Questions tagged [agile]
Agile software development is a group of software development methodologies based on iterative and incremental development, where requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration between self-organizing, cross-functional teams.
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Exactly how are BDD, TDD, ATDD, Kanban and Scrum different from a waterfall approach?
I don't understand the differences between the following terms:
BDD - Behavior-driven development
TDD - Test-driven development
ATDD - Acceptance test-driven development
Kanban
Scrum
How do these ...
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QA gets all the work at the end of the sprint
We have an issue in our Scrum Agile process, where all the developers get PBI (Product Backlog Item) work done in the last few days of the sprint.
And then QA is forced to test everything at end of ...
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In agile (Scrum) practices, where do I start with making QA (testing) more efficient if the team is transitioning from waterfall to agile?
My team has recently transitioned from the traditional waterfall method to practising Scrum. Being the QA lead, really the only tester on a small team, how can I get the process more aligned with ...
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Do we use/need test cases in Agile?
In our organization, we are implementing Agile. Right now, we start with the test as soon as we receive stories and never go for the test cases. We test the stories on the basis of acceptance criteria....
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Should QA ask developers for requirements?
Considering Agile software development process. Is it a good practice to ask developers directly for requirements rather than the product owner? The development team had already gathered some ...
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How to tackle a huge bug backlog?
What is the best approach in dealing with a huge bug backlog? Currently we have a huge bug backlog and i was looking for an efficient way to deal/categorize/ how to manage the backlog?
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When should QA be testing during a sprint? (Agile)
If you are getting build on alternative days then, once the sprint is started you can start preparing your test cases corresponding to the assigned user stories.
Once the build is deployed then you ...
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Will implementing Agile generally improve code quality?
I am writing up a white paper to introduce Agile. As my role is a QA engineer working for a consultancy company.
We want customers to hire us to train them in implementing Agile and we DO want our ...
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How to finish the testing in the same iteration/sprint?
I am aware of the fact that agile testing is an ongoing process and should happen in parallel to development. But how is that actually achieved? Is it even possible to fix all found issues in the same ...
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How bug prioritization works in agile projects vs non agile
When reporting a defect, we are setting the priority and severity of the defect.
How this works with agile development? Is there any specific way ?
How bug prioritization works in agile projects vs ...
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How to manage test automation project with agile methodology when we have no control over the software we are testing
A team is developing software and testing it using a dummy back end. That team is not allowed to have access to the real system for testing (politics), so my team is testing it with the real back end. ...
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Agile Tester vs Traditional Tester…?
What is the Difference in Role of a Traditional Manual Tester, who works in a waterfall based Project and that of an Agile tester, who works in an Agile based Project?
My project has started to ...
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What can be done if requirements are changing continuously in Agile?
If requirements are likely to change frequently during development. Although a complete change in requirement is possible, most of the time, it is the technical details that are subject to change. e.g....
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Should a scrum be any different for testers from multiple teams?
I am about to start managing a team of testers within a company. Each tester is on a different team, one tester per team. For example, one tester is on the database team, another on the software ...
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How can I test a user story? Examples please?
I'm a new QA tester in a company in an Agile environment. During the sprint commit I was told that one of my tasks was going to be testing user stories. How exactly do you test something like that? If ...
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How to plan both manual & automated testing in 2 weeks sprint?
After finishing writing manual test cases (lets say in 3 days) we submit to PO(Product Owner) for review.
Now my question is, when to start manual testing and how (Might be based on our manual test ...
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Is there traceability matrix in agile?
In traceability matrix the links between requirements and tests can help answer:
Which requirements is almost never tested, and which is tested extremely often?
Will a change to a particular ...
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How can I organize QA documentation within an Agile environment
In Agile we favour immediate communication over documentation.
However, in QA we still have a need and desire to document the process to provide structure and guidance.
What high-level structure in ...
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“Conventional” Test cases in an Agile environment?
I've just started at a Web Development company that does websites/mobile apps. I've done QA for 5-6 years now and they wanted someone that had QA experience but wasn't set in their ways to be their QA ...
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How is regression testing tracked as part of a Sprint? Is it a user story or a task?
How is regression testing tracked as part of a Sprint? Is it a user story or a task? We always do regression testing as part of a sprint; however, there is question on whether we track as a task ...
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QA as Scrum Master
I have been thinking more and more as to whether it’s a good idea to have one of the Lead QA testers as the project's Scrum Master? Here’s my thinking, which may not be the same in every company/...
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What are the common ways of testing the UI of a project while being Agile
I'm working at a startup company and feel like they get into a deadlock by testing UI in wrong ways. They are creating a brand new project from scratch with a new UI and this is how they perform ...
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What timeframe should be scheduled for exploratory testing?
Basically, the Explorative Test should be planned accordingly over a Timebox. But how do you define these?
Does the team decide within the sprint planning how big the effort for the exploratory test ...
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Lack of focused testing
For testers in Agile project, it is very difficult to focus on testing.
There are so many tasks to completed and to name a few :
prepare stories for the future sprint with business analysts
discuss ...
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What is definition of done in automation testing?
Team,
What is definition of done for automation testing?
For example, do we consider execution time or test case coverage?
