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Equipping you for the unexpected challenges of Testing - PPT Presentation

Emma Armstrong EmmaATester wwwtaooftestingcouk Emmaarmstrongtowerswatsoncom My Knife Mando Gomez Image sewing needle with threadMarkus Grossalber Challenges Technical Challenges ID: 429861

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Equipping you for the unexpected challenges of Testing

Emma Armstrong@EmmaATesterwww.taooftesting.co.ukEmma.armstrong@towerswatson.com

My Knife–

Mando GomezSlide2

Image -sewing needle with thread-Markus

Grossalber

Challenges

Technical Challenges

Technology

Social challenges

Development Practices

Communication and InteractionSlide3

Haste

Image -Time

For ? -Alexander Boden

Unrealistic targets

Unrealistic estimations

Compromise on Quality

Sub-standard workSlide4

Apathy

Meh or Men – you decide -Tom Woodward

Raise bugs you find

Solve problems that you encounter

Learn what you needSlide5

Complexity

Image -C

omplexity – Mark Skipper

Organic development

Legacy code

“Smart” code

Latest technologySlide6

Unchartered Waters

Image -Sea

- Moyan Breen Slide7

Exercise One – UI Design

VisualSpeedFeedbackCommunicationResource –Designing the User Interface by Ben ShneirmanSlide8

Exercise One – Shneiderman’s 8 Golden Rules

Strive for consistency.Enable frequent users to use shortcuts.

Offer informative feedback.

Design dialog to yield closure.Offer simple error handling.

Permit

easy reversal of

actions.

Support

internal locus of

control.

Reduce

short-term memory load

.

Resource –Designing the User Interface by Ben

ShneidermanSlide9

Exercise One – Jakob Nielsen’s 10 Usability Heuristics

Visibility of system statusMatch between system and the real worldUser control and freedom

Consistency and standardsError prevention

Recognition rather than recallFlexibility and efficiency of use

Aesthetic and minimalist design

Help users recognize, diagnose and recover from errors

Help and documentation

Resource –http://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/Slide10

Be Aware

Time

ComplexitySkillExternal FactorsSlide11

Challenge yourself

Deliberate Practice

MentoringKatas

Brown bagsRead – Books/Articles/BlogsCommunitySlide12

Skills

Cheat sheets

HeuristicsRubber Duck

VisualisePracticeSlide13

QuotesSlide14

Quotes

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it - AristotleSlide15

ResourcesSlide16

Equipping you for the unexpected challenges of Testing

Emma Armstrong@EmmaATesterwww.taooftesting.co.ukEmma.armstrong@towerswatson.com

My Knife–

Mando Gomez