Our organization adopted the CI/CD model for all product validation tasks just over 1 year ago with automated testing being primary step in the pipeline. We discovered that test automation eventually became a bottleneck within the pipeline due to its flakiness and constant maintenance. We determined a need to treat test automation development similar to product development. This allowed us to define multiple Quality Gates in test automation development by utilizing our own CI/CD pipeline. Now, we have tremendous confidence in our test automation and its stability in product...
Prashant Patil
Software Principal Engineer
Dell Technologies
With passion of lifelong learning, Prashant Patil has been leading his life by setting examples, adapting to situations and solving technical challenges. He completed his Masters from Southern Methodist University in 2006 and started working at AT&T as a Performance Test Engineer after graduation. His keen eye for detail, efforts toward streamlining test automation, and creative problem-solving skills along with exceptional leadership skills, has earned him several recognitions throughout his career. Seeking the ability to further hone his skill sets, he joined Dell Technologies in 2010 and is currently leading a test automation team focused on delivery of cloud-based microservices. He has been a crucial driving member of Software Development Transformation efforts and has enabled the success of several test teams within Dell’s organization. He loves spending time with his family, road trips, listening to music, photography, volunteering and fun vacations.