Agile Testing UK User Group

Inspired by Gojko Adzic's 'Let's Change the Tune' presentation, Mark set about applying the idea combined with his own approaches and techniques, to a project delivering a currency trading platform. As the project had already commenced the approach needed to get testers working with developers, Business Analysts, Architects and others quickly and effectively. With the project intended to be over several phases test artefacts needed to remain relevant and useful.

In this Experience Report Mark will describe how he applied Specification by Example and helped fundamentally shift the way project activities were performed across all teams. He'll outline the use of Concordion and Java, the nature of test cases, the use of Illustrative & Key Examples and how many traditional testing practices become even more effective in the context of Specification by Example.

Mark Crowther has been in testing for around 15 years as head of testing for companies such as AOL, EA, lastminute.com and NMQA and is now working for BJSS. He is a regular contributor to the testing community, author of several white papers and a handbook on Selenium-Ruby automation. Mark describes his testing approach as 'the middle way' which focuses on using a pragmatic combination of traditional, agile and contextual testing dependent on the needs of the project.

The event will take place at the Skills Matter Exchange in central London, starting from 6:30 PM on December 7th. The event is free to attend, but up-front registration is required. Register here