PROGRAMME IN BST

V Giridaran, Performance Engineering Expert, Charles Schwab, USA

Testing in Cloud can be a change in paradigm compared to traditional Tests. While it is best suited for applications running in Cloud, it may also be used to simulate and resolve issues related to applications running on-prem. This presentation is targeted to highlight areas to ease transition to testing in cloud – functional and non-functional – and related aspects to make it more reliable and cost effective. It would also touch upon automation that would be key to make best use of Cloud services.

View V Giridaran’s video

Raj Uppadhyay, Chapter Lead, Countdown Supermarket, New Zealand

In today’s era, our increased dependence on mobile apps and devices for e-commerce, news sources, finance, and entertainment mirrors the trend sweeping the SDLC. In this talk we will learn about DevOps to deliver Better=>Faster=>Secure Mobiles Apps and challenges it brings in testing mobile apps and respective practices to overcome the issues.

View Raj Uppadhyay’s video

Jency Stella, Senior QA Engineer, Billennium, Malaysia

APIs are everywhere. This means there is a huge dependency on leveraging them to build various products. Whether your APIs are internal or external-facing, the importance of a proper testing process shouldn’t change. API Testing has reached stardom nowadays. Postman is one of the popular used tools for testing APIs. Postman is preferred due to its handy and simplified features. Many would be familiar with the cosmetic API checks like verifying status code, verifying response headers, etc using POSTMAN, but there is limited awareness of some interesting concepts tied up with it, so what are they?

• API Test Documentation
• Workflow-based scenario checks
• Mock Servers
• Monitoring
• Integration with Source Code Repositories, CI/CD I uncovered these areas gradually in my API Testing journey, so here I’m to retrospect my learnings and share with everyone.

View Jency Stella’s video

Maroš Kutschy, Senior QA Automation Engineer, Ness, Slovakia

In my speech I will focus on challenges related to analysis of automation tests results, what mindset and habits are necessary when approaching the analysis and example of the tool which can help us with the analysis: ReportPortal: https://reportportal.io/ and how to integrate it into automation framework: for example in my Jasecu automation framework: https://github.com/maroskutschy/Jasecu

What will I share with the attendees:

I will share my experience with analysis of automation results and demo of using ReportPortal for analysis and how to send results from tests running in IDEA IntelliJ and Jenkins to ReportPortal

Key Takeaways:

– How to approach analysis of automation tests results
– Why to choose ReportPortal for analysis
– How to integrate ReportPortal into automation framework

View Maroš Kutschy’s video

Mark Sage, QA Lead, Nedbank, South Africa

Behavioral Driven Development is often thought to be a testing methodology, yes it is used in testing but it is actually about Quality enforcing collaboration by delivery team members and getting a common understanding

View Mark Sage’s video

Brijesh Deb, Principal Consultant, Infosys

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

Seema Prabhu, Head of QA, MotorK, United Kingdom

In every team, problems come in a variety of shapes and sizes. As soon as there is a problem, we look for tools to fix it. Does it really solve the problem?

Tools are useful to solve problems only if people know what problems to solve.

When tools don’t solve the problem, we wonder why? Did we invest in the wrong tool ? Why are the tools not driving results? Why does the tool work for some teams and not others? Is the team using the tool correctly?

Using only tools and processes, to fix a problem won’t guarantee best results or even solve the problem at hand. Tools are useful to solve problems only if people know what problems to solve.

At the heart of processes and tools are People. The driver for success in any team lies within the team. Fostering and maintaining a strong and positive problem-solving culture in teams certainly has its real and sustainable benefits.

Key Takeaways

From this talk the audience will

• Learn the importance of a good team culture
• How to build the culture of trust and collaboration
• How teams can leverage processes and tools to their advantage

Panellists:

RAJ UPPADHYAY, CHAPTER LEAD, COUNTDOWN SUPERMARKET, NEW ZEALAND
JENCY STELLA, SENIOR QA ENGINEER, BILLENNIUM, MALAYSIA
MAROŠ KUTSCHY, SENIOR QA AUTOMATION ENGINEER, NESS, SLOVAKIA
MARK SAGE, QA LEAD, NEDBANK, SOUTH AFRICA
BRIJESH DEB, PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, INFOSYS
SEEMA PRABHU, HEAD OF QA, MOTORK, UNITED KINGDOM