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How Software Testers Help with Requirements in Scrum

by scrumexpert in Agile & Scrum Articles 3

As many testers have, I struggled in my first year on a Scrum team. How do I write tests without a spec? How do I know when I am done with software testing when there is no test plan? This article shows the important contributions that software testers on Agile teams can make in the requirements gathering activities of feature and user stories creation. share share share share 

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