We know that quality cannot be tested into our products afterwards, but we typically could do much more in our testing approach to built-in quality right from the beginning. But how does this look like in practice?

This interactive tutorial provides practical guidance on the needed strategies, tactics, and practices in different areas, and shares experiences and lessons learned to do better testing in the future!

Maximum number of participants: 25

Target Audience: Test Architects, Software Architects, Test Engineers, Product Owners, Quality Managers, Developers
Prerequisites: Basic knowledge about testing and quality engineering
Level: Advanced

Extended Abstract:
Today we have to deal with shorter time-to-market, increasing complexity and more agility while keeping quality and other key system properties high. Our test systems increase in size, volume, flexibility, velocity, complexity and unpredictability. Additionally, digitalization requires more than just a face lift in testing.

We know that quality cannot be tested into our products afterwards, but we typically could do much more in our testing approach to built-in quality right from the beginning:

• This means even an improvement to classical defect prevention: defect prevention is good, but just “avoiding” some defects does not mean that we build something really “right”.
• This is more than just the trendy shift-left approach in DevOps.

But how does this look like in practice?

This interactive tutorial provides practical guidance on the needed strategies, tactics, and practices in different areas, and shares experiences and lessons learned:

• Requirements and test-driven approaches (xTDD)
• Utility trees and quality models
• Scenario descriptions and test design techniques
• Design strategies and design tactics
• Design for Testability and test architectures
• Mindset by example

Attend this tutorial and do not only learn what built-in quality really means but be enabled to apply the strategies, tactics, and practices as a major lever for better testing in the future!