Better Software East 2016 - Agile Test & QA
Thursday, November 17
Developing Reliable UI Test Automation in Agile Development
Automated UI tests typically suffer from a number of problems: They are brittle, hard to maintain, hard to read, often test only one browser, and are frequently slow. These problems are amplified in agile environments which often have less up-front planning for these tests, contributing to a number of issues affecting their reliability and maintainability. Michael Durrant says that writing reliable, automated UI tests in agile environments requires a development style that emphasizes a standards-based approach and the application of specific practices such as...
Agile Test Automation Patterns: From the Inside Out
Does your team struggle to test new functionality during your iterations? Do you end up testing code in added-on “test-only” hardening iterations? Are bugs still found in your product weeks or months after they were delivered? If so, you are missing out on a major process improvement that will save money, shorten delivery times, and reduce overall risk to the product and your brand. Paul Merrill empowers you to test quicker and earlier in your agile process with proven techniques and patterns like “use test driver,” “define interface,” “simulate functionality,”...
The Three Pillars Approach to an Agile Testing Strategy
Far too often, organizations focus solely on the development teams and their technical practices as their agile adoption strategy. And then there’s the near constant focus on acquiring development tools. Often the testing activity and the testing teams are left behind in agile adoption, or even worse, they’re simply along for the ride. This is not an effective transformation strategy. Join experienced agile coach Bob Galen as he shares the Three Pillars framework for establishing a balanced strategic plan for quality and testing. The Three Pillars focus on...