Test Data: Create, Secure, Manage, and Reuse

The absence of a well-defined data management approach can cripple your testing and test automation, significantly reducing pre-release defect yield. Many teams invest lots of time and money managing test data and still do not achieve their goals for test coverage and quality. Test data challenges include test data creation, privacy masking, management, maintenance, replication, security, quality, scalability, and reusability. Chip Groder presents an engaging and interactive discussion on the critical factors for managing test data, including developing a defined test data strategy, ways to customize your data management plan, checklist for data security, and proven methods for reuse of test data. Chip explains how you and your team can put together a cost-effective strategy and data management approach to ensure your test data supports your testing plans. With a well-defined data management plan in place, you can look forward to more productive testing, lower project risks, and improved product quality.