Brijesh Deb is a Principal consultant at Infosys and the founding enabler of The Test Chat Community. He has over 2 decades of experience of leading, managing and coaching teams on Software Testing and embracing the Agile mindset. Being a hands-on software tester has also helped him stay close to technology and understand the intricacies. He has been involved in testing a wide range of applications – lightweight mobile apps to the large scale industrial IoT solutions. He works with some of the top tech companies providing everyday solutions in a variety of sectors such as the Steel manufacturing, Automotive, Avionics, Semiconductor, Space, Agriculture, Material sciences and Energy sector to name a few.
Brijesh is an Agile Transformation Agent with the objective of helping organisations achieve customer excellence with a focus on delivering maximum value to customers, stakeholders and teams.
He lives in the Netherlands. When he’s not testing or thinking about it, he loves singing nursery rhymes with his son. He’s a wordsmith and loves to write on social media, especially LinkedIn. He has a passion for anthropology and loves to study human behaviour.
Automating the tests for IoT – Is that even possible?
Implementation of test automation for IoT testing is challenging. In addition to the fundamental challenges of automation such as cost, maintainability, scalability, ease of use, alignment with the product development strategy, it is crucial to consider the complexity of IoT ecosystem.
Through this talk, I would like to look into the granular aspects of IoT testing and automation, and explore the challenges and possible solutions for IoT automation and testing. Additionally, I would also like to address the debate regarding the ratio of software and hardware testing required to achieve desired results.
Key Takeaways
From this talk the audience will
1. Understand more about IoT and the layers
2. Understand the challenges in testing IoT and the solutions
3. Understand and apply tips and techniques for automating the tests for IoT