Sauce Labs: Building an Agile Process Playbook for Software Testing

​What exactly is agile testing, and why would we need an agile process playbook for software testing? Let me explain in this post…

QA’S PLACE IN THE AGILE CONVERSATION (OR LACK THEREOF)

One frustration I have commonly observed with software development is that there are no clear-cut steps for when to include QA in the conversation. It's possible that this is only my experience with software development process and talking about testing.

Either way, if QA is not included in agile processes or planning, software quality will suffer. So will the overall organizational communication that is an important part of effective software delivery.
This is why it is so important to create an agile process playbook for software testing. Below, I explain the steps you should take in developing such a playbook.

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Author

Greg Sypolt (@gregsypolt) is Test Automation Architect at Gannett | USA Today Network, Fixate IO Contributor, and co-founder of Quality Element. Responsible for test automation solutions, test coverage (from unit to end-to-end), and continuous integration across all Gannett | USA Today Network products.In the last three years, he has helped change the testing approach from manual to automated testing across several products at Gannett | USA Today Network. To determine improvements and testing gaps, he conducted a face-to-face interview survey process to understand all the product development and deployment processes, testing strategies, tooling, and interactive in-house training programs.