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Test Strategies (Setting the Right Tone)

Learn how to create effective test strategies by setting the right tone, understanding your audience, and improving success rates. Discuss timing, involvement, common mistakes, and strategies for better project delivery.

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Test Strategies (Setting the Right Tone)

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  1. Test Strategies (Setting the Right Tone) Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  2. Introduction • This session will concentrate on making sure that we adopt the right tone in our Test Strategies • That we are aware of our target audience and speak to their concerns • We will • Examine the right time at which a Test Strategy should be written • Explain what you should be aiming to achieve with it • And conclude by looking at ways in which you can maximise your chances of achieving these goals Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  3. When is the right time to write the Test Strategy ? • In practice Test Managers will often complain • They are asked to write the strategy too LATE after a lot of the major decisions have already been taken • They are asked to write the strategy too EARLY because a lot of he detail required is available • And often make both complaints at different times about the same project !!! Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  4. 2 very different issues here…. So let’s deal with them one by one Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  5. 1. Test involved too late Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  6. 1. Test involved too late Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  7. Also… • Generally much easier to address Testing needs before development starts • Better than trying to graft a robust test approach onto a project for which it is not a good fit • Changing approach midway through a delivery much more difficult and expensive • Involving Test Manager will also often expose gaps and issues elsewhere in the strategy Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  8. 2. Test involved too Early Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  9. Timing - Conclusion Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  10. Question • Are there any circumstances where it makes sense to involve the Development but NOT the Test Manager in discussions about Overall Project Strategy? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  11. Answer NO Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  12. Stand-Alone or Incorporated Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  13. Stand-Alone or Incorporated • Advantages and disadvantages to both approaches • Separate – Highlights role of testing • Separate - Makes testing look unrelated to main project strategy • Together – testing section can get lost • Together - Shows testing is core element of project Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  14. Stand-Alone or Incorporated Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  15. Stand-Alone or Incorporated • Hard to explain logically why Test needs a separate strategy if Development doesn’t • And vice-versa • Both teams are equally important to successful delivery • Whatever the project manager may think….. Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  16. What to put in the Strategy • REMEMBER…. • Strategy sets out WHAT you want Testing to achieve • HOW • WHEN • BY WHOM • Are all subjects best covered in a Test Plan Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  17. Common Mistakes to Avoid

  18. Guidelines • Before you write the Strategy, ask • What am I trying to write? • How will I measure success? • How can I increase my chances of getting what I ask for? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  19. What am I trying to write? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  20. What am I trying to write? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  21. How will I measure Success? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  22. How will I measure Success? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  23. How can I increase my chances of getting what I ask for? Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  24. Build good relationships with other stakeholders Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  25. Align your interests with those of other Stakeholders Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  26. Be Proactive Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  27. Build up a track record of successful delivery Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  28. Build up a track record of successful delivery Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

  29. Conclusion Amadori Courses: Effective Test Strategies and Plans

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