worldwide testing - join the crowd
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March 17, 2010 The presentation I gave at the Swiss Testing Day 2010 in Zürich, Switzerlnd.TRANSCRIPT
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Ewald Roodenrijs
Worldwide Testing: Join the Crowd
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Program
— What is crowdtesting?— What are the benefits of crowdtesting?— What can crowdtesting do?— Options for service providers— How to implement for crowdtesting?
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Remarkable things
Technology changed the world— Borders have disappeared— Everyone is connected to one other— Interaction takes place in different ways
The world has changed with internet, but software testing hasn’t changed that much...
Now problems with the testing of— Multiple devices— Third party updates— Getting specialists— Languages
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Crowdsourcing + testing = Crowdtesting
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What is crowdtesting?
— Use of crowdsourcing on testing— New phenomenon— Substitute to traditional testing— Focus on acceptance
The use of an (un)known crowd of people and knowledge when testing software applications or systems
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Key benefits
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Build a crowd
Knowledge/Performance— Specialty (security, usability, ...)— Beginner vs. Expert— Novice vs. User
Background
Language
Independent blood
Mirror real world
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The crowd can help us
— Crowdtesting can complement in-house resources at a practical, tactical level
— Crowdtesting enables to tap into the creativity and diversity of a global community of skilled professionals
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Reasons for crowdtesting
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Applications
Lots of feedback
No sensitive data or functionality
Multi-platform software
Large end-to-end systems
Games
Beta software
Load & performance testing
Mobile software
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Control the crowd
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Costs control
No long term contracts— Add or reduce resources when needed— No initial investment
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What makes test service providers special
— Companies have their own test methodologies— Companies know their clients and the requirements they have for
testing— Companies have test experts that know everything about the right
test strategy and test coverage— Companies have years of experience
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Opportunities service provider
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Shopping list
A crowd
Crowd build-up— Experts— Novice— Specialists— (Potential) users
Portion software
Questionairre
Testing environment
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Examples
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Conclusion