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Testing Strategies in an AgileContext 121 in theentire team,whilealsobringingnontechnicalteammembersonboardin tech- related discussions. In well-working Agile teams, this creates an environment of collaboration, common ownership on outcomes, and joint care on all aspects of quality thatwe have lookedat. Agile practices have been evolvingsignificantly for 25+yearsnow, and we can leverage what multiple teams and practitioners have achieved through empirical learning. Yet, in most cases, we need to do our own piece of learning as well, mappingour strategies, experimentingandadaptingaswego. Asa summary,hereare somekey takeawaypoints thatwediscussed: • Testing in an Agile context is very important to ensure that we are bothbuilding the rightproductandbuilding it right. • Agile thinkinginvolvesashift in testingparadigmsaswell, shiftingit leftasearly in thedevelopmentprocessaspossible. • We need to engagedifferentpracticesand thewhole teamtobesuccessful. • For traditional organization, and even some Agile teams, this requires a signifi- cant transformation that takes timeandneeds tobeproperlymanaged. References 1. 13th Annual State of AgileReport. https://www.stateofagile.com/#ufh-c-473508-state-of-agile- report. Accessed 23 June 2019 2. Crispin,L.,Gregory, J.:AgileTesting.APracticalGuideforTestersandAgileTeams.Addison- Wesley, Toronto (2009) 3. Brian Marick’s blog. http://exampler.com/.Accessed 23 June 2019 4. Cohn,M.:SucceedingwithAgile.Addison-WesleyProfessional,UpperSaddleRiver,NJ(2009) Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation,distributionandreproduction inanymediumorformat, as longasyougiveappropriate credit to the original author(s) and thesource, provide a link to theCreative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this chapter are included in the chapter’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the chapter’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation orexceeds the permitteduse, you willneed toobtain permission directly from the copyright holder.