Agile for Testers
Agile for Testers
A 2-day course specifically for testers and other QA personnel. The course teaches agile from the viewpoint of a tester. Specific course emphasis is placed on how organizations typically handle testing during agile projects. Specific types of testing that work well in agile environments are not only described but used in several exercises.
Level:
Basic to intermediate
Length:
2 days (when done as an onsite course this can be done as 1 day added on to an Agile Startup course)
Intended Audience:
Testers and other QA personnel working within an agile environment. While the focus is on the agile process from the viewpoint of testers, business analysts, product managers, developers and others interested in learning how testing and QA work in an agile environment are encouraged to attend.
Pre-requisites:
None, but general reading about agile processes will be helpful
Learning objectives:
- The principles that drive a successful agile process
- Agile process and roles
- Generally accepted agile practices from the tester viewpoint
- Estimation and planning practices for testers
- Proper expectations of agile
- Potential agile testing transition issues and how to prevent them
- Basic understanding of a popular automated testing framework
- Understanding of useful agile testing techniques
Description:
A Power Agile™ course designed specifically for testers and QA personnel. Agile processes put significant pressure on testing and testing resources. One of the most significant causes of agile failure is a failure in testing. Teams generally need to embrace automated testing and use it effectively.
The course is designed to give agile testers a baseline for how agile is supposed to work (which may be different than the way they are doing things). It then goes on to explain the difficulties of agile testing and some potential solutions. Specific agile testing tools are shown and used in the course.