Fast Not Furious: The Next Era of Test Productivity
The next era of testing is here, and it's crazy fast. So fast, it would no doubt infuriate those who are not ready for it. In this talk, Stacy will discuss how testing professionals should build a responsive culture without sacrificing quality or customer experience to speed. She will detail how automation and AI must be incorporated into the new industry standard. Stacy will address how expanding our impact to areas like Data Quality, FinOps, and Ethics will usher in faster advances for business value. She will define how productivity has been and should be measured so that teams appreciate the tester's contribution. Don’t hit the breaks—learn to accelerate and drive your organization forward with speed and sanity.
Stacy Kirk is an Entrepreneur, Agile Coach, and Nationally Recognized Speaker having championed quality and process innovation for over 20 years. Stacy founded QualityWorks Consulting Group, a test architecture consulting firm in 2010. The company enables enterprises to build higher-quality software and future-ready teams to accelerate software delivery. Her staff and clients mark culture as their top driver for their satisfaction and high performance. Her company drives measurable value to clients like AT&T, Comcast, Truist, and Rotten Tomatoes. Stacy's latest interests include culture hacking for high performance and quality as well as advocating for disruptive test technology like QualityWatcher, their generative AI test case management platform.