Crispin, Lisa - Agile Testing - A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

Improvement

approach to process improvement,

448–449

continuous improvement principle,

27–28

ideas for improvement from retrospectives,

447–449

Incremental development

building tests incrementally,

178–179

as core practice,

488

“ilities” tests and,

232

thin slices, small chunks,

144–146

traditional vs. agile testing,

12–13

Index cards, logging bugs on, 423

Infrastructure

Quadrant 1 tests,

111–112

test infrastructure,

319

test plans and,

346–347

Installability testing, 231–232

Installation testing, 461–462

Integrated Development Environments. See IDEs (Integrated Development Environments)

Integration testing

interoperability and,

229

product and external applications,

459

IntelliJ IDEA, 125

Internal quality

measuring internal quality of code,

99

meeting team standards,

366

Quadrant 1 tests and,

111

speed and,

112

Interoperability testing, 228–229

Investment, automation requiring, 267–268

Iteration

automation strategy and,

299–300

definition,

502–503

demo,

443–444

life of a tester and,

327

pre-iteration activities.

See

Pre-iteration activities

prioritizing stories and,

338

review,

415

,

435–437

traditional vs. agile testing,

12–13

Iteration kickoff, 383–403

collaboration with customers,

396–397

considering all viewpoints,

385–389

controlling workload,

393

high-level tests and examples,

397–402

iteration planning,

383–384

learning project details,

384–385

overview of,

383

testable stories,

393–396

writing task cards,

389–392

Iteration metrics, 435–440

defect metrics,

437–440

measuring progress with,

435–437

overview of,

435

usefulness of,

439–440

Iteration planning

considering all viewpoints,

385–389

controlling workload,

393

learning project details,

384–385

overview of,

383–384

writing task cards,

389–392

Iteration review meeting, 415

Iteration wrap up, 443–451

celebrating successes,

449–451

demo of iteration,

443–444

ideas for improvement,

447–449

retrospectives,

444–445

“start, stop, continue” exercise for retrospectives,

445–447

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), 90–91

J

JBehave, 165

JConsole, 234

JMeter

performance baseline tests,

235

performance testing,

223

,

234

,

313

JMS (Java Messaging Service)

definition,

502–503

integration with external applications and,

243

testing data feeds and,

249

JProfiler, 234

JUnit

FitNesse as alternative for TDD,

299

functional testing,

176

load testing tools,

234–235

unit test tools,

126

,

165

,

291

JUnitPerf, 234

Just in time development, 369. See also Pre-iteration activities

K

Key success factors

agile testing mind-set,

482–483

automating regression testing,

484

big picture approach,

490–491

coding and testing as one process,

488–489

collaboration with customers,

489–490

continuous integration (CI),

486–487

feedback,

484–486

foundation of core practices,

486

incremental approach (thin slices, small chunks),

488

overview of,

481

synergy between practices,

489

technical debt management,

487–488

test environments,

487

whole team approach,

482

Keyword-driven tests, 182–183

King, Joseph, 176

Knowledge base, DTS, 80–81

Kohl, Jonathan, 201, 204, 211

König, Dierk, 320

L

Language, need for common, 134–135

Layered architecture, 116

Lean measurements, metrics, 74–75

Learning

automation strategy and,

303

continuous improvement principle,

27

Learning curve, automation and, 266–267, 303

Legacy code, 269

Legacy code rescue (Feathers), 117

Legacy systems

ccde,

269

definition,

502–503

logging bugs and,

421

testing,

117

Lessons Learned in Software Testing (Pettichord), 485

Lessons learned sessions, 383. See also Retrospectives

Lightweight processes, 73–74

Lightweight test plans, 350

Load testing. See Performance and load testing

LoadRunner, 234

LoadTest, 234

Logistics, physical, 65–66

LogWatch tool, 212

Loss of identity, QA teams fearing, 44–45

Louvion, Christophe, 63

M

Maintainability testing, 227–228

Management, 52–55

advance clarity and,

373–374

cultural change and,

52–54

overview of,

52

providing metrics to,

440

Managers

cultural changes for,

52–54

how to influence testing,

122–123

speaking managerís language,

55

Manns, Mary Lynn, 121–122

Manual testing

automation vs.,

258–259

peril of,

289

Marcano, Antony, 83, 426

Marick, Brian, 5, 24, 97, 134, 170, 203, 303

Martin, Micah, 169

Martin, Robert C., 169

Matrices

high-level tests and,

398–399

text matrices,

350–353

Maven, 126

McMahon, Chris, 260

Mean time between failure, reliability testing, 230

Mean time to failure, reliability testing, 230

Media, for logging bugs, 423–424

Meetings

demonstrations,

71

,

192

geographically dispersed,

376

iteration kickoff,

372

iteration planning,

23–24

,

244

,

331

,

384

,

389

iteration review,

71

,

415

pre-planning,

370–372

release planning,

338

,

345

retrospective,

447

scheduling,

70

sizing process and,

336–337

standup,

177

,

429

,

462

team participation and,

32

test planning,

263

Memory leaks, 237–238

Memory management testing, 237–238

Meszaros, Gerald, 99, 111, 113, 138, 146, 182, 204, 291, 296, 430

Metrics, 74–79

code coverage,

360–364

communication of,

77–78

defect metrics,

364–366

,

437–440

iteration metrics,

435–440

justifying investment in automation,

268

lean measurements,

74–75

overview of,

74

passing tests,

358–360

reasons for tracking defects,

52

,

75–77

,

82

release metrics,

358

ROI and,

78–79

what not to do with,

77

XP radar charts,

47–48

Milestones, celebrating successes, 449–450

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

definition,

504

testing data feeds and,

249

Mind maps, 156–158

Mind-set

agile testing as,

20–21

key success factors,

482–483

pro-active,

369–370

“Mini-waterfall” phenomenon, 46–47

Mock objects

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