Think different visualization tools for testers StarEast 2013 pascaldufour

codecentric nederland BV Pascal Dufour

Think different: Visualization tools for testers

codecentric nederland BV

Key learningpoints

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-  Aid your thinking with visualization -  Why you should visualize your testing story -  How to tell a visual story -  Inspiration by visual examples

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Tools

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.GETPRICE.COM.AU


Our brain

Logic Speech

Language Analytics

Calculation Abstract thinking

Color Phantasy Music Images Feeling Rythm Creativity

SOURCE: WWW.KARENDEVRIES.NL


Creativity

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/MINEZONE/120962030/


Tweet moment

•  144 character statement #stareast2013 #visual


Creativity

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Adults: on average 3 to 6 alternatives Children: often 60 or more alternatives Numbed by education, norms & values, inhibiting curiosity, coloring within the lines


Communication


THINK ABOUT YOUR HOUSE…

�  And now take 1 minute to describe your house to your neighbour…..

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Visualisation

Best known forms:

•  Traffic signs •  Diagrams •  Graphics •  Tables •  Maps •  Photos


Visualisation are not strict

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•  Possible to give a feeling with out numbers or text

•  Representing an emotion

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/VFSDIGITALDESIGN/5647858923/


Visualisation helps to:

•  Develop ideas and information •  Steer though processes •  Transfer ideas and results •  To express yourself using little

text and explanation

SOURCE: HTTP://WW.FLICKR.COM/PHOTOS/ORPHANJONES/2660957879/


Testplan example

•  Lots of text (this example = 55 pages!!!) •  Inaccessible •  Does anybody really read these?


Testplan example


Think visual: Dan Roam – The Back of a Napkin

Every problem can be solved by drawing a simple picture!

•  4 steps of visual thinking

•  5 questions that help focus

•  6 ways we look.

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.DANROAM.COM


4 steps of visual thinking


1.  Look 2.  See 3.  Imagine 4.  Show


5 questions that help focus: the SQVID


1.  Simple 2.  Quality 3.  Vision 4.  Individual 5.  Difference


6 ways we look


1.  Who/What 2.  How much 3.  Where 4.  When 5.  How 6.  Why


Sketchnotes

1.  Engages your whole mind 2.  Creates a visual map 3.  Helps your concentration 4.  Taps your visual language 5.  Relaxing 6.  Dynamic and fun!

SOURCE: HTTP://ROHDESIGN.COM/SKETCHNOTES/


Examples in an agile context


Visual walls

Business Canvas Product Canvas Personas


Mapping

Story mapping Effect Mapping Impact mapping

JEFF PATTON - STORY MAP - HTTP://AGILEPRODUCTDESIGN.COM

GOJKO ADZIC - IMPACT MAP - HTTP://WWW.IMPACTMAPPING.ORG


Visual Test Strategy

SOURCE: RAPID SOFTWARE TESTING (JAMES BACH & MICHAEL BOLTON


Status and Risk


Coverage Outline

SOURCE: RUUD COX, TESTING IN A MEDICAL DEVICE CONTEXT, EUROSTAR 2012


Risk


Scrum Boards


Burn Down


Contact graphs


SimaPro: Network tree

Source www.sciencedirect.com


Code coverage


Low Tech Testing Dashboards

SOURCE: RAPID SOFTWARE TESTING (JAMES BACH & MICHAEL BOLTON


High Tech Testing Dashboards


Retrospective & feedback

SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.NOOP.NL/2011/04/THE-FEEDBACK-DOOR.HTML


•  Freemind •  Xmind •  Moose suite •  Evernote •  yED •  yUML •  Presentation Tools •  Screen editing / Capture •  Visio •  Sketchbook

•  Online tools •  Wordle •  Touchgraph •  InMaps •  Social gadgets

Handy tools


Working & thinking visual for testers…

Gathering information Identify systems

& chains

Understand your clients

Know your data


My current project


Questions?

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Meet me at the testlab at 16:00.


Acknowledgements

Special thanks to: Huib Schoots and Jean-Paul Varwijk www.magnifiant.com www.arborosa.com Many of the ideas in this presentation were inspired by colleagues including Michael Bolton, James Bach, Gojko Adzic, Mike Rohde, Dan Roam, Jeff Patton, Jurgen Appelo, Ruud Cox and Alan Richardson


Pascal Dufour

[email protected] @pascal_dufour www.pascaldufour.nl

codecentric nederland BV Laan der Verenigde Naties 60 3314 DA Dordrecht The Netherlands +31 (0) 6 819 288 98 www.codecentric.nl

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