Martin Gijsen: What Value Does Your Automation in Testing Have?
summary
Argues automation fails when it lacks a business goal and pushes a simple prescription: pick one measurable business goal (time — including fast feedback, productivity or time-to-market — quality, money) plus sustainability, then answer structured questions across five areas and plan accordingly. Presents a mind map and an Excel Automation in Testing Improvement assessment that scores gaps, maps actions to people product process execution techniques, and guides tool, environment and outsourcing choices so the automation actually delivers value.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Automation value in testing
- 3:02Cargo cult automation
- 6:14Defining automation goals
- 12:04Business goals for automation
- 15:15High-value automation strategy
- 19:38Outsourcing automation setup
- 27:59Organizational support for automation
- 31:37Test environments isolation
- 35:45Automation maturity assessment
- 37:16Right automation first
- 38:20Summary
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