Testing in autonomous teams - speed is everything

The role of testers has evolved in the last decade. Test automation has become the norm. So, testers have grown more towards developers.What this episode coversWhat are the skills they need to succeed? With the rise of autonomous teams and product teams, more and more tasks of testers moved to other roles like developers. What knowledge must be spread over these roles to ensure that we can release to PRO without fearing what will happen?And there have been other evolutions like the one to more micro-service-oriented architectures and companies moving to the cloud. Both coming with their own challenges. What is the impact on testing and testers?GuestsJoost van Wollingen; Consultant Quality and Test Automation at Xebia and former colleague at bol.com in a test role. The lead of the test guild. Who has grown really close to a software engineer? We have worked together in several settings here;Ivo de Bruijn; Software engineer at bol.com who started in a test role;Notesand Promotional Code for EXPAND*Expand ConferenceThe EXPAND Conference 2019 brings together every IT discipline, for an in-depth look at the value and difference every role brings. We will learn new ways of working together and sharing our knowledge, with a focus on mastery in engineering teams.For conference info, go here: conference infoSignup and get 10% reduction. Pay 225,- instead of 250,-, use this link or use the code Techlab2019 in the Eventbrite checkout**.Other notesIsolated testing - replacing the way testing in DEV and TEST was done. No more dependenciesTechnical Aspects (like the introduction of Service Oriented Architecture) and Cultural Aspects (like the introduction of You Build It, You Run It, You love It) are both influencing the way testing is approachedSpeed is key. if you create a fast feedback loop and it only needs 5 minutes to build, you stay in your context.Shift Left vs Shift Right is explained. Earlier testing on DEV and do more on PRO.*exclusive for Techlab Visitors** as long as tickets are available

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