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The Changing face of test management
Test management, past, present and future
Ben Williams & Tom Roden #AgileTD – March 2015
Step 1. Remove brain
Step 2. Login to Quality Centre
Step 3. Follow 67 more steps without looking at how the application is behaving
Step 4. Test fails for reason unrelated to test step
Step 5. Step 4 does not compute, enter tight loop until sickness or darkness descends
If the test didn’t find the defect, does the defect really exist?
Stay On Target
Has the role changed?• 90% have experienced a change in responsibilities
How many have experienced a change?
lots of peoplealmost no-‐one
People reported an increase in…–Coaching practices & techniques –Mentoring –Stakeholder Management –Cross team knowledge
People reported a decrease in…–Planning –Reporting –Test Strategies –Project admin –Project and Programme Management –Reviewing Documentation
People reported no change in…–Budgeting & Staffing –Training –Governance & project assurance –Reviewing tests –Unblocking –Metrics & instrumentation
“As agile methods continue to replace traditional, the role of test manager will cease to exist.
Test managers will cover a different role, with a broader scope, utilising a different skillset.
Teams will need to assume more accountability for test activities than they have done in the past”
Our Hypothesis