For https://www.agileglobalevent.com/conference/agile-testing/agile-testing-and-automation-melbourne Often automation is seen as a magic bullet that will somehow increase the quality of a product. In this talk we will explore how automation is like manual testing, a tool that is part of a larger effort to improve quality. We look at how to automation can be applied at various stages of the software development life cycle and what non-technical factors need to be considered for automation to have a chance of succeeding. Finally we will look at possible career paths for testers in an Agile and automation rich workplace.

1. Will Automation Improve
Quality?
Guy Gershoni

2. Automation is a...

3. Automation Myths

4. Code Coverage
- 100% == fully correct
- Will ensure quality

5. Project A
- over 90%
- Reliably unreliable!
Project B:
- 0%
- Reliable and successful

6. Expensive to Write, Run and Maintain

7. TDD & BDD are not just for regression

8. Unit Tests VS Functional Tests

9. Automated Testing can also become
a bottleneck

10. Goal of Automation Suite… Fail FAST!

11. Is a Gamble… play the odds

12. Automation is not All or Nothing

13. Automated Testing != Manual Testing

14. Quality
Testing

15. Define Quality
Monitor QualityImprove Quality

16. Pre-release
checks
Monitoring
Deployment
Automation

18. Roll Forwards

19. Roll Backwards

20. Monitoring

21. Collect Logs

22. System X hasn’t logged payment for
an hour?

23. Reduced
MTTR!

24. dfasfd
Blast
minimisation
Detectability
Confidence
Recovery
Framework for Feedback

25. Confidence

26. Detectability

27. Recoverability

28. Blast Radius

29. Journey from Tester to...

31. Summary

32. Summary
● Can be complex and hairy
○ But can add value by broadening test scope
● Tests can add value in Analysis and Design phase
● Quality is not just Testing (Automated and Manual)
● Automation Suites should try and fail as fast as possible… can become a
bottleneck
● Can reduce the cost of failure with good Deployments and Monitoring and
reduce pressure on testing
● Work on appropriate level of automation for team/company… can change
over time.

33. Questions?