Agile Testing – Programmer perspective

I meet programmers everywhere I go, it kind of goes with the job as tester. They are of very different caliber and mindsets, so just as with my other posts in the series, I will generalize alot. There are many good programmers out there, and many of the people I have worked with really care about these things, just sayin.

By the way, read the other related posts:
Bridging communities
Agile Testing – Traditional testing perspective
Agile Testing – Agile perspective

Programmers

I do acknowledge that there are different programmer communities, although when I have engaged with them they look very much alike from my tester perspective.

Agile Testing – Agile perspective

Did you miss my previous posts that relate to this? Consider reading these as well. And yes, I will be exaggerating in this post as well.
Bridging communities
Agile Testing – Traditional testing perspective.

Agile communities

I did explain some parts of the Agile perspective after I had been to the Agile conference. Some of my experiences also come from the local Agile communities like Agile Skåne, Öredev and my company Jayway. I will mostly relate to the global community here.

Agile testing – Traditional testing perspective

If you haven’t read my post about bridging communities, please start there.

In many of the places and discussions I have been this year, people have been trying to define what Agile testing really is. And it is quite interesting that even 3 (almost 4) years after THE book on Agile testing came out, people are still trying to define what it is. What has interested me more is the fact that I’ve seen the area evolve in different communities, and that is what I want to share. I will talk about some extremes in communities, so forgive me if I step on toes. I am emphasizing other peoples opinions to make my point.

Bridging communities

I love communities, hanging around smart people that have their main interests of which they are really passionate and also often very good at. Personally I prefer blending into different communities, getting some of many different things rather than to delve very deep into something in particular. I think its my curiosity and kind of systems thinking mind that wants to stay up to date with a lot of things. I also like to keep my spectrum broad with regards to the knowledge I take in, and then I can filter the good parts myself.