The concept of “shifting testing left” in the software development lifecycle is not new. Shifting testing from manual to automated and then upstream into engineering is a driving factor in DevOps and agile software development. However, Michael Nauman wonders why test automation, DevOps, and agile software development still frequently fail to deliver on their promises? Aligning and hardening your DevOps and test automation—along with streamlining your agile processes—is critical to your project. Michael shares how AutoCAD’s shifting testing left enabled improvements within their...
Michael Nauman
Autodesk
Michael Nauman started out his career doing computer aided design but after a decade made the leap from an AutoCAD user to a tester on the test development team for Autodesk Inc.’s flagship product AutoCAD. He has spent the past twenty years testing various versions of AutoCAD. Michael started out as a black box tester, dabbled in test automation, evolved into a testing lead, managed testers as a QA manager, and now is the product owner of AutoCAD Web. Michael is passionate about AutoCAD, DevOps, bicycles, and surfing.