Testing Ask Me Anything - Whole Team Testing

10th January 2023
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Lisa Crispin

Testing consultant

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When I try to get developers to do testing, they say it's not their job. What can I do about that?
What is the number one activity testers can do to create a culture of shared responsibility for testing within the team?
Every team is unique but are there blank canvas go to strategies / heuristics which can be used to grow a quality focus?
How can product management support whole team testing with their efforts?
What techniques and tools can help get the whole team involved in testing?
If the whole team tests, what's the future for testers?
Any advice for new testers who are still learning how to test as part of a team and do not feel experienced in the role?
What is the challenge with getting non testers to understand that testing is more than automation?
What would you say are the success criteria for a team that is doing whole team testing?
What are the initial tasks or activities to evaluate if a team/company is ready for whole team testing?
Do you have any tips on how I can introduce cross-company testing sessions to teams who don't interact with the platform much in a fun and engaging way?
Where does automation belong in a sprint?
How have teams incorporated performance testing in whole team testing?
Chapter How can I get developers to make the code more testable?Title
Description
Our host Vernon Richards was joined by Lisa Crispin to answer all your questions.
One of the cornerstones of agile development is the whole-team focus on building quality into the software. On high-performing teams, everyone takes responsibility for testing, regardless of their official role or self-identified specialities. The DevOps movement has built on this, putting even more focus on delivery teams collaborating with Operations and other teams to build testable infrastructure and enabling continuous delivery. 
In this AMA, Lisa answered questions about how whole-team testing works in practice. If you’re wondering how in the world you get non-testers interested in doing work that they’ve purposely avoided in the past, or interested in newer practices that involve more of the delivery team, such as pair and mob testing. 

mabl are sponsored this AMA. mabl is the most reliable codeless UI testing service available, enabling continuous testing with an auto-healing automation framework and maintenance-free test infrastructure. Using proprietary machine learning models to automatically identify application issues, including javascript errors, visual regressions, broken links, increased latency, and more, mabl brings traditional UI testing to the modern age.Find out more about  mabl.
Lisa Crispin
she/her
Testing consultant
Lisa Crispin is a consultant, author and speaker based in Vermont, USA. She and Janet Gregory have co-authored four books, most recently _Holistic Testing: Weave Quality Into Your Product_.
Lisa Crispin
she/her
Testing consultant
Lisa Crispin is a consultant, author and speaker based in Vermont, USA. She and Janet Gregory have co-authored four books, most recently _Holistic Testing: Weave Quality Into Your Product_.
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