Date: 7 October 2009
Time: 11.00am - 12.00pm (GMT)
Presenter: Ken Brennock
‘Individuals and interactions over processes and tools’
Despite this being part of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, tools (automation) have arguably become a key component for the successful adoption and implementation of Agile methods by project teams. For most teams the key lifecycle areas that are automated are: configuration management, build & release management and testing.
The introduction and effective use of automation, especially test automation, is usually not straight forward. This can be due to:
- Unplanned Costs (in terms of both financial and human effort)
- Poor selection of tool(s)
- Insufficient time to learn and understand the tool(s)
- Ineffective implementation of the tool(s)
This webinar discussed automation throughout the agile development lifecycle (for both development and test processes). The different types of tools for each phase of the lifecycle were reviewed - covering those used by both the development and test teams. For the development phase we discussed how to set up unit test frameworks and the usage of build & release and configuration management tools. For the test phases we discussed functional and non-functional test tools and how these should be implemented, plus the use and implementation of frameworks and test management tools.
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The presentation provided useful comparisons on the application of open-source and commercial off the shelf (COTS) tools to Agile projects.
The presenter also discussed our hands-on experience of implementing tools for automation on Agile projects.
We hope attendees gained a practitioner’s perspective on what tools worked well and not so well, issues to be avoided and lessons learned for automation on Agile projects.
Presenters Biography:
Ken Brennock is the Director of Technology and a Principal Consultant of Sogeti Ireland. Sogeti Ireland provides Test and QA training, consultancy and specialist resourcing for a wide range of companies in the public and private sectors. Ken's experience in the IT sector spans over 20 years and he has worked in many companies during that period, including large multinationals and small indigenous companies. Ken works with Sogeti Ireland’s clients to evaluate and enhance their test and development processes. Ken is an ISTQB accredited tutor and develops and presents a number of courses and presentation both nationally and internationally. He has worked with and implemented many methodologies including RUP, Agile and traditional approaches such as Waterfall.