Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

• Authors: Lisa Crispin;Janet Gregory
• Venue: Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
• Year: 2009

As Agile methods have entered the mainstream, weve learned a lot about how the testing discipline fits into Agile projects. Lisa and Janet give us a solid look at what to do, and what to avoid, in Agile testing.Ron Jeffries, www.XProgramming.comAn excellent introduction to agile and how it affects the software test community!Gerard Meszaros, Agile Practice Lead and Chief Test Strategist at Solution Frameworks, Inc., an agile coaching and lean software development consultancyIn sports and music, people know the importance of practicing technique until it becomes a part of the way they do things. This book is about some of the most fundamental techniques in software developmenthow to build quality into codetechniques that should become second nature to every development team. The book provides both broad and in-depth coverage of how to move testing to the front of the development process, along with a liberal sprinkling of real-life examples that bring the book to life.Mary Poppendieck, Author of Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software DevelopmentRefreshingly pragmatic. Chock-full of wisdom. Absent of dogma. This book is a gamechanger. Every software professional should read it.Uncle Bob Martin, Object Mentor, Inc.With Agile Testing, Lisa and Janet have used their holistic sensibility of testing to describe a culture shift for testers and teams willing to elevate their test effectiveness. The combination of real-life project experiences and specific techniques provide an excellent way to learn and adapt to continually changing project needs.Adam Geras, M.Sc. Developer-Tester, Ideaca Knowledge ServicesOn Agile projects, everyone seems to ask, But, what about testing? Is it the development teams responsibility entirely, the testing team, or a collaborative effort between developers and testers? Or, How much testing should we automate? Lisa and Janet have written a book that finally answers these types of questions and more! Whether youre a tester, developer, or manager, youll learn many great examples and stories from the real-world work experiences theyve shared in this excellent book.Paul Duvall, CTO of Stelligent and co-author of Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing RiskFinally a book for testers on Agile teams that acknowledges there is not just one right way! Agile Testing provides comprehensive coverage of the issues testers face when they move to Agile: from tools and metrics to roles and process. Illustrated with numerous stories and examples from many contributors, it gives a clear picture of what successful Agile testers are doing today.Bret Pettichord, Chief Technical Officer of WatirCraft and Lead Developer of WatirTesting is a key component of agile development. The widespread adoption of agile methods has brought the need for effective testing into the limelight, and agile projects have transformed the role of testers. Much of a testers function, however, remains largely misunderstood. What is the true role of a tester? Do agile teams actually need members with QA backgrounds? What does it really mean to be an agile tester? Two of the industrys most experienced agile testing practitioners and consultants, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, have teamed up to bring you the definitive answers to these questions and many others. In Agile Testing, Crispin and Gregory define agile testing and illustrate the testers role with examples from real agile teams. They teach you how to use the agile testing quadrants to identify what testing is needed, who should do it, and what tools might help. The book chronicles an agile software development iteration from the viewpoint of a tester and explains the seven key success factors of agile testing.Readers will come away from this book understandingHow to get testers engaged in agile developmentWhere testers and QA managers fit on an agile teamWhat to look for when hiring an agile testerHow to transition from a traditional cycle to agile developmentHow to complete testing activities in short iterationsHow to use tests to successfully guide developmentHow to overcome barriers to test automationThis book is a must for agile testers, agile teams, their managers, and their customers.