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Test Automation Conference Europe

Track Talk M8

Ten Commandments for Sustainable and Shared Test Automation

Jani Haapala

16:50 - 17:35, Monday 10th November CET

Why so often test automation initiatives fail and does not bring us to the promised land of value that it was supposed to bring? Why so often test automation becomes more of a burden than a savior that it was originally seen?

I have spent almost two decades with all kinds of automation and I have noticed a pattern that repeats over and over again. The pattern is a lack of sustainability and maintainability. Even if we now live at the age of DevOps and collaboration, test automation is too often something that QA specialists build for them selves and only as a side activity or hobby. And too often it is a separate system from the ones that developers are using.

On this way of working, we can’t have shared, sustainable and maintainable test automation that would lead us to the promised land of collaboration and benefits. Even looking upon the new gods of AI won’t help us but rather make things actually worse if we do not have our foundations right. For that reason and based on my observations I have created my own ten commandments of automation to guide and help people with a sustainable automation creation.

In my talk I will explain the importance of collaborative test automation to the whole team and show some automation anti-patterns. I will also explain my missionary foundations, the ten commandments of automation:

1. Thou shall automate everything
2. Thou shalt not keep multiple tool chains
3. Thou shall codify everything
4. Honor “ZeroClicks” / NoOps practices
5. Design for masses and implement for few
6. Remember to think Lego bricks
7. Thou shall offer self service solutions
8. Thou shalt not forget security
9. You should create railroad code
10. Thou shall automate once, execute often

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What you will Learn

  1. The ten commandments to guide you on your automation journeys.
  2. Ideas of antipatterns that might degrade your existing automation solutions.
  3. Ways for you to collaborate and communicate with people through automation.

Session Details

  • Intermediate
  • 30mins
  • 15mins Q&A
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Session Speaker

Jani Haapala

Gofore Verify Oy, Finland

Automation specialist, quality consultant, quality engineer, developer, AI explorer, dad, husband. Passionate about measurement, feedback and continuous automated quality. Jani Haapala is DevOps architect and Lead QA AI expert at Gofore. He spends his time conjuring up ways to help customers achieve their goals and supporting Gofore consultants as they deliver the best solutions to meet customers’ needs. He is a dedicated DevOps advocate and evangelist who has been spreading the word in the software industry for two decades. Passion for the field started from manual testing and has evolved to full scale software development automation. Jani is always on the lookout for the next innovation to improve how he work, live and ensure high quality in everything we do.

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