with an emphasis on the whole team approach, which was then followed by an explanation of the holistic testing concept with a complete walkthrough how we can use the approach in our product development cycle, including how Continuous Delivery fits into holistic testing. Janet and Lisa also described some important concepts in agile testing, such as the agile testing quadrants (to help classify our tests) and the power of three (aka the Three Amigos). Towards the end, Janet and Lisa also shared their perspective on exploratory testing and testing in production.
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