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# <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Testers don't want to help because they have had too many bad experiences with test automation</span> | # <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Testers don't want to help because they have had too many bad experiences with test automation</span> | ||
# <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Test automation team members are frustrated because: </span> | # <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Test automation team members are frustrated because: </span> | ||
| − | + | - <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">they have no time to develop new test automation and are always only tinkering with the old scripts</span> | |
| − | + | - <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">development changes the SUT-GUI all the time and they find out only when the tests fail at run time</span> | |
| − | + | - <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">they need help from specialists and nobody has time</span> | |
| − | + | - <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">due to technical problems they need too much time to implement new test automation</span> | |
=<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Questions'''</span>= | =<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Questions'''</span>= | ||
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Are all team members unmotivated or only some?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Are the people on the test automation team by choice? Or were they ordered to it by management?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Does the test automation team get the support that it needs?</span> | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Are all team members unmotivated or only some?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Are the people on the test automation team by choice? Or were they ordered to it by management?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Does the test automation team get the support that it needs?</span> | ||
=<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Resolving Patterns'''</span>= | =<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">'''Resolving Patterns'''</span>= | ||
| − | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Most recommended:</span> | + | <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px">Most recommended:</span> |
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[CELEBRATE SUCCESS]]: to motivate the team use this pattern everytime some milestone has been reached </span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[GET TRAINING]]: use this pattern if your issue is similar to Example 1.</span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[WHOLE TEAM APPROACH]]: if the development team uses an agile process, then this pattern will help even unsatisfied people to better integrate (Example 2.) </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 16px">Other useful patterns:</span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[PLAN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES]]: Apply this pattern if your team is frustrated for reasons similar to Example 4.</span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[SHARE INFORMATION]]: Apply this pattern if frustration is mainly due to poor communication</span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[SHORT ITERATIONS]]: use this pattern to get shorter feedback cycles, so you notice sooner when somebody isn't motivated</span> | ||
| + | * <span style="font-size: 16px">[[LEARN FROM MISTAKES]]: use this pattern if frustration is due to bad experiences</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: 14px">.................................................................................................................[[Main Page]] / Back to [[Management Issues]] / Back to [[Test Automation Issues]]</span></div> | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 27 June 2018
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Issue summary
The test automation team is not motivated.
Category
Management
Examples
- Automation team members resist switching to a different better tool than the one they have been using
- Team members don’t collaborate and are not willing to share their know-how by pairing with newbies
- Testers don't want to help because they have had too many bad experiences with test automation
- Test automation team members are frustrated because:
- they have no time to develop new test automation and are always only tinkering with the old scripts - development changes the SUT-GUI all the time and they find out only when the tests fail at run time - they need help from specialists and nobody has time - due to technical problems they need too much time to implement new test automation
Questions
Are all team members unmotivated or only some?
Are the people on the test automation team by choice? Or were they ordered to it by management?
Does the test automation team get the support that it needs?
Resolving Patterns
Most recommended:
- CELEBRATE SUCCESS: to motivate the team use this pattern everytime some milestone has been reached
- GET TRAINING: use this pattern if your issue is similar to Example 1.
- WHOLE TEAM APPROACH: if the development team uses an agile process, then this pattern will help even unsatisfied people to better integrate (Example 2.)
Other useful patterns: - PLAN SUPPORT ACTIVITIES: Apply this pattern if your team is frustrated for reasons similar to Example 4.
- SHARE INFORMATION: Apply this pattern if frustration is mainly due to poor communication
- SHORT ITERATIONS: use this pattern to get shorter feedback cycles, so you notice sooner when somebody isn't motivated
- LEARN FROM MISTAKES: use this pattern if frustration is due to bad experiences
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