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Te>Two of the industry’s most experienced agile testing practitioners and consultants, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, have teamed up to bring you the definitive answers to these questions and many others. In Agile Testing, Crispin and Gregory define agile testing and illustrate the tester’s role with examples from real agile teams. They teach you how to use the agile testing quadrants to identify what testing is needed, who should do it, and what tools might help. The book chronicles an agile software development iteration from the viewpoint of a tester and explains the seven key success factors
of agile testing.

Readers will come away from this book understanding
  • How to get testers engaged in agile development
  • Where testers and QA managers fit on an agile team
  • What to look for when hiring an agile tester
  • How to transition from a traditional cycle to agile development
  • How to complete testing activities in short iterations
  • How to use tests to successfully guide development
  • How to overcome barriers to test automation

This book is a must for agile testers, agile teams, their managers, and their customers.

The eBook edition of Agile Testing also is available as part of a two-eBook collection, The Agile Testing Collection (9780134190624).

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“As Agile methods have entered the mainstream, we’ve learned a lot about how the testing discipline fits into Agile projects. Lisa and Janet give us a solid look at what to do, and what to avoid, in Agile testing.”
–Ron Jeffries, www.XProgramming.com

“An excellent introduction to agile and how it affects the software test community!”
–Gerard Meszaros, Agile Practice Lead and Chief Test Strategist at Solution Frameworks, Inc., an agile coaching and lean software development consultancy

“In sports and music, people know the importance of practicing technique until it becomes a part of the way they do things. This book is about some of the most fundamental techniques in software development–how to build quality into code–techniques that should become second nature to every development team. The book provides both broad and in-depth coverage of how to move testing to the front of the development process, along with a liberal sprinkling of real-life examples that bring the book to life.”
–Mary Poppendieck, Author of Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software Development

“Refreshingly pragmatic. Chock-full of wisdom. Absent of dogma. This book is a gamechanger. Every software professional should read it.”
–Uncle Bob Martin, Object Mentor, Inc.

“With Agile Testing, Lisa and Janet have used their holistic sensibility of testing to describe a culture shift for testers and teams willing to elevate their test effectiveness. The combination of real-life project experiences and specific techniques provide an excellent way to learn and adapt to continually changing project needs.”
–Adam Geras, M.Sc. Developer-Tester, Ideaca Knowledge Services

“On Agile projects, everyone seems to ask, ‘But, what about testing?’ Is it the development team’s responsibility entirely, the testing team, or a collaborative effort between developers and testers? Or, ‘How much testing should we automate?’ Lisa and Janet have written a book that finally answers these types of questions and more! Whether you’re a tester, developer, or manager, you’ll learn many great examples and stories from the real-world work experiences they’ve shared in this excellent book.”
–Paul Duvall, CTO of Stelligent and co-author of Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk

“Finally a book for testers on Agile teams that acknowledges there is not just one right way! Agile Testing provides comprehensive coverage of the issues testers face when they move to Agile: from tools and metrics to roles and process. Illustrated with numerous stories and examples from many contributors, it gives a clear picture of what successful Agile testers are doing today.”
–Bret Pettichord, Chief Technical Officer of WatirCraft and Lead Developer of Watir


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Testing is a key component of agile development. The widespread adoption of agile methods has brought the need for effective testing into the limelight, and agile projects have transformed the role of testers. Much of a tester's function, however, remains largely misunderstood. What is the true role of a tester? Do agile teams actually need members with QA backgrounds? What does it really mean to be an “agile tester?”

Two of the industry's most experienced agile testing practitioners and consultants, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, have teamed up to bring you the definitive answers to these questions and many others. In Agile Testing, Crispin and Gregory define agile testing and illustrate the tester's role with examples from real agile teams. They teach you how to use the agile testing quadrants to identify what testing is needed, who should do it, and what tools might help. The book chronicles an agile software development iteration from the viewpoint of a tester and explains the seven key success factors
of agile testing.

Readers will come away from this book understanding
  • How to get testers engaged in agile development
  • Where testers and QA managers fit on an agile team
  • What to look for when hiring an agile tester
  • How to transition from a traditional cycle to agile development
  • How to complete testing activities in short iterations
  • How to use tests to successfully guide development
  • How to overcome barriers to test automation
This book is a must for agile testers, agile teams, their managers, and their customers.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0321534468
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Professional
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 30 Dec. 2008
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780321534460
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321534460
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 907 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.53 x 3.05 x 23.11 cm
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)
  • Best Sellers Rank: 94,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars (316)

