The Mobile Application Compatibility ChallengeAlan Page
http://angryweasel.com
This is a talk about challenges, problem solving, and how my team solved their difficult challenge.
Challenge? Who needs a Challenge?
How do you test a million applications?
a milliona million
Our challenges may not be the same…
• New Operating SystemNew Operating System• New TechnologyNew Technology• 1.6 Million existing Android 1.6 Million existing Android
applicationsapplications• ……
How do you start?
Now What?Now What?
“Progress doesn't come from early risers — progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things”
- Robert Henilein
Connect the Tester with the Customer
…using Data
Next Challenge:Next Challenge:
Find a way to measure end-Find a way to measure end-user sessions and scenarios…user sessions and scenarios…on a phoneon a phone
The possibly-soon-to-be-famous Data Pipeline
Monitoring and Testing
“Sufficiently Advanced Monitoring is Indistinguishable from Testing” - Ed Keyes, 2007
What are Users Doing in a Day ?
% Users with no Issues in a day
You are not the customer
Data helps you learn about the
customer
Measure often, learn often
You are not the customer
Data helps you learn
about the customer
Measure often, learn
often
email: alanpa@microsoft.comtwitter: @alanpageweb: http://angryweasel.com