Johan Jonasson
Johan Jonasson is a senior test specialist at House of Test, a testing services company based in southern Sweden. He is a firm believer in the Context-Driven approach to testing and is passionate about both gaining a spreading knowledge in the field of testing.
Track abstract - Room J2 - For testers
Status: Tested
Testers are probably the best friends a programmer or project manager can have. We help programmers by discovering bugs before they escape into the wild and we help project managers report quality related information to the product owners so they can make informed decisions about their product.
But what happens when bugs become just a number on a dashboard somewhere? Or when the all the information we have acquired about a product ends up as a single percentage metric on some PowerPoint slide titled “Requirements Coverage” sent to a faceless steering group?
In this presentation I’ll give you my take on why an emphasis on numbers and percentages can spoil any amount of good testing and why I think project managers, programmers and testers alike need to be able to recognize and steer clear of test reports like: “Yes, I’ve tested all the requirements and I’ve found 5 bugs.”
Track abstract - Conversation Corner
Do Agile teams need dedicated testers?
Adequate testing is essential to the success of most software projects, and many people make a career as testers. With the rise of agile methods, and developer practices like Test Driven Development, the role of professional tester is changing. In this fishbowl, we’ll be talking about the new challenges and opportunities that emerge when much of the repetitive basic checks that used to be made manually are automated away. What value can a trained tester bring to such an environment?
The discussion is open to everyone, but to get things going, some of the conference speakers have kindly agreed to sit in the fishbowl at the start and share their views on the matter.
