Tactics for Implementing Test Automation for Legacy Code

DevOps Enterprise SummitOctober 19, 2015

Legacy code.

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Your codebase.

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Painful releases.

Prolonged outages.

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Long release cycles.

Falling customer satisfaction.

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“Let’s make one small change to that one. What could possibly go wrong?”

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AUTOMATED TESTING? SURE!

WHEN I PUSH TO PROD, THE USERS

AUTOMATICALLY START TESTING IT.

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Test automation!

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Asking the boss.

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“Not enough time or money.”

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You need a gameplan.

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Address the value proposition.

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Execute tactics.

AuthorsJeff Gallimore, Partner, Excella ConsultingSteve Neely, Director of Software Engineering, CA TechnologiesTerri Potts, Technical Director, Raytheon IIS SoftwareScott Prugh, Chief Architect, CSG InternationalTim Wilson, Solution Architect, IBM

Other ContributorsWilliam Hertling, HPAnders Wallgren, CTO, Electric CloudJeremy Van Haren, Director of Software Development, CSG International

Authors and contributors.

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