Valuable Feedback, Fast - Applied
The ‘Valuable Feedback, Fast - Applied’ workshop revolves around the same premise as the original VFF course:
“Test automation problems almost always go deeper than just the tool. Often, they are of both a technical and an organizational nature. It would be wise to approach and address them like that, then, instead of throwing another tool at the problem and hoping this one will make the problem go away.”
In the ‘VFF - Applied’ workshop, though, we will assess and improve the test automation strategy you use in your team and/or organization. You will walk away with a thorough assessment of and actionable improvements for your approach to test automation, improvements that you can start working on the next day.
Yes, I’d like to book this workshop for my team!
Workshop overview
As the workshop will revolve around your specific test automation strategy and the challenges you experience, it is hard to define an exact outline of the workshop here.
Since I will use the 5W1H method (also referred to as the Kipling method) as a structure for the strategy assessment, here is a list of questions asked and tasks performed during the workshop:
Why?
- Creating a shared understanding of what ‘valuable feedback, fast’ means
- Visualizing current feedback loops and identifying relevant gaps and waste
- Defining concrete and measurable automation goals
What?
- Introducing the test automation quadrant
- Defining what makes a test valuable for you
- Defining what ‘fast’ means in your context
- Classifying current tests using the test automation quadrant
Where?
- Discussing the challenges of automating existing (regression) test scripts
- Breaking down E2E tests and discussing what is gained and lost
- Defining concrete steps to improve tests and your testability
- Identifying of what risks are acceptable, and what risks really need coverage
When?
- Discussing when to write and test the tests, when to run the tests and when to maintain the tests
- Designing a workflow and pipeline template that can be used and adapted or extended
Who?
- Defining the skills required to succeed with test automation
- Mapping responsibilities - who writes and maintains the tests, and who should be informed of the test results?
- Defining good practices (code review for tests, shared patterns, internal guilds / communities of practice
- Defining actionable steps to identify and improve required skills
How?
- Discussing what (types of) tools would best fit your specific context
- Defining useful metrics to track test automation progress and results
- Laying the groundwork for responsible use of AI
As with every workshop I run, we will first discuss the outline and your learning requirements, and then adjust the workshop to your needs.
Who should take this workshop?
This workshop is for software development and testing practitioners, as well as tech and team leads, who want to learn how to be successful with test automation and how to achieve its goal of ‘valuable feedback, fast’ in their specific context.
Workshop duration and delivery
The ‘Valuable feedback, fast - Applied’ workshop takes 2 days. The wide range of exercises in this course are designed to address both the technical and the organizational aspects of succeeding with test automation. As a participant, you will:
- contribute to facilitated discussions, investigating and performing root cause analysis of your test automation problems and challenges
- deliver short presentations on your findings and advocate for your ideas
- identify actionable steps towards improving your test automation efforts
- create a shared understanding of what test automation is and how you can succeed with it in your context
Due to the experiential nature of the course, I strongly prefer running it on site, in person. The maximum group size is 25 participants. There is no minimum group size, but having at least 6 participants contributes to better discussions through a wider range of backgrounds, ideas and prior experience.
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