SoftTest Event- Feb 2010
Scott Armstrong, SQS UK:Title: Test Automation: A Roadmap for Success
The presentation :
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aims to debunk the myth that one automation tool fits all; it is essential to tailor and plan the tools and technologies involved to deliver an effective solution.
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highlight that automation is not a panacea for a struggling testing project. In the right circumstances and with the correct strategy, test automation can provide impressive returns on investment, but these efforts must be carefully targeted.
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discuss the factors that need to be considered and the steps that should be taken to ensure the successful delivery of an automation project, and will highlight the problems that are often encountered when deploying a new tool.
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include case studies of SQS Automation projects which ill illustrate these principles in action.
Sarah Murphy, Xilinx: Title: Lean Test Process Improvement in Agile Testing
The presentation introduces Lean Philosophy and uses case study examples to demonstrate how test process improvement can be driven from the bottom-up very effectively by empowering the team members of the Test Process Improvement initiative. The removal of waste (anything that doesn’t add value) is at the core of the Lean Philosophy.
Ensuring that the test process is as efficient and effective as it can be facilitates an agility within testing and empowers the test effort to react to change positively and agilely.
The presentation:
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demonstrates how a team of testers came together and contributed to the improvement of various testing processes and activities.
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addresses how “easy“ change becomes within the testing organization when it is driven by the testers themselves.
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shows how test management can facilitate the empowering of its testers while still maintaining a decorum of control.
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addresses how the usual resistance to change was surmounted by a TPI effort driven by those who are executing the testing.
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includes feedback from a recently held Retrospective with Lessons Learned clearly elaborated on.