Monday 30 September 2013

The Software Tester in a Scrum Team

The integration of software in a Scrum team is not easy. As Agile software development favours continuous development in short iterations, the software testing activity should be completely integrated with the requirements and coding activities, not postponed at the end like in a traditional Waterfall approach.

In this article, Dave McNulla shares his own experience of being a software tester in a Scrum team. He explains how this could be done in all the phases of the features definition and realisation. The software tester can review requirements, write the verification scenarios and automate them.His conclusions as a software tester are that "Scrum teams are a fun way to work because it reflects my values. If you value your team, keep the software working, solve for the customer, and accept changes, you and your team will have fun, too."

Read the complete article on http://www.scrumexpert.com/knowledge/being-a-software-tester-in-scrum/

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