Aligning Testing Strategies with Digital Transformation Goals
Unless you’ve been hibernating for the past couple of years then you’ll be fully aware that digital transformation and artificial intelligence are at the top of every IT Directors list of things to do. Companies today are facing a couple of big challenges, staying ahead and on top of new digital technologies as well as providing outstanding customer experience. To be clear, digital transformation is the process of using new or modified business models, processes and customer expectations to meet changing business and market requirements by use of new and advanced technology.
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Topics:
Agile,,
Software Testing,
test automation,
Quality Assurance,
Digital Transformation
From ALongBit to AShortBit: Enhancing Test Efficiency in DevOps
Even today, in the modern world of DevOps, I see this all too often in automated test code for regression tests:
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Topics:
Software Testing,
test automation,
Test Automation Approach
Where is the Value?
As we know, we cannot test everything. This is especially true for End to End testing. This activity is often carried out at the end of the Implementation phase after System testing has completed. There will be many paths through the software and to test them all will be a large task. So only critical paths are tested through the system that provides an acceptable level of test coverage. Add automation into the mix, and this can become extremely challenging at the end of the delivery cycle. Teams often accept that the effort required for automating the End to End tests is too much of a risk to a timely delivery. Often, it is cut down to small manual End to End tests as an afterthought that adds little value to the overall quality or post-release teams. Ironically, this is where it adds the most value!
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Topics:
test automation,
Test Automation Approach,
Automated end to end testing
Supporting DevOps through Testing – It’s not just about Automating Tests!
On Tuesday 13th September, nFocus' very own
Danny Crone will be speaking for
Microsoft Tech Days! He will be delivering a session on DevOps and Automation, the title and synopsis of which you can find below.
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Topics:
DevOps and Testing,
test automation,
DevOps
Supporting DevOps through Testing
"Let's start with the aims of DevOps. It's certainly a culture and a practice that accentuates the collaboration and communication of software developers and other IT professionals. While still being important to automate the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes; it certainly tries to foster both a culture and environment where building testing and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently and more reliably.
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Topics:
Software Testing,
Testing,
DevOps and Testing,
test automation,
DevOps
The Ultimate Guide to Test Automation Success
We all know about the benefits of Staff Company Days, they are a great medium for passing on new company information and sharing thoughts on latest trends in the world of business. It also allows the whole team to come together, connect and most importantly rewards your staff for their tireless efforts over the year and allow them to have some collective fun. Recently nFocus Testing took its team to the Seasoned Cooking School at Catton Hall.
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Topics:
Automated regression testing,
test automation