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Tools & Tips for Testing Small and Agile Projects Lanette Creamer, S ilicon Publishing Inc. Bio Lanette Creamer blog.testyredhead.com Twitter @lanettecream based in Seattle Silicon Publishing Inc. LanetteCreamer@siliconpublishing.com

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Tools & Tips for Testing Small and Agile Projects

Lanette Creamer, Silicon Publishing Inc.

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Bio

Twitter @lanettecream Silicon Publishing Inc. LanetteCreamer@siliconpublishing.com based in Seattle

Lanette Creamer

blog.testyredhead.com

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Agenda

What do you mean by small?
Small Projects as Change
9-12 Week projects
5-8 Week Projects
2-4 Week Projects
<2 Weeks
Conclusion, Q&A!

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What do you mean by small?*

*Largest & Smallest Horse Variation Currently Available on Earth

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Change

A slightly smaller project can be more difficult than a project that is severely smaller.

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Change What’s changed? When did it change? Who’s responsible for the change? Change is expected.

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Faster (than what?)

Faster than EVER before! Not for Me! This Sucks.

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How do we go faster?

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How Sane is Sane Enough? Tool: Jenkins* (or other CI) Why: You alone can not be the single point of testjng. Single point

f fixes is also a big issue.

*This is not just a testjng tool

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To go faster, remember to KISS

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9-12 weeks

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5-8 weeks

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5-8 weeks OMG you’ve grown!

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2-4 weeks

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Under 2 weeks

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Smaller than Weeks?

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Small Project Mantra

We must, we must, we must increase our trust!

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But what if you have LOTS of small projects?

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Feeling a little overwhelmed?

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The Gift of Time

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”

J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring 1954

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Testing is fun! Even in small bites.

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Obstacles to Small Projects

Politics (Precedence, Posturing) Micromanaging (Meetings, Metrics) Status (Structure, Silence)

“Avoid painful PMS.”-Lanette Creamer

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When it must be small

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Creamer’s Final Thought

Ask “What can I test today to make tomorrow better.”

Lanette’s Testing Mantra Learned from Small Projects 2012

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References

Pencil Carvings by Mizuta Tasogare and Kato Jado
Lord’s Prayer Pins by A. Schiller
Needle Microsculpture by Willard Wigan http://willard-wigan.com/

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Slide Metrics

0" 2" 4" 6" 8" 10" 12" 14" WW" Chipmunk" Gnomes" Horses" Turtles" Snails" Shark" Velociraptor" Squirrels" Deer" Cats" Monkeys" Cake" Pencil"Art" Pin" Microdonuts" Emo"Snowmen" Snowcone"

Photo%Content%Breakdown% Photo%Content%by%Type%

Vegetarian)Food) Bear)Grylls)Food) Animals)

Maximum Cat Density

44%

Total Cats as % of Animals

31%

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Q & A

Lanette Creamer

blog.testyredhead.com