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- Welcome to Agile Testing Essentials.

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My name is Janet Gregory.

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I had to come up to speed quickly

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on my first agile team in 2001,

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which is where I first met Lisa

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when she was writing her first book,

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Testing Extreme Programming.

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I worked on several teams after that

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helping them to transition to agile

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either as a tester or a coach or both.

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Until Lisa and I wrote our
first book, Agile Testing:

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A Practical Guide for
Testers and Agile Teams.

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Since then, I've been coaching,
consulting, and training

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with teams around the world.

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- I'm Lisa Crispin.

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Since 2000, I've worked as a tester

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on agile development teams.

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I've had the chance to
observe the challenges

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that teams who start in
agile transition face

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over the course of several years.

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This helped when we were
writing our second book,

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More Agile Testing: Learning
Journeys for the Whole Team.

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- In Agile Testing Essentials,

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you'll learn ways you and your whole team

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can succeed with testing
in agile projects.

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We'll present six lessons
with practical guidelines

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for planning and executing
the testing activities

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that help your team build
quality into your product.

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- Throughout the course,
we give you a chance

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to practice techniques as you learn them.

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Each time you see a stop and think slide,

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spend some time doing a hands-on exercise

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or thinking about the questions we pose.

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When you resume the lesson,
Janet and I will talk

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about how we would approach the exercise,

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and share stories from our experience.

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You may wonder why you
see donkeys and dragons

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in some of our slides.

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I love donkeys. I have
two miniature donkeys

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and a standard size donkey at home.

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- And I like dragons. Friendly dragons.

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In fact, I like dragons so much

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that my company name is Dragon Fire.

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In lesson one, we introduce

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the Whole Team Approach to agile testing.

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We explain how to shift your mind set

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and learn the skills needed
for valuable testing.

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We'll explain how to engage the whole team

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in testing and set the stage for success

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with a focus on quality.

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- In lesson two, we go into details

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on using the Agile Testing Quadrants Model

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to help your team plan

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what testing activities are necessary.

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We help you understand
your own team's context,

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identify the important quality
attributes of your product,

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and effectively conduct the end game

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for successful deploy to production.

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- Lesson three is about early testing.

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Testing activities and
agile projects start

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with the very first discussions
of a business problem

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and how to solve it.

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For example, you can
use the testing mindset

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which is explained in lesson
one to ask good questions.

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These early conversations
help business stake-holders

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and the delivery team build
a shared understanding

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of each feature and each story.

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Testers can help elicit rules and examples

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that the team can turn
into executable tests

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that guide development.

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- Automation is the topic of lesson four,

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and it's a major obstacle
for many agile teams.

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We explain why your team
should invest in automation,

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and how to use the advantages
of agile development

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and it's cross-functional
teams to succeed.

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We introduce the Pyramid
Model to help you understand

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how to automate tests at the right level.

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You'll learn ways to create
an automation strategy

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using leading principles and practices,

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and we show you how you can get traction

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on the biggest automation challenges.

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- A core agile testing practice,

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which some teams struggle
with is exploratory testing.

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In lesson five, we introduce
exploratory testing

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and explain how to use
personas and charters

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to look at the product
from the perspective

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of different end users.

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We introduce different techniques

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to help give you the most value

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out of your exploratory testing

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and give it just enough structure

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to help others on your team participate.

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- In lesson six, we bring
all of the lessons together

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as we explain key success factors

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and core agile testing practices

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to build your team's confidence

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in the product you are delivering

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to your customers and end users.

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We hope you enjoy this
video and use the knowledge

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to help your team succeed in
your agile testing efforts.