(Past Event)

Testing in an Agile Environment

W1028 on 15 Mar 2012 , 09.15 - 16.30 Location: Uxbridge
Programme Management

"Adopting Agile can mean fewer defects, and projects going through User Acceptance Testing (UAT) more quickly."
Forum Practical Agile report, October 2011

Output

Testing in an Agile Environment (Report)
Testing in an Agile Environment (Executive Summary)
Testing in an Agile Environment (Top Tips)
Presentation: GlaxoSmithKline (Presentation)

Summary

Testing in an Agile environment involves testing as early as possible and testing often but what are the challenges affecting Agile testing, how is it different to other testing methodologies and what are the benefits?

To work correctly, Agile testing has to be run using proper processes and guidelines, and not as an excuse to get things done more quickly. Consistency in approach is critical and "'being' Agile, rather than 'doing' Agile", as one organisation coined it, will bring success.

Agile development also bends the traditional ideas of work roles: with Agile, people are expected to be able to perform each other's roles - developers will test, business analysts will develop, and testers and developers will do analysis. The test managers' and test analysts' job is then to implement changes on a sprint by sprint basis. But working this way raises further challenges, including the need to maintain control and communications between and within teams and stakeholders.

Objectives

Join corporate IT peers to discuss the issues around Software Test Management when conducted in an Agile environment, and learn about the approaches other organisations are taking.

Who should attend

Test Managers and IT professionals involved in the Test Management process.

Agenda

Member Experience Report Presentation
What do we mean by Agile?
Choices (what project; which Agile)
Organisational and people questions
Tools
How to test in Agile
Estimating, measuring and reporting

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