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  • F Reavley
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, well thought-out (or tested) of course!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 August 2009
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    I bought this book as it appeared to focus more on the testing angle of 'AGILE' software development rather than the developers, and I have enjoyed reading this immensely.
    Not only have the authors laid the book out well, and have made it very readable, they have garnished the chapters with mind-maps and therefore made it very easy to find and review sections you want to read again.
    The two authors clearly have had plenty of experience in the AGILE development environment, both on 'disorganised' and 'organised' teams, and are keen to promote how to turn a newbie agile team into an effective one, stressing the collaborative nature for AGILE. Lots of examples from their own experience and from other AGILE practitioners demonstrate the pitfalls and improvements which can be made by thinking about the points made in the book.
    As a tester, I found this book very useful in describing how and where testers fit into the process, and how specialist testers can work to enhance things too, especially where views of testing have previously been that "it's done at the end", or that "anyone can test", or that "we'll let the testers know about the development work when (we consider) they need to".
    I would recommend this book both to software developers, and to testers, as it can teach everyone a lot about how to get everyone focused on the right goals, improving quality, and meeting customer expectations, and keeping the so-called 'technical debt' of difficult-to-maintain code at bay. The more it's done from the word go, the easier it should be.
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  • Testing Testing 123 Testing
    5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable read when approaching Agile test methodologies
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2011
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    I had read recommendations for this book on various Agile user groups and I am glad I went for it. I had a fair idea of what Agile was, how it should work/be applied etc, and had been on a good 3 day workshop. But reality is very different. This book was a brilliant buy. We had decided to approach a project using iterative dev and testing methods, and I was so relieved to have this book alongside me, even if no one else followed 'the rules' I tried my best and it helpd enormously. Also helped to highlight the gaps in other areas of dev that were 'supposed' to be going the 'Agile' way. Hopefully I have learnt some good habbits I can apply on the next project or elsewhere. A must read for anyone new to Agile testing methodoligies or trying to convince others what should be happening. I also highly recommend Agile Estimating and Planning Agile Estimating and Planning brilliant for undertsanding scope and estimating.
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  • L Weale
    4.0 out of 5 stars Well written and thought out book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2014
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    I found Lisa Crispin's and Janet Gregory's book on agile testing very enlightening and thought provoking. I haven't worked in a fully agile environment myself but I am aware of the challenges of developing (programming and testing) in sprints. On the whole I thought this book added to my knowledge and if you are thinking about changing methodologies or trying to improve your agile test processes I'm sure this book would give you something to think about.
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  • Tony James
    5.0 out of 5 stars Learn from those with a lifetime of experience in Agile software testing
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2017
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    I found this book very helpful - as someone that has been in software development for about 30 years and only recently started working in an Agile team (in which we all work on design, implementation and tests) - I found it gave me a much better insight into how to use different kinds of testing, when to automate and when not to, and many other facets of Agile Testing.

    I really liked the recounting of stories experienced by the authors - the problems they had and how they tackled them.

    The whole book has the feel of wisdom gained from a lifetime of experience with software testing in an Agile environment.
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  • Mrs A
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Agile Testing Book
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 October 2019
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    I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! It contains a lot of the examples that I could relate to and gave me some ideas on how to improve in my own agile team. I'm a software developer with a keen interest in testing so it really helped me to understand how software testing fits within the agile process.
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  • Vincent Lerigo-smith
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book packed with information
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 January 2024
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    Helped me to think about efficient and effective approaches to testing.
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  • D. Murphy
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very good, but somewhat dated now
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2019
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    I'd still recommend getting it if you are new to agile and especially agile testing, But the industry has moved on and automation of tests, fully tied into the pipeline with tools such as Gauge, is increasingly normal. One of my recent projects we had one QA with our team of ten staff. She defined the testing and did the gauge scripts but develp[ers automated the scripts. The tests were built into the pipeline (GoCD). We also automated performance testing via Gattling. However, since then, I have found organisations seriously behind on this so there is still plenty of mileage in this book.
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  • Caco-Daemon
    4.0 out of 5 stars Decent practical guide...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2015
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    Could use more detail in places, the book is quick to tell you all the things you should be doing as an agile tester but lacks detail on exactly how you might fit all this in so could leave the junior analyst feeling a bit overwhelmed.
    Still, lot's of stuff to think about here and makes the most important aspects clear.
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  • wasikar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Agile Testing
    Reviewed in Germany on 24 June 2025
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    Excellent book with lot of insights into agile testing
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  • Abdulazeem
    4.0 out of 5 stars Recommend
    Reviewed in Sweden on 10 July 2025
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    I recommend this book
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  • Daniel Goedhart
    5.0 out of 5 stars Agile testen in de praktijk
    Reviewed in the Netherlands on 21 December 2016
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    Op weg naar mijn werk en huis heb ik dit boek met veel plezier gelezen. Ik kan het van harte aanraden aan iedereen die te maken krijgt met het testen in Agile teams. Ik heb er veel inspiratie aan ontleend om mijn huidige werk als software tester in een beginnend Agile team succesvoller te maken. Het is doorvlochten met verhalen uit de praktijk, waardoor het niet alleen bij stellingen en theorie blijft.
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  • Yamina
    5.0 out of 5 stars Très satisfaite
    Reviewed in Canada on 1 February 2021
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    Usager mais en très bon état
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  • N. Murali Mohan
    5.0 out of 5 stars The authentic agile book
    Reviewed in India on 8 January 2019
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    This book is a must read for those interested in any professional agile development. It has changed the way I look at agile testing. I certainly learnt quite a bit which I am applying already.

    I regret not having read it for so long. The authors are vastly experienced and they tried to present the book meticulously. They have taken care to use the right words, sentences, paragraphs, chapters and so on.

    Look out for the real examples and the use case they have provided. I can confirm that all the people and projects they named are real. I know some of them personally too.

    All in all, if you do not read this book, you probably have not started your agile journey - like me:-)
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