This book is written by testers for testers. In ten chapters, the
authors provide answers to key questions in agile projects. They deal
with cultural change processes for agile testing, with questions
regarding the approach and organization of software testing, with the
use of methods, techniques and tools, especially test automation, and
with the redefined role of the tester in agile projects.
The first chapter describes the cultural change brought about by agile
development. In the second chapter, which addresses agile process models
such as Scrum and Kanban, the authors focus on the role of quality
assurance in agile development projects. The third chapter deals with
the agile test organization and the positioning of testing in an agile
team. Chapter 4 discusses the question of whether an agile tester should
be a generalist or a specialist. In Chapter 5, the authors turn to the
methods and techniques of agile testing, emphasizing the differences
from traditional, phase-oriented testing. In Chapter 6, they describe
which documents testers still need to create in an agile project. Next,
Chapter 7 explains the efficient use of test automation, which is
particularly important in agile development, as it is the main
instrument for project acceleration and is necessary to support
state-of-the-art DevOps approaches and Continuous Integration. Chapter 8
then adds examples from test tool practice extending test automation to
include test management functionality. Chapter 9 is dedicated to
training and its importance, emphasizing the role of employee training
in getting started with agile development. Finally, Chapter 10
summarizes the results of the agile journey in general with a special
focus on testing.
To make the aspects described even more tangible, the specific topics of
this book are accompanied by the description of experiences from
concrete software development projects of various organizations. The
examples demonstrate that different approaches can lead to solutions
that meet the specific challenges of agile projects.
