People and automation – a conversation UX? What about TX for Test Automation? 27-28 February 2017 LONDON Isabel Evans Freelancer Alan Richardson Compendium Developments EvilTester.com
People and automat ion – a conversat ion UX? What about TX for Test Automation?
27-28 February 2017 LONDON
Isabel Evans Freelancer
Alan Richardson Compendium Developments EvilTester.com
27-28 February 2017 LONDON
“Automation and people” Are we technical enough? Are the problems that people report with tool adoption a problem of testers not being technical enough or of tools not being easy to use? Are we over emphasising the technical and ignoring the personal?
Theconversa,on:“Automa,onandpeople”Isabel’stheory:
• Testautoma,onrequiresconsidera,onoftheUsereXperience(UX)forthetoolandthetests;
• Peoplewhouseautoma,onmightnotalwaysbetechnicalbuttheyarealwayshuman;
• UX-DesignandUX-Tes,ngfortestautoma,onsupportsimproveddecisionmakingandquality.
Isthiscorrect?
Theconversa,on:“Automa,onandpeople”• Arewetechnicalenough?
• Aretheproblemsthatpeoplereportwithtooladop,onaproblemoftestersnotbeingtechnicalenoughoroftoolsnotbeingeasytouse?
• Areweoveremphasisingthetechnicalandignoringthepersonal?
Jointheconversa,onwithAlanandIsabelwherewe'lltalkaboutstufflike…
Theconversa,on:“Automa,onandpeople”Jointheconversa,onwithAlanandIsabelwherewe'lltalkaboutstufflike:
• Whatlevelsoftechnicalskills,knowledgeandabilityarerequiredforsystemsdevelopment,andspecificallyfortes,ngac,vi,es?
• Whatdowemeanby“Technical”?–justTechnical(IT)oralsoTechnical(Domain)?
• Whattypesoftechnicalknowledgesupportourtes,ng(forexampletechnicalarchitecture,hardwareaswellassoUware,code,etc).
Theconversa,on:“Automa,onandpeople”Jointheconversa,onwithAlanandIsabelwherewe'lltalkaboutstufflike:
• Howdowekeepuptodatewiththetechnologywetest?Ifnot,whynot?
• Ifthe‘technicalpeople’ontheteamdon’tunderstandthesystem,howdoweiden,fytechnicalrisks?
• Asthetoolsetweusematures,canwerelyonittosupportpeoplebeXer,orarethepeopledrivenbythetechnologytheyuse?
• HowdoweimprovetheTester'sExperienceofautoma,ngandworkingwithmoretechnicalsystems?
27-28 February 2017 LONDON
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