Kvalitetssäkring och test av leveranser vid arbete enligt scrum : En fallstudie på företaget SSG

Sammanfattning: Failed projects are often caused by not detected failures and therefore tests should be performed at some time during the project to avoid those failures. In the agile method Scrum the tests of IT services are executed by the supplier to secure the quality of the services. In theory, no tests are performed by the product owner. This requires big amount of trust to the supplier and a close partnership. In agile methods the time and costs are fixed, and because of this there is also a risk that unfinished products are delivered on deadline. Little research about tests and Scrum can be found, and therefore the aim with this study is to evaluate how and when quality assurance and tests should be treated in the best way by the product owner in Scrum. The study aims to answer the question of which manual test type is relevant to perform by the product owner to ensure the quality of the IT services. The question about how and when the test should be executed should also be answered. The study is based on a case study at the company Standard Solutions Group (SSG) which is a technical consultancy. The methodology in the study involves interviews, observations, a survey, and a literature study. The different methods are used to gather information from different perspectives and should increase reliability. Acceptance tests are selected to be best suitable to be performed by the product owner. To answer the question about how the test should be executed the authors select to develop a checklist. The acceptance tests should be done continuously to create more efficiency, and it also should be easier to correct the errors.