Introduction to Test Orchestration

This session will be an introduction to test orchestration: the process, execution, and monitoring of automated tests to drive the quality of your product. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that will save us, but being successful at test automation often requires making changes to more than just how the tests are executed. We also need to consider our process/workflow around software testing. What's our branching strategy? When and where do we deploy? Who reviews the failed tests? And in addition to evaluating our process/workflow around testing, we also need to consider what we are doing to monitor and gain insights into how our tests are running. Why are your tests flaky? Was the test poorly written? Or did the test fail because the system-under-test wasn't performing well? In this session, we will provide useful, vendor-neutral tips for how you can better orchestrate your test runs. This will cover topics like:
- Which branching strategy is right for you?
- Should you run all the tests all of the time?
- What are some considerations when designing for parallel testing?
- How can you monitor to get a better idea of why tests are failing?