“We are doing agile, but the only tests we do in a sprint are unit tests” or “We are doing agile, but we have a hardening phase at the end, which is really more of a system integration test” or “We are doing agile, but testing is done by a separate test team.” Sound familiar? Gitte Ottosen says that these agile transition failures prevent teams from getting the maximum value out of the agile context. Failing to create a mindset and environment where quality is built-in continuously and testing is an integrated part of the development lifecycle are risks not only to quality in classical...
Gitte Ottosen
Gitte Ottosen is a managing consultant at Capgemini-Sogeti Denmark. A career tester, Gitte has twenty-two years of test engineering and test management experience in both traditional and agile contexts. She has worked with test process improvement, first as a test architect/manager at Systematic and more recently as a test coach for large private and public companies in Denmark. A self-confessed test evangelist who preaches the need for a structured and committed approach to testing, Gitte is a strong advocate for a context-driven approach, a role requiring profound professional insight, passion, and persistence. A Fellow within SogetiLabs, Gitte holds a number of testing and agile certifications—ISEB Practitioner, CAT, TMap Test Engineer, and Certified ScrumMaster.