Visibility, Trust and the Evolution of Automated Testing
How automated testing can and does affect how development teams work together.

Many people when asked to think of automated testing,  think capture-replay, point and click GUI testing.  However, in reality things aren't that simple.   It turns out that building a maintainable, reliable and valuable automated testing system is not an easy task, especially for legacy systems. 

This presentation is a (mostly) tool agnostic look, at what seems to works when it comes to automated testing.  It will focus on both social as well as technical aspects, including exploring the role of trust, and how the visibility provided by such testing can help agile teams function better.

The session will cover:

• A proposed maturity model for assessing automation strategies
• How to deal with legacy systems
• Some rules of thumb for creating successful automation projects
• The advantages of an agile, cross functional team approach
• A quick look at FitNesse and Cubic Test

It would be nice to keep the interactive nature of the previous APN sessions alive.  So please feel free to bring along your own experiences, thoughts, and questions about automation to share.

About the Speaker

Clare McLennan is a Test Automation Consultant for Clarus.   As a fresh graduate she was lucky to join Trimble in the early days and be part of their Agile adoption process. Since then, she worked for Syft, EA Games and AdScale before becoming a consultant.   A passionate Agilite, she has worked in many roles including tester, developer, scrum master and coach.  She writes a blog on agile testing (http://www.crazy-it-adventures.blogspot.com), and is helping to shape the future of test tools as a FitNesse contributor.  With a personal mission to "install a sense of adventure" in everyone she meets, she hopes you will find her presentation both thought provoking and entertaining.   

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