#Interactive Session by Ajay Balamurugadas, "Where Are The Real Testers In The Age of AI? " at ATAGTR2023 #ATAGTR2023 was the 8th Edition of Global Testing Retreat. To know more about #ATAGTR2023, please visit: https://gtr.agiletestingalliance.org/

1. PRESENTED AT GLOBAL TESTING RETREAT 2023, PUNE
Where are the real
testers in the age of AI
Ajay Balamurugadas
Sr. Director - QE, GSPANN Technologies

2. Three key themes
WHAT IS
REAL TESTING
INDUSTRY IS
MESSED UP
HOW DO WE DEAL
WITH THE AI

3. UNDERSTAND
CONTEXT
KNOW THE
STAKEHOLDERS
NEEDS
HIG HLIG HT
INCONSISTENCIES
KNOW PRODUCT,
PROJECT, TEAM
CONTEXT
TEAM BONDING
DESIGN
OVERALL
APPROACH
G ET IT REVIEWED
KEEP UP TO
THE CHANG ES
REVISIT,
RE-ADJUST
SAMPLING
DEVELOP PRODUCT MODEL TEST DATA
OPPORTUNITIES
TO AUTOMATE
TESTS
UTILITIES TO
ASSIST
TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS THE PRODUCT HIG HLIG HT RISKS
DESIG N BETTER
TESTS
WHAT ELSE
TAKES OUR TIME
ESTIMATION QUALITY CRITERIA DEMOS MEETING S THINKING
PUBLISH REPORTS DOCUMENTATION

4. Industry is messed up
MISSING PORTFOLIO
Resume is not everything
Experience Reports are not shared
No blogs, No videos
SKILLS VS TOOLS
No one talks about skills
When was the last time we consciously practiced
TERMS THAT WE USE
Manual, Automated Testing, 100% Coverage
Sign off, Assure Quality
INTERVIEWS
We ask everything that can be searched online
Definitions
Tool shortcuts

5. AI Beast
Few quick ideas before we ask ChatGPT:
VALID CITIES IN BOTH FROM AND TO
AUTOCOMPLETE / AUTOSUGGEST
VALIDATION OF THE AIRPORT CODE AND SPELLING
VALIDATION OF THE SEARCH RESULTS (COUNT, ACCURACY, SPEED, SORTED DISPLAY,
PAGINATION…)
MULTIPLE COMBINATIONS ALLOWED (SAME DATE – DIFFERENT DATE, NUMBER OF TRAVELERS
AND CLASS, FARE TYPE)
MATCH WITH THE API AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS PLATFORMS
ERROR MESSAGES (I ADDED THIS AFTER TYPING THE NEXT SENTENCE)

6. AI Beast
Did it do well?
Based on the output, it appears to have focused
more on the idea –
Multiple combinations allowed
(Same date – Different date,
Number of travelers and class, fare type)

7. AI Beast
Pairwise Testing at play
The two exclusions are:
1 Adult cannot travel with 2 children
1 Adult cannot travel with 2 infants
The other exclusion I wanted to highlight but
couldn’t do because of the limitation of the tool
was:
1 Adult cannot travel with 1 child and 1 infant

8. AI Beast
We will exclude #4 for the obvious reason

9. So, finally what do we do
PRACTICE AND SHARE PORTFOLIO, EXPERIENCE REPORTS
DO NOT BE FOOLED BY AI DEMOS - REMEMBER THE SELENIUM LOGIN DEMOS - WAY DIFFERENT THAN REAL
PROJECT CONTEXTS
WE ARE THE INDUSTRY
DO NOT LOSE THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS FOR TRENDS
FOCUS ON EVERGREEN ASKS - PROBLEM SOLVING, WRITING, NEGOTIATION, ADDING VALUE, COMMUNICATION,
WORKING WELL WITH PEOPLE, GENERATING IDEAS