The first workflow

Date : 8 Februari 2018 By Stefaan

For Bona Iqiniso, a workflow is not a sequence of events or tasks. A workflow is more like a collection of activities that logically belong together.

Workflow

As you can see, the first workflow, the basic workflow only has 2 activities: Plan & Prepare.

And .... they are numbered 3 and 4, which means that Bona Iqiniso also has other activities.

To understand this we need to show you the Bona Iqiniso Epic.

Epic

The epic shows that Bona Iqiniso has 7 parts (features) that each contain a number of smaller features. The 7 main features follow a natural flow that is common to all software development. 

  • 0. Find a common ground to start a development project. Agree on context and concept, the high level design.
  • 1. Do the setup of your project
  • 2. Determine the methodology, strategy and processes to follow.
  • 3. Plan for success.
  • 4. Prepare before coding. Determine needs, requirements, design, etc.
  • 5. Code and Test.
  • 6. Regularly report on progress and results.
  • 7. Provide support and maintenance.

No matter the methodology, these are steps that always come back. Bona Iqiniso isn't different and running a test project is neither.

For Bona Iqiniso (software testing) the 7 features become:

  • 0. Find a common ground (one common language, one understanding, one goal)
  • 1. Setup. Bona Iqiniso is a generic tool and you will have to customize it to your liking.
  • 2. Strategy. You will use the Bona Iqiniso Methodology, but if for some reason you decide not to, we support any methodology.
  • 3. Test Plan. Bona Iqiniso aims to work test driven. 
  • 4. Prepare your tests 'world'.
  • 5. Execute your tests.
  • 6. Report test results.
  • 7. Support the software development team with reviews, audits and problem resolution.

If you have been part of a development team, you also know that it is normal that these features/steps are not executed in sequence. Sometimes it is necessary to go back to a previous because circumstances change. 

This is also the seem for the basic workflow in Bona Iqiniso. 

Bona Iqiniso Basic Workflow

Plan & Prepare, for Bona Iqiniso, are the activities in Software testing that (should) take most of the time.

But, planning often cannot be done without preparation. You cannot define a test scope if you don't know what your test basis (business definitions) is or what your product (application board) should be.

This is the basic workflow, because:

  1. You will spend most time on these features
  2. There is a fundamental synergie required between all components.