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Me, Agile & Context

I have no “certifications” or “official” training

The “most” Agile/Context-Driven team I was ever part of was before the manifesto/principles were written

I am an Agile Manifesto signatory & a central figure in the Context-Driven school of software testing

I am fully compliant with both Agile & Context-Driven principles; • by nature • in all I do • throughout my life


In Other Words…


Neither Agile, nor Context-Driven are new


Which is why… My first reaction to both the Agile Manifesto &

the principles of Context-Driven Testing was…

With more experience, I realized that… • I’m an outlier • I didn’t understand how “non-outliers” operated • I had some personal research to do

Here is what I learned…


Prior to Commercial & Retail Software

Software production was largely thought of as:

(and it was largely Agile & Context-Driven compliant)

(prior to 1985, selling software was illegal in most countries)

Ref for more info: http://www.testingreferences.com/testinghistory.php

> 1979 ~ 1979 ~ 1982 ~ 1988 ~ 1990

Gilb, Boehm, McCabe

Meyers, Crosby, Demarco

Deming, Weinberg

Kaner, Gelperin,

Hetzel

Beizer

~ 1998 Bach


~ 1985 ~ 2010


I Predict…

Future software historians will list:

as the time when:


~ 1985

SDLC Spectrum; Ongoing Evolution ~ 2010

~ 1985 ~ 2010

Be an invaluable project team member – not an arrogant tester who acts like your bug is more important than $13M in lost revenue if it doesn’t ship on time.

Help your team produce business valuable *systems*, faster and cheaper.

Be a testing expert *and* a project “jack-of-all-trades” – reject the “testing union” mentality.

Do *not* assume that you *can* know the entire context of business decisions.

Above all else, remember…


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