In simple terms, an Agile Assessment includes a collection of questions designed to test an Agile project, Agile team, or an individual Agile Role based on the different functional requirements and agile behavior. The Agile Assessment intends to measure the state of agility and deliver a powerful information-driven improvement path to all Agile projects and enterprises. The testing methodology consists of Identification-based testing and Testing and Verification-based testing.
The Agile Team Development Method (also known as TDD) refers to methodologies and tools for testing and debugging software products. Erickson and Vavilas originally developed TDD in the early 1990s. The main aim of the development methodology is to separate the testing and development processes to make them more modular and system-independent. In addition, agile testing aims to focus more on quality and speed rather than on programming specifications. The Agile Assessment framework extensively uses the TDD and its associated tools, such as the Testers notebook, the Testers report, and the Testers checklist.
The Agile Methodology also divides the testing procedures into phases. The Testing process starts with the definition of the requirements, according to the business rules and objectives. Based on this requirement, the testing procedure can further be divided into several phases. These phases are then executed in parallel according to the requirements of the sprint planning meeting. In addition, the sprint plan can be adjusted based on the progress of the sprints.
The Agile methodologies provide a structured approach to testing, and the resulting solutions are applied in real life. The Agile assessment framework defines a group of test managers who oversee the entire testing process and identify the defects in the application under review. The test managers facilitate the improvement of the application using the available resources, monitor the overall testing, propose a course of action for testing, and perform other necessary functions related to the testing. The scrum sprint begins once the sprint planning meeting has been concluded and the test managers have finalized the test cases.
As stated earlier, the main feature of the Agile framework is the adaptation of scrum to the actual business life cycle. However, the agile assessment framework has also provided frameworks for defining the scrum cycle and the relationship between scrum and the testing process. The Agile methodologies define four stages in which the testing should occur: the Scrum phase, the Kanban phase, the Beta stage, and the Post-Scrum/Scrum merge stage. With the additional resources, the scrum team can easily deal with problems that arise during the entire process, including the application level test cases.