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How Agile/Scrum Teams estimate Testing Effort?
In Agile Testing, what are some of the most common estimation techniques with context to the QA process. What are story points?
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Does Kanban imply the removal of bug tracking?
The software development planet is in a phase of huge transitions. There are many sdlc models being introduce and transformed like Agile , DevOps , DevSecOps and so on.
One of the main shift I ...
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Test Automation in Agile?
Since Agile is iterative and many test-last tools are record and playback-style, and therefore can't really be applied in an Agile environment, this brings up a few issues.
the target for test is ...
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Tips for QA lead?
I was recently promoted to QA lead on an agile team working with offshore testers and an onshore development team.
What kind of things should I expect?
Any helpful tips for how to be awesome at this?...
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How to measure productivity in agile testing?
What is the best way to measure the productivity of software testing in agile teams?
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Are there more agile testing techniques like test jumpers, mob testing etc.?
In our project we want to move away from the regular testing methods (e.g. ISTQB specification based testing) and we want to expand our testing technique with agile testing techniques. Who knows agile ...
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Is there any standard or pattern of doing Exploratory Testing
Is there any standard or pattern of doing Exploratory Testing?
Do we still need to write test cases or not?
Is there any flow to follow with this kind of testing?
How Exploratory Testing related ...
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Who is a tester in an Agile Team? [closed]
In an Agile world, would you consider all of the team members testers? Are they part of defining the quality of the software? How can a team member be a good agile tester in your mind? What are the ...
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Should a senior QA engineer in Agile be expected to design/architect app features?
Can a QA engineer be actually expected to design and/or architect production features (not just automation framework)?
Especially if he/she has 12+ years of experience and in a team where other ...
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How to integrate test team into multiple agile projects effectively
We have a small test team of 4 people who currently work across 4 products. 3 of these consist of sprints with a duration of two weeks, and the last is a continuous project working on technical debt.
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What are the benefits of using software Defect prediction in Agile based software development?
Currently most of the industries are using Agile based software development methodologies. And in Agile based development, we already have test cases in hand before development work starts. So, can ...
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In what phase, QC Testing and UAT happens in Agile projects?
I'm new to Agile. I was trying to figure out when do QC testing and UAT happens in projects using Agile methodology. Explore phase, Adapt phase?
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In an AGILE work environment, what kind of work should be classified as a bug to be fixed immediately?
We plan 2 week sprints with all tasks and bugs as much as we can. Every once in a while our QA Lead will assign the developers "bugs" mid-sprint for UI inconsistencies or non-emergency (or what he ...
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Test reports for Agile software releases
Our organisation and clients expects us to give a sort of test "certificate" for each release.
Each release consists of a couple of three/four weeks sprints, including testing efforts as:
Automated ...
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Multiple Scrum Teams - How Can I Make Use of QA?
Currently, I have two Scrum-Teams I'm responsible for, who did not plan a QA structure before. There were code reviews, and partly acceptance test.
Previously, the functionality was developed within ...
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Agile: Most important “types” of test cases?
So if you were to look at wikipedias list of the different types of test cases you'll see a huge list. In an ideal world QA would have an infinite number of hours to create test plans for all the ...
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Without writing the test cases is good approach to test the product or software in Agile process?
We have Several projects are lined up along with the product testing. Due to time urgency and time constraints the test cases are not writing up for some functions and UI and doing the testing without ...
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Do Agile Methodologies have an impact upon Software Quality [closed]
Currently i'm doing a project in school and I would like to ask a question: Do Agile Methodologies have an impact upon Software Quality?
I'm not really looking for a specific and clear answer to ...
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Blended testing strategy in agile. Is it really possible to do efficiently?
In a book I have, it says that for agile project, blended test strategy is the best, where it should use:
Risk based strategy
Reactive
Automated regression
So I was about to implement in our project ...
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Applying Agile methodology - Testing /QA in Infrastructure Projects
What advice do you have for promoting Agile methodology in delivering Infrastructure projects.
Can this be done to good advantage for Quality assurance purposes or are infrastructure projects too ...
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What are the effects of rotating of professionals among different projects during software development? [closed]
Currently, I am performing a research focused on the effects of rotation in software development.
So, I'm interested in understand how developers, software engineers, testers, that is, all ...
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Is it possible to configure Jira/X-Ray so that the X-Ray tests can be used as sub-tasks?
We are using JIRA for Agile programming using 'Stories'.
The stories have sub-tasks to complete the work and we would like to use X-Ray tests as sub-tasks, but the only issue type JIRA makes ...
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TDD in a two-week sprint? Practical?
On one hand, it may take a while (or a long time) to create and run tests with TDD. The worst case scenario is when the test cases fail and the entire program fails. Refactoring may take longer than ...
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what are the testing skills needed to test a stable system?
I have been testing a application in agile methodology where requirements change frequently.
So, now the application has become stable.So , what are the extra skills to test a stable system?
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Is Agile - Methodology, Model or a Process? [closed]
I have been working with waterfall model till now. Now We are moving to Agile.
Now as we all are new to it everybody is using a different term i.e. some says "Agile Methodology", others "Agile Model" ...
