1. Future&of&&
Tes+ng,&Test&Automa+on&
&&The&Quality&Analyst&
Anand&Bagmar&
So#ware(Quality(Evangelist(
((((((Principal(Consultant,(((

2. !!!!!@BagmarAnand!
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about.me/anand.bagmar!
About!me!

3. What!do!you!expect!from!this!
session?!

4. Evolu+on&

5. One!thing!that!is!THE!SAME!

6. OrganizaCon!ObjecCve!
Time!
Quality&
Money!/!
Value!

7. Media!

8. Past&

9. Present&

10. Future?&

11. User!Interface!

12. Past&

13. Present&

14. Present&

15. Future?&

16. Future?&

17. Future?&

18. Future?&

19. Graphics!

20. Past&

21. Present&

22. Present&

23. Future?&

24. Games!

25. Past&

26. Present&

27. Present&

28. Portable!Devices!

29. Past&

30. Past&

31. Past&

32. Present&

33. Present&

34. Present&

35. Present&

36. Future?&

37. Content!

38. Past&

39. Past&

40. Present&

41. Future?&

42. SpaCal!operaCng!environment!SpaCal!OperaCng!Environment!
(((Professor(John(Underkoffler(@(MIT(

43. Pranav(Mistry(
Sixth(Sense(Technology(
hEp://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/(

46. Seamless!IntegraCon!

48. Which!life!are!we!living?!

49. What&does&this&mean&from&a&
Tes+ng&Perspec+ve?&

50. What&do&we&need&to&do&next?&

51. Think&big!!&

52. Test!AutomaCon!
A&Safety&Net&

53. Con+nuous&Integra+on&(CI)&and&
Con+nuous&Design&and&Delivery&is&
NOT&Op+onal&

54. Test!Frameworks!

55. What&is&next?&
Behavior(Driven(
Development((BDD)(
Custom(
Frameworks(
Record(&(
Playback((
Core(
Framework(

56. FuncConal!Tests!(GUI)!
Web!Service!Tests!
View!Tests!
JavaScript!Tests!
IntegraCon!tests!
Unit!Tests ! !!
Test(AutomaTon(Pyramid(
Manual(/(
Exploratory(
TesTng(
Impact!on!
Product!
under!test!
Ideal!Test!
Pyramid!
BusinessT
facing!Tests!
TechnologyT
facing!Tests!
• Cost!
• Effort!
• Time!

57. 1st!candidate!
• Automate!&
• High&Value,&Low&
Cost&
2nd!candidate&
• Automate!&
• High&Value,&High&
Cost&
Can!Automate?&
• Manual&
Regression?&
• Low&Value,&Low&
Cost&
Do!Not!Automate(
• Manual&
Regression!&
• Low&Value,&High&
Cost&
High!
Value!
High!!
Cost!
Low!
Value!
Low!
Cost!

58. Principles!of!Test!AutomaCon!
Framework!

59. Test&Automa+on&Code&should&be&
treated&with&same&‘respect’&as&
Product&Code&

60. Principles&for&building&
an&Automa+on&
Framework(
Code&Quality&
Design&PaUerns&
Abstrac+on&
Layers&
Refactor&Pairing&
Evolve&
Extend&

61. Guidelines&for&building&
an&Automa+on&
Framework(
Easy&to&Use&&&
Reuse&
Maintainable&
Scalable&
Browser&/&
DB&/&OS&/&??&
support&
Known&
Restric+ons&/&
Constraints&
Local&Vs&
Remote&
Parallel&
Execu+on&

62. Prac+ces&for&building&
an&Automa+on&
Framework(
Configurable&
Con+nuous&
Integra+on&(CI)&
Screenshots,&
Video&
Recording&
Logging&
Tools&&&
U+li+es&
Test&Data&
No&Copy[Paste&

63. Context!is!KING!&
Domain!
ProductT
underTtest!
Tech!Stack!
Team!
DistribuCon!
Skills!
Capability!
Process! Test!Tech!
Stack!
Tools!

64. Automate&tests&that&are&valuable,&
not&because&you&can&or&like&to&
automate!(

65. Different!Roles!&!AcCviCes!of!a!
Quality!Analyst!

67. QA!Role!
Product! Services!

68. QA!Role!in!Product!OrganizaCons!
CoTlocated! Distributed!

69. QA!Role!in!Services!OrganizaCons!
Coaching!
OffTShore!
Delivery!
ConsulCng! DevOps!
OnTSite!
Delivery!

70. What&is&the&Future&of&a&
Quality&Analyst?&

75. Be&Crea+ve&

78. Making!an!Idea!a!Reality!
Innovators(
Early(Adopters(
Early(Majority(
Late(Majority(
Laggards(

79. Who&are&you?&
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Where&do&you&want&to&be?&

80. abagmar@gmail.com((
Anand.Bagmar@thoughtworks.com(
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