Alex Cusmaru
Siemens Mobility (DE)

Biography

Alex is a passionate tester with more than 14 years of experience in testing, integrating and validating safety-related railway software and systems. In the past, he was the responsible for the validation of operation and control software and the integration of train control systems. Currently, he leads a team of testers and validators for Siemens Mobility in Braunschweig and is constantly looking for new ways to improve test skills, processes and activities. In his spare time, Alex is also a crowd tester, an American football fan and always looking for a new hoppy IPA to “test”.

About the Tutorial

Roll the Marbles! Not Only Good Architecture Helps us to Test Better!

Improving quality is much more than simply exploring the software, as we testers sometimes do. It is also about having a solid architecture to avoid product risks, rather than merely mitigate them. Are you aware of the impact of architecture?

To show you the impact of architecture, we use an interesting metaphor which is also a toy for (big) children! Design, build, and test a marble track while applying the SCRUM approach. You must plan, talk, cooperate, build, test, and think a few sprints ahead to anticipate future problems or risks. Besides that, you will change roles between sprints to determine if you are more critical as a tester about things you did not build.