tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681917516158791997.post1915493654991396099..comments2024-03-28T05:02:54.441-07:00Comments on That's the buffet table.: Why I still like pyramidsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177328218339598372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681917516158791997.post-20645844118195217252016-03-30T11:30:15.549-07:002016-03-30T11:30:15.549-07:00Hi Janet,
thank you very much for your comment an...Hi Janet,<br /><br />thank you very much for your comment and advice. I will check out your book and then most likely have to update my blog post. ;-)<br /><br />When you use the pyramid like you briefly describe here and tell the team that it is solely focused on the automation strategy I believe you can do this with a lot of merits. In fact Mike Cohn himself named the pyramid test automation pyramid and to my memory never claimed that this is the way to go for all your testing. Just for the automation part. It was when manual testing efforts have been put on there too ("the cloud") when things went sour. Since now the testing pyramid covers your whole testing, but does so very biased towards automation. And I can understand why people have problems with that.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br /> MarcelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177328218339598372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681917516158791997.post-27030201665717799952016-03-30T11:22:43.939-07:002016-03-30T11:22:43.939-07:00Hi Patrick,
thank you very much for the kind word...Hi Patrick,<br /><br />thank you very much for the kind words and best greetings to you, too.<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br /> MarcelAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05177328218339598372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681917516158791997.post-3374048556262729092016-03-30T03:51:15.663-07:002016-03-30T03:51:15.663-07:00You may want to check our a chapter in our second ...You may want to check our a chapter in our second book "More Agile Testing" where we talk about the pyramid, and give a couple other examples of how it can be adapted to specific needs. I strongly believe there is still value in using the pyramid. I personally use it for teams to talk about their automation strategy - for regression purposes. This does not take away from the need for exploratory testing of new features or perhaps the whole system. Context dependent of course.Janet Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568316629115318596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7681917516158791997.post-91480845872647623742016-03-30T00:46:53.787-07:002016-03-30T00:46:53.787-07:00Congratulations on starting your own blog. And wha...Congratulations on starting your own blog. And what an excellent start. Very good investigated and professionally quoted, amazing.<br /><br />To the content, I can only agree. Only because a method or an approach is wicked due to some popular misuse doesn't mean, that the approach itself is bad. So good for you, that you still see the use of the pyramid as beneficial to support communication.<br />Happy pyramid building!<br />Greetings from the other side of the Wiesn!<br />PatrickAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com