Continuous Testing - The New Normal
Some notions of continuous testing (CT) have been applied in software development methodologies for a while but it was never called by that term. Another term sometimes used for CT is parallel testing. While some have mastered CT, most of us struggle with how to transform our current testing approaches to CT approaches and align them with evolving development methodologies. Join Tom Wissink as he discusses current examples of CT implementations across different software development methodologies (agile, waterfall, incremental) and describes where parallel or CT type testing yields the best benefits. Arguably the most challenging methodology that demands CT testing is DevOps. DevOps requires all phases of testing to be done quickly and in parallel with the development process and some contend that testing continues into actual operations. Leave this session with a better understanding of CT, and how this approach can be best leveraged in your development environment.
Tom Wissink worked for Lockheed Martin (LM) managing, developing and testing software intensive systems for 35 years. He was a Lockheed Martin Senior Fellow when he left Lockheed Martin to became a consultant for Intervise, Inc. in February 2016. From January 2010 until becoming a consultant he was the LM Corporate Director of Integration, Test and Evaluation. Throughout his Lockheed Martin career he worked on programs like the Space Shuttle, Hubble Telescope, GPS and several Satellite Command and Control centers. Tom is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) and was a past chairperson for the Industrial Committee on Test & Evaluation (ICOTE) as well as a past co-chair of the Development Test & Evaluation (DT&E) committee. He has presented at the Aerospace Testing Seminar as well as at the STAREAST and STARWEST conferences.