STARCANADA 2013 Keynote: Testing Lessons from Hockey (The World’s Greatest Sport)

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© Robert Sabourin, 2013Apr 10, 2023 Slide 1

Testing Lessons from

Hockey

(The World's Greatest

Sport)Robert Sabourin

President & Principal consultant

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Montreal, Canada

[email protected]

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Testing Lessons from Hockey

• Overview– Learning, Metaphors– The Players– The Coaches– The Fans– The Score Board– The Standings– The Big Picture

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Welcome to Toronto

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1967 Stanley Cup

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Learning and Metaphors

• Teaching

• Learning

• Retaining

• Applying knowledge

• Share experiences

• Don’t get carried away …

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The Players

• Hockey cards

• Name & Position

• Achievements– History & highlights– Statistics & context

• Gum

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Forward Games Played

Goals

Assists

Points

Penalty Minutes

Some History Junior

Professional

International

Averages

Highs and Lows

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Goalie Games Played

Wins

Losses

Ties

Minutes Played

Goals Against

Shut Outs

Goals Against Average

Save %

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Testing Bugs

Bugs by type

Show stoppers

Bug isolation %

Estimate/Actual

Development Defect Density

Function points

K-LOCs

Dev/Rework

Estimate/Actual

History Agility – Context

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Testing Cards

AMIBUG WINGS

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Collard

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Bolton

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Copeland

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Paraphernalia

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The PlayersHockey Roles Testing Roles

Center Test Analyst

Wing Scripted Tester

Defense Man Test Automation

Goalie Explorer

Captain Subject Matter

Penalty Killer Security tester

Goon Load tester

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The PlayersHall of Fame

Meyers

Beizer

Collard

Gelperin

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Learning how to play hockey?


Watching others might help explain some of the rules

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Years of dedication and perseverance by hockey Moms and hockey Dads

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Hone your craft …• Practise• Practise• And then• Practise

some more …

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The Play by Play


He ShootsHe Scores!

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The Coaches

• Team building– Hiring winners– Player Development– Junior Leagues, Training

• Management– Strategy, Tactics, Implementation– Progress and status

• Feedback– Encouragement– Redirect

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The Coaches

• Direct the play play– Line changes– Defend players– Argue with refs– Motivate– Drill– Pull the goalie– Bridge to stakeholders

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The Test Lead

• Team building– Hiring winners– Tester Development– Training

• Management– Strategy, Tactics, Implementation– Progress and status

• Feedback– Breakfast of champions

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The Fans

• Hockey Fans– Watch games– Buy the tickets– Eat the food– Exhibit loyalty– Provide feedback– Important stakeholders

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The Hockey Fan

• Feedback– Anxiety– Excitement– Stress

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The Hockey Fan

• Feedback– Applaud Progress– Cheer success– Boo the other team

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Raving Fans of Testers

• Developers• Database Admin• Managers

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Raving Fans of Testers

• Customers• End Users• Business Stakeholders

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Keep it clean


Know the rulesMake the rulesBreak the rules

Respect stakeholders

Play well with others

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Keep it clean


Checking?

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Keep it clean


Testing?

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Keep it clean


Learning?

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Keep it clean


Controlled environment

Clean surface

Prepared

Ready to play

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The Right Gear


HelmetMaskGlovesPadsSkatesStickOther stuff

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Getting Started


Face offAll readyGet controlUnderstand what you are up againstGo for it

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Hockey Score Board

• Visible to all– Score– Period– Time– Key incidents– Penalty time– Ads– Out of town scores– Excitement

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Testing Score Board

• Generally– Time– Bugs

– Priority, Severity

• Regress– Confidence– Pass Fail

• Exploratory– Opportunities– On charter time %

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UrgentSevere

UrgentNot Severe

Not UrgentSevere

Not UrgentNot Severe

Bug Sweet Spot

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Testing Scoreboard

• Progress in the Project– When in project? Phase– Bugs counts by severity, priority– Objectives identified, elaborated– Exploratory Test charters identified– Tests run, passed, failed, blocked– Test Project Statistics– Testing effort done, effort to go– Running totals (of all counts)

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Testing Scoreboard

• Feedback– Big, Visible, Obvious– Focus of attention– Great place for Ads!

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Testing Scoreboard

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Open P1 & P2 Bugs Bugs Pending validation (Corrigé)

Trend ChartOpen Bugs

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Hockey Standings

• How is the team doing?– Games played– Games at hand– Total Wins– Total Loses– Relative placement– Division standing– League standing– Attendance– Profit

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Testing Project Standings

• How is the project doing?– Progress toward goals

– On Time – Quality – Budget– Comparing all projects

– To go / Done effort– Estimation accuracy

– Work breakdown– Effort distributions

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Testing Project Standings

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Hockey Big Picture

• Is the franchise healthy?– Revenues– Expenses– Profit– Loss– Contracts– Media– Civic responsibility– Capital

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Hockey Big Picture

• How is the franchise doing?– Value– External factors– Supply– Demand– Opportunity– Image– Brand– Revenue

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Testing Big Picture

• Is the company healthy?– Revenues– Expenses– Profit– Loss– Contracts– Media– Civic responsibility– Capital

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The Big Picture

• How is testing adding value to the organization?

– More sales revenue– Fewer support calls– Lower development cost– Competitive time to market– Best of breed technology– Accountable and auditable!– Attracts top talent, Fun team– All know how testing ties to corporate values

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Thank You

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