Agile QA in a Corporate Environment. NorthStar Use Case
summary
Danske Bank’s North Star is a car‑financing product supporting 40+ systems and 50+ people with a multi‑million budget; goals are customer‑facing digital journeys, a science‑based asset risk engine to predict buyback value, and automated credit decisions. Engineering uses OpenShift containers, puppeteer and selenium for UI tests with screenshots, SOAP UI for API flows, microservices, and CI; coverage sits near 70% with a stretch target like Google’s 95%. Practices are TDD/BDD, shift‑left testing, tactical rotating testers for end‑to‑end checks, and metrics showing bug‑fix cost to justify investment.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 4:10What is NorthStar
- 8:02Why QA
- 15:10Puppet
- 17:14Tools
- 20:34Test Coverage
- 22:04Challenges
- 28:19Everyone is responsible
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