As testers, do we do more harm than good? Online Test Conf 2021 - Conor Fitzgerald

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As Testers, do we more
harm than good?
Conor Fitzgerald
Head of Testing - Poppulo
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Parenting
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Data Driven
Parenting

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Guiding
Principles
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Potential

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Partner
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Data Driven
Development

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Guiding
Principles
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“Accelerate the
Achievement of
Shippable Quality”
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1. Business First
2. Accelerate the Team
3. Always Learn and Improve
4. Lead a Quality Culture
5. The Customer is King
6. Data trumps intuition
7. Everyone can test
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Influencer
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Safetynet
Solo
Static

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Coaching
Collaborating
Change

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The
training
wheels
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References
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and Devops. by Nicole Forsgren , Jez Humble
and Gene Kim
Explore It! Reduce Risk and Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing. Elisabeth
Hendrickson
More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team. Janet Gregory and Lisa
Crispin
Leading Quality: How Great Leaders Deliver High-Quality Software and Accelerate Growth:
Owais Peer and Ronald Cummings-John
A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps. Katrina Clokie

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References
Introduction to Modern Testing
https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/courses/introduction-to-modern-testing-alan-page
Modern Testing Podcast
https://www.angryweasel.com/ABTesting/
Nicole Forsgren
https://nicolefv.com/resources
State of DevOps Reports
https://www.devops-research.com/research.html
Better Testing - worse quality Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://testobsessed.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/btwq.pdf

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References
Kanban in Action. Marcus Hammarberg and Joakim Sundén
The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. Eliyahu M Goldratt
The Lean Startup. Eric Ries
The Phoenix Project. by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr and George Spafford
The Devops Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in
Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Patrick Debois, John Willis
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow by Manuel
Pais and Matthew Skelton