Business Story MethodTechnical Overview and

StatusNov 2010

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Agenda

• The Business Story Method™• Testela Business Support Tool• A Walkthrough of the Main Testela

Business Functionality

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Business Story Method

ExecutionPlanningAnalysis

Business Story Method - Overview

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Test the Requirements

RefineRequirements

Processes, Stories,

Scenarios

• Dictionary of business terms and data items

• Approved Business Stories• Approved Acceptance Criteria• Approved Stories and Scenarios

Procedures from Scenarios

• Procedures map to business processes

• Assured process and feature coverage

• Test data requirements

Test Detailing

• Test scripts from procedures

• Test schedule

Execution Management

• Test team management

• Incident Management

• Reporting

Collate Requirements

Scope of Testela Business

Scope of Most Test Mgt Tools

Future…Services to deliver content

Analysis

ExecutionTest Design

Business Story Method and Projects

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Requirements

Build Stories

Test Reqs.

Design, Build System

Functional System Test

System Integration

Non-Functional Testing

Acceptance Test Prep.

Acceptance Test Execution

Evolving requirements, incremental story development, requirements testing, fortnightly updates etc.

Client

BSM Scope

Key:

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Testela Business Support Tool

Testela Business - Scope

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Testela Business – Status 1/11/2010

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A Walkthrough of the Main Testela Business

Functionality

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User interface features

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System messages are displayed here. Dismissed by clicking on them.

The Tabs. These align with the BSM phase (mostly)

Fast access – you can view records quickly – e.g. r/123 gives you requirement 123.

Ribbon buttons (small or large) take you to the screens

Home page (the dashboard) shows your current settings and other ‘gadgets’

Most screens have a help button and a printer-friendly button

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Dashboard, Cases and To Do List

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The home page is a dashboard (how conventional!)• My To Do list (cases for me to action)• My Cases (cases I’ve raised)

• Cases used to register to dos, defects, review requests etc.• Can be raised against reqs, stories, processes, terms

To Do List

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• Cases can ‘apply to’ any entity on the system

• A case can be any action you require someone else to perform. This includes the business users.

• Updates emailed to person raising and actioned

• Cases can have attached/uploaded files

BSM - Analysis

Requirements and glossary upload, story creation, requirements testing,

indexing, data item creation

BSM - Analysis

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Prepare and upload requirements and glossary content

Analyse requirements, create stories, conduct workshops

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List requirements

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The Dictionary

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Dictionary

Glossaryof Business

Terms

Data Item Register

The INDEX(references to all usage in requirements and Stories)

Requirements Stories

• Requirements and stories are scanned and terms indexed

• Undefined (candidate) terms in stories can be identified using [square brackets]

• [candidate terms] are loaded in the index and appear on the ‘Terms to Define’ report

• Business users provide definitions and approve terms

• Scenarios that have data items (parameters) defined are scanned, indexed and entered into the register

• Data item properties (type, size, validation rules) can be edited

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The dictionary provides a foundation for introducing ‘Ubiquitous Language’ into your projects – right from the start. See URL:http://domaindrivendesign.org/node/132

View/Update Requirements

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View Story

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View a story with errors

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List Index

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View data item in dictionary

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Glossary Terms

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BSM - Planning

Create processes, process elements, process paths and procedures, edit scenarios

BSM - Planning

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Create processes and process paths

Create test procedures, check coverage and perform test detailing

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List processes

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View Process

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View Process elements

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Process paths

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View Scenario

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Update scenario 1

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Update scenario 2

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End of Walkthrough

Beta/evaluation period

• Work with small number of willing volunteer companies to trial and refine the tool

• Testela Business – to trial the method, user interface (look and feel) and outputs

• Testela Story Manager – to support testers in Agile projects (initially) with a view to supporting Agile teams

• Beta period to end Q1 2011

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