Ezanne Grobler, Leela A.Putten: Testing in the Digital Age: A True Story
summary
A testing vendor on a multi‑vendor, R multi‑million digital transformation in 2017 finds no system integrator, no solution architecture diagram, and a hybrid delivery model (front end agile, middleware ad hoc, backend waterfall), so testing effort is massively underestimated. The response is to pivot: adopt two-week cycles, build sanity packs, implement test automation roadmap (move from UFT toward Playwright and AI tooling), run double shifts, and refocus metrics on defect clustering, turnaround and reoccurrence; outcome: faster decisions, more stable environments, improved retention and measurable ROI.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:35Digital transformation context
- 7:09Complex ecosystem challenges
- 13:09Need to pivot testing
- 17:24Continuous testing implementation
- 21:17Test automation road map
- 25:49Stakeholder management
- 31:56Culture shift in testing
- 33:43Key lessons learned
- 37:20Q&A
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