Sustainable Test Automation: From Garden to Ecosystem

Talk Description

Organizations invest in test automation to keep up with the pace in an Agile and DevOps world. 
Little do they realize that constant care is required to keep their gardens of automated tests green. Weeding and cultivating is necessary to maintain the added value of test automation. Why is this gardening so hard? Is it just a garden or is it more than that? Might it be a whole ecosystem with aspects that impact the approach of test automation?
 
In this talk I will take you on a journey discovering a greater perspective on test automation, through experiences as both a test automation engineer and test automation coach... And all the struggles and learnings that go with it. A journey through different types of climate and landscapes that impact test automation. How to map such an ecosystem, and how awareness can help to better anticipate and get a step closer to sustainable test automation. 

What You'll Learn

• Struggles and learnings when striving for sustainable test automation 
• How a context has impact on test automation
• How you can use this context to find the best suitable test automation solution
• To ultimately achieve and ensure sustainable test automation

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

Anaïs van Asselt

Test Automation Engineer

Anaïs is a test automation engineer, coach and enthusiast. She gained a lot of perspective at a variety of organizations and (test automation) tooling, both frontend and backend. Anaïs stands for a context-driven approach, Bruce Lee Driven Development, and loves using nature metaphors to share her stories and pursuit of sustainable test automation.