Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams

Part V An Iteration in the Life of a Tester

Whenever we do tutorials, webinars, or Q&A sessions with participants who are relatively new to agile development, we’re always asked questions such as “What do testers do during the first part of an iteration before anything’s ready to test?” or “Where does user acceptance testing fit into an agile release cycle?” It’s easy to expound on theories of who should do what and when, in an agile process, but we find giving concrete examples from our own experience is the best help we can give agile newbies. Through our talking to many different agile teams, we’ve learned that there’s a lot of commonality in what works well for agile development and testing.

In this part of the book, we’ll follow an ...