Category: Agile testing

Agile testing differs from testing within the traditional software development environment.  In Agile, testers are team members working closely with developers and are partners in delivering quality.  Traditional testing generally is performed by a separate test group from the developers.  I emphasize the testing differences by looking at two scenarios and focus on two different types of "feelings" which result. Many of my Agile and Scrum classes are to train organizations who are migrating from traditional software development processes. Typically, these organizations have Development groups which are separate from the Quality Assurance (QA) groups.  In most cases, the groups even report upward through different management chains.  The traditional process is for development to write and unit test the code (maybe other automated or regression tests) and then submit it to QA for further enhanced…