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Episode 004: Doug Goldberg Reveals Unit Testing, The Business Analyst Podcast

Uitgegeven: vrijdag 8 mei 2009 16:13

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SHOW NOTES;

As you know this podcast series is geared towards an audience from for

beginners and experts. Both could learn new tricks from each other.

 

Before we continue a short message to the audience. During this BA podcast its my intention to discover all aspects of BA, as well as the fringes of BA. So not all episodes are 100% BA but, aligned to people or functions that interact with a BA.

 

If i am correct you have a technical background with Java, IBM Websphere. Was your transition into being a BA a choice or did it just happen..?

 

1. BA And testing. here in Holland they use a test method called TMap. What other methods are poplar, and whats a typical test procedure?

1.1 I'm curious to know your testing analyst experience. What does a test analyst do?

1.2 How is it related to BA?

1.3 Do they have interaction with each other?

1.4 When would a BA contact a Test Analyst?

1.5 What things would a BA and Test Analyst typically be speaking to each other about?

1.6 What are the most important things as far as Test Analyst is concerned?

-- towards BA,

-- and to its own team

1.7

I've done a few user Acceptance tests, where we put users in a room once

per week and they need to functionally test the apps. Thereafter I had

a user steering committee meeting where they reported their findings.

During this meeting i would also demonstrate new features to be tested,

and note their comments. Afterwards, take these comments to the

developers. Does anything of this procedure sound familiar to you in

the BA role? Or were you more involved this way as a test analyst? I'd

like your take on user acceptance testing.

 

2. test cases

2.1

Previously in my capacity as Information Analyst used Use Cases for

making test cases. For out American audience, here in Holland we have

Information- and BAs. The BA is more working for the sponsor, whereas

the Inf Analyst reports to the PM. In some instances a BA may be

leading a team of Information Analysts. Anyways, back to testing with

use cases.

2.2 Can you explain a bit about your experience as test

Analyst working with use cases. How would one construct a test case

from Use Cases?

2.3 What elements / "things" would you want to put

into a test case? Do u use test plans..? is it coordinated with PM, BA

or anyone else? How?

2.4 Assuming working on an Agile project with

RUP, in which stage would one be start to think about testing, and test

team, test cases..?

 

Duration: 25 minutes

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TheBAPodcast0004_Doug_Goldberg_reveals_unit_testing.mp3 (MPEG Layer 3 Audio File, 28.1 MB)