Continuous Automation, It CAN Be Done!
Less than two years ago, Anupama's team faced a legacy portfolio with under 12% automation, minimal test coverage focused only on-screen verifications, data validation limited to spot checking few records resulting in low release confidence. Join her as she shares the organization's transformative journey towards robust test coverage and reliable releases through continuous automation. This strategy addresses process, people, and technology including: evaluating applications from user perspective to identify key automation opportunities, mapping production data flows allowed them to create targeted automation strategies for efficiency, training their teams on domain knowledge and automation techniques, fostering a culture of improvement, shifting focus from merely counting tests to enhancing reliability and overall coverage, developing automated processes to replicate real-world transactions, ensuring consistent execution, and a comprehensive suite of API, data, and UI tests to assess functionality, performance, usability, and accessibility using dynamic data. By sharing their experience, Anupama aims to provide actionable insights for overcoming legacy system challenges through strategic automation. Discover how to transform your testing practices, boosting efficiency and confidence in release cycles. Join Anupama on this journey of innovation!
Anupama Malladi heads Quality Engineering for Structured Finance & US Public Finance within S&P Global Ratings Technology division, she has over 19 years of experience in the banking and financial services domain in the areas of quality engineering, strategy development, program management, business development, and customer relationship management. In her current role, she oversees quality engineering for a complex portfolio of analytical applications leading and managing a global team, overseeing related functions including product QA strategy, automation, performance, and resourcing, supporting implementation of platform buildout solutions consolidating legacy applications, productizing and generating newer revenue streams. In her prior roles within Quality Engineering Capital Markets, she helped build digital capabilities focused on user experience, business and technology assurance, defined enterprise target operating models to deliver quality at speed and implemented large scale QA to full stack workforce transformation programs.