Pair Testing: How I Brought
Developers into the Test Lab
An Article by Jonathan
Kohl
Presented by:
Nathan Smeal
Pair Testing
What is it?
Recommended? Benefits?
How Should I go about it?
What is Pair Testing?
Testing Technique
Involves both the
tester and
developer
Benefits
Mutual Learning
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Allows Tester to see design
Allows Developer to see pitfalls
Improves Automated testing
Breaks communication barriers
More effective testing
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Two heads are better than one
Easier to pinpoint sporadic errors
How To?
Preliminary Meeting for Scope and Focus
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Goals and Focus
Elusive Bug
New functionality
Meet Customer testing criteria
Session at Computer
Revisit Goals
Concerns
Both participants must be willing to learn
Must be Mutual Respect
Both must be active in the testing
Steps to Remember
1) Get Developer who buys into Pair testing
2) Test reasonable area of application
3) Plan
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Goals
Meetings
Reporting
4) Work in group friendly environments
5) Evaluate