STARWEST 2017 Tutorial: System-Level Test Automation: Ensuring a Good Start

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Monday, October 2, 2017 - 1:00pm to 4:30pm

System-Level Test Automation: Ensuring a Good Start

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Many organizations invest a lot of effort in test automation at the system level but then have serious problems later on. As a manager, how can you ensure that your new automation efforts will get off to a good start? What can you do to ensure that your automation work provides continuing value? Dot Graham describes the most important management issues you must address for test automation success, particularly when you are new to automation. Dot helps you understand and choose the best approaches for your organization—no matter which automation tools you use. Focusing on system level testing, she explains how automation affects staffing, who should be responsible for which automation tasks, how managers can best support automation efforts to promote success, what return on investment means in automated testing—and what you can realistically expect. Dot explains—for non-techies—the key technical issues that can make or break your automation effort. Come away with your own clarified automation objectives and measures and a draft test automation strategy to use to plan your own system-level test automation.

Note: This is a code-free tutorial!

Dorothy Graham
Software Test Consultant

In software testing for more than forty years, Dorothy Graham is coauthor of four books—Software Inspection, Software Test Automation, Foundations of Software Testing, and Experiences of Test Automation—and is currently working with Seretta Gamba on a test automation patterns wiki. A popular and entertaining speaker at conferences and seminars worldwide, Dot has attended STAR conferences since the first one in 1992. She was a founding member of the ISEB Software Testing Board and a member of the working party that developed the ISTQB Foundation Syllabus. Dot was awarded the European Excellence Award in Software Testing in 1999 and the first ISTQB Excellence Award in 2012. Learn more about Dot at DorothyGraham.co.uk.