(quickly) navigating towards the automation …...and testers the team only testers were interested...
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Navigating Towards the Automation Promised Land
Big Ships are Hard to Turn (Quickly)
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Introductions
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Erik DavisQA Engineer
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Erik DavisQA Engineer
(former)
Manager of Test Automation
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Erik Davis(former)
Manager of Test Automation
I like orange, sorry
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Some Assumptions
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AutomationAny code / tool / script / etc. written to assist humans
Limit creativity
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Yes, QAThe department was called Quality Assurance
That battle
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Automated TestsChecks v Tests
Enforcing Strict Terms
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Conclusion
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Automation is...Difficult
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Automation is...Difficult
Time Consuming
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Automation is...Difficult
Time Consuming
Frustrating
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Automation is...Difficult
Time Consuming
Frustrating
Slow going
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… and worth it
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… and worth itIf you apply it intelligently
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So find someone who’s done it before... ...and learn from their
mistakes
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Some Background
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Me
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Me(former lots of things, including)
Manager of Test Automation
~Computer Science Degree
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Me(former lots of things, including)
Manager of Testing
17+ years in QA
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Me(former lots of things, including)
Senior QA Manager
14 years at the company covered in this talk
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Me(currently a)
QA Engineer(somewhere else)
Variety of Roles
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The Company
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The CompanyThey make and sell software and related services all over the world
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The Product
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The Product“...a single enterprise information platform for managing content, processes and cases...”
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The Product Officially 1 product
300+ modules
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The Product
Runs onAndroidiOSWindows PhoneBlackberryWindows
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The Product
Runs onAndroidiOSWindows PhoneBlackberryWindows
Client-ServerWeb - talks to app serverWPF client - talks to app server
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The Team
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The Team Meant to be a mix of devs and testers
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The Team Only testers were interested
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The Team No formal computer science backgrounds
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Some History
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...and learn from their mistakesmy
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Dedicated People
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Dedicated People Full Time Effort
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Dedicated People Part Timers magic
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Dedicated People
The team+Some Test Developers
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It’s not easy
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It’s not easy Desire to learn
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It’s not easy Perseverance
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It’s not easy Lots of people want an easy solution
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It takes time
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It takes timeUnless your product is simple and sits on a single tech stack
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It takes time Researching
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It takes time Learning
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It takes time Building
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It takes time Maintaining
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It takes time Automation isn’t magic
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It takes time The time has to come from somewhere
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It takes time Future projects will take longer
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Speaking of costs...
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Speaking of costs... Find the money
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Speaking of costs... Get a budget
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Speaking of costs... Better hardware
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Speaking of costs... Better infrastructure
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Speaking of costs...
Visual Studio + subscriptions
(or similar)
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Speaking of costs... Pluralsight
(or similar)
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Speaking of costs...
Beer
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Speaking of costs...
Beer
Movie Tickets
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Speaking of costs...
Beer
Movie Tickets
Candy
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Speaking of costs... Maybe that’s just my team
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(most) OTS tools will not meet your needs
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(most) OTS tools will not meet your needs
Especially for large products
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(most) OTS tools will not meet your needs
Prepare to build
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Speaking of tools...
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Speaking of tools... Look at them anyway
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Speaking of tools... Know what’s out there
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Speaking of tools... Feature ideas
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Speaking of tools... Fend off the
well-intentioned
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Get (real) top level promotion
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Get (real) top level promotion Senior management
promoting automation
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Get (real) top level promotion Give people time for
automation
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Get (real) top level promotion Make it a visible goal
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Get (real) top level promotion Require for new projects
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Start small
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Start small Quick win projects
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Start small Show value early
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Start small Helps convince (some) non-believers
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Think big
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Think big Research long term projects
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Think big Avoid the bog
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Find your friends
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Find your friends Find champions early
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Find your friends Spread interest and
understanding
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Find your friends Get managers in the mix
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Find your friends Help with project ideas
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Make new friends
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Make new friends With IS
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Make new friends With IS (and maybe Legal)
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Be the go to automation
place
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Be the go to automation
placeSpread the word
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Be the go to automation
placeConnect with interested people
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Be the go to automation
placeReinvent the wheel
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Be the go to automation
placeGuide the well-intentioned
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Where are they now?
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It’s (still) slow going
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Need (more) budget
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Need (more) buy-in
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Need (more) time
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BUT...
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There’s progress
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Dev teams working on testability
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Formal job family for automators
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Senior VP buy-in
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Test teams training and coding
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Through all this I still see hope and value in automation
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Thank you