#Interactive Session by Sudhir Upadhyay and Ashish Kumar, "Strengthening Testing Oversight Using Environment Automation" at #ATAGTR2023. #ATAGTR2023 was the 8th Edition of Global Testing Retreat. To know more about #ATAGTR2023, please visit: https://gtr.agiletestingalliance.org/

1. Global Testing Retreat
#ATAGTR2023
Strengthening Testing Oversight Using Environment
Automation
Sudhir Upadhyay Ashish Kumar

2. Agenda
Requisite for Environment Automation
Challenges & Consideration
Best Practices
Future of Testing Oversight Using Environment Automation
Benefits

3. C2 General
Overview
In the rapidly evolving landscape of software development, ensuring the quality
and reliability of applications has become a paramount concern for organizations.
Rigorous testing is essential to identify and rectify defects, ensure optimal
performance, and deliver a seamless user experience.
The complexity of modern software systems and the need for extensive testing
across various environments present significant challenges for testing oversight.
To address above challenges, many organizations are turning to environment
automation as a strategy.

4. C2 General
Requirement for Environment Automation
Maintaining Company Customer Account Entitlements (Maintaining eligibility for
different customer-consumed cloud resources and tools)
In today's competitive market, software failures can lead to devastating
consequences for businesses, including financial losses, reputational
damage, and loss of customer trust. Robust testing oversight is crucial to
identify issues early in the development cycle and ensure that software
meets user expectations.
Environment automation offers a solution to these challenges by
providing a systematic and efficient way to create, manage, and replicate
testing environments. By automating the provisioning of test
environments, organizations can achieve consistent and reliable
conditions for testing across various configurations, reducing the risk of
overlooking critical defects.

5. C2 General
Challenge 1
Challenge 1
COMPLEX TEST
ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
SUPPORTING AGILE DELIVERY MODEL &
CONTINUOUS TESTING REQUIREMENT
Challenge 1
Challenge 2
Challenge 3
Challenges

6. C2 General
Best Practices
Clear Objectives
Define Clear goals for environment automation
Infrastructure as Code
Adopt IAC principles to define & manage configurations for Testing.
Testing Framework Integration
Integrate environment automation with testing framework to trigger test
automatically.
Automated Testing
Utilize automated testing scripts to validate the correctness & functionality
Version Control
Apply Version control practices to environment template.

7. C2 General
Future of Testing Oversight Using Environment Automation
AI Driven Environment Provisioning
Ephemeral Environment
Enhanced Collaboration
Real Time Monitoring & Analytics
Self Healing Environment

8. C2 General
Benefits
Coverage Expansion
Automation enables the testing of a broader
range of configurations, including different
operating systems, browsers, and hardware
setups, leading to enhanced test coverage
Parallel Testing
Automated environment creation allows for
parallel testing on multiple configurations enabling
comprehensive validation & significantly reducing
testing durations
Consistency & Reproducibility
Automated environment provisioning ensures
that testing is conducted in consistent conditions,
eliminating discrepancies between different
testing cycles and minimizing false
positives/negatives.
.
Time & Cost Savings
Automation accelerates the process of environment
setup and teardown, reducing the time required for
testing cycles. This efficiency translates faster time-
to-market..

9. C2 General
Conclusion
Testing is strengthened by ensuring quality, reliability, and performance of
software applications & related environment.
Consistent and reproducible test scenarios serve as the foundation for
expanding test coverage.
While challenges exist, adhering to best practices and embracing emerging
technologies can help organizations unlock the full potential of
environment & faster time to market.

10. Question
and Answer

11. C2 General
Thank You