Webinar: It’s Never Too Early to Test

Shift left, test early — nothing new, right? Or is it? Are we really doing it? And just how far “left” are we actually shifting? To build the right product with the right quality, we likely need to shift even further left than we have before.

Every product starts as someone’s idea. It might be a good idea, but it still needs to be challenged, validated, and its value defined. Testing should be involved already at this early stage to ensure the right questions are being asked.

In my experience, many projects run into trouble due to poor quality in the business case, the overall solution design, or the user stories created in the initiation phase. We simply don’t validate the solution up front, which causes problems once development begins.

We need to start testing much earlier—long before most testers are traditionally involved.

What the Webinar Covers

In this webinar, we’ll explore what happens before the backlog is created, and how we can help validate the solution up front using methods like:

• Pretotyping
• Personas
• Storyboards
• Feature injection
• And much more

Let’s shift the focus to building the right solution with the right quality—from the very beginning.

Date & Access

Originally held on April 24, 2020. Available on-demand – watch it whenever it suits you.

Price

Free

Language

The webinar is in Danish

Watch the Recording

Want to watch or rewatch the webinar? You can find the recording here.

Further Reading & Resources

Books:

• Melissa Perri: Escaping the Build Trap
• Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford: An Introduction to Design Thinking Process Guide
• Paul Mulvey, Kate McGoey, Kupe Kupersmith: Business Analysis for Dummies
• Klaus Pohl & Chris Rupp: IREB – Requirements Engineering Fundamentals
• IIBA: Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK)
• Gojko Adzic: Specification by Example

Youtube

• Chris Matts: Feature Injection by Chris Matts
• Teresa Torres: Introduction to Modern Product Discovery
• Melissa Perri: Escaping the build trap

Blogs/websites

• https://www.mindtheproduct.com/
• https://emilywebber.co.uk/
• https://melissaperri.com/
• https://www.producttalk.org/
• https://www.romanpichler.com/

Further Learning

Want to dive deeper into topics like the Kano analysis, Purpose Alignment Model, or personas?
Sign up for our course: Certified Agile Business Analyst.

Tools

Need a tool to bring wireframes or prototypes to life? Check out Preely.

Upcoming Webinars

This webinar is part of a broader series. Upcoming sessions include:

• Do You Know Your Black Box Techniques? – May 5, 2020, at 10:00
• Do You Know Your Experience-Based Techniques? – June 26, 2020, at 10:00
• Early User Testing – August 2020 (exact date coming soon)

Questions?

If you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out: +45 44 979 979 or info@testhuset.dk