ADVANCED EXAM RETAKES

•  NEW AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2018

•  FREE RETAKE OF A FAILED ADVANCED EXAM

•  CTFL WITH THE ASTQB

•  COURSE TAKEN WITH ATP

•  FAILED ADVANCED EXAM WITH ASTQB

ADVANCED EXAM RETAKES

•  WHY? •  WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR EXAMS

•  PSYCHOMETRICS

•  ALWAYS WATCHING FOR QUESTIONABLE QUESTIONS

•  MULTIPLE LEVELS OF REVIEW FOR EACH EXAM QUESTION

•  WE TAKE FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY

•  WE HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR ACCREDITED TRAINING PROVIDERS •  WE HATE TO HAVE PEOPLE AVOID THE EXAM BECAUSE THEY’RE SCARED OF FAILING •  SOME COMPANIES WON’T REIMBURSE UNLESS YOU PASS

•  TAKES THE RISK OUT OF IT

•  SO QUIT AVOIDING IT, TAKE IT!

LESSONS LEARNED IN AUTOMATION

AUTOMATE FROM THE API

•  THE GOOD

•  FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT

•  LESS PRONE TO ISSUES RESULTING FROM UI CHANGES

•  EASIER TO CODE

•  CAN COVER ALL ERROR CONDITIONS

•  CAN PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF DATA COVERAGE

•  GREAT TOOL SUPPORT

•  THE BAD

•  REQUIRES SOME PROGRAMMING KNOWLEDGE

•  REQUIRES EXPOSED APIS

•  CAN “OVER TEST” BY TESTING THINGS THAT CAN’T HAPPEN (INVALID DATA)

AUTOMATION FROM THE API

•  CAN BE BASED OFF THE WSDL (WEB SERVICE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGE) IF YOU HAVE A SOAP BASED WEB SERVICE •  TOOLS TAKE THE WSDL AND SORT OUT THE INPUTS/OUTPUTS

•  SIMILARLY, REST APIS HAVE A SUITE OF TOOLS THAT CAN BE USED FOR TEST AUTOMATION

•  MAKES A GREAT BASIS FOR TESTS THE DEVELOPERS CAN RUN – AND WHEN THE WSDL CHANGES, THEY CAN MAKE UPDATES

•  REGARDLESS OF THE API TYPES, THERE ARE PLENTY OF TOOLS OUT THERE

•  DON’T FORGET PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY TESTING

•  AND SERVICE VIRTUALIZATION

SERVICE VIRTUALIZATION

•  TOOL SITS BETWEEN THE CLIENT AND THE SERVICE AND RECORDS THE TRAFFIC

•  IT THEN DETERMINES HOW TO RECEIVE AND REPLY BASED ON THE TRAFFIC IT HAS SEEN

•  THE VIRTUALIZED SERVICE BASICALLY BUILDS ITSELF

•  STUBS ON STEROIDS!

•  THE VS IS RELIABLE, CONSISTENT AND CAN ALWAYS BE EXTENDED

•  AUTOMATION AND TESTING CAN BE DONE BEFORE A SERVICE IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE

WHAT’S NEW IN TEST AUTOMATION?

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA)

•  WHAT IS IT? •  DESIGNED TO AUTOMATE REPETITIVE PROCESSES AND ADD SOME INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS

•  REMOVES MANUAL ERRORS AND FREES HUMANS TO DO MORE THOUGHT WORK •  FASTER THAN HUMAN PROCESSING

•  AVOIDS HAVING TO MAKE COSTLY MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING APPLICATIONS •  EASY TO MAKE CHANGES IF PROCESSES CHANGE •  RPA ALSO BUILDS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IN FACT, DELOITTE SUGGESTS THAT RPA IS THE

COMBINATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND AUTOMATION: “ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA), A SYNONYM TO AI, IS THE APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY ALLOWING EMPLOYEES IN A COMPANY TO CONFIGURE COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR A ‘ROBOT’ TO REASON, COLLECT AND EXTRACT KNOWLEDGE, RECOGNIZE PATTERNS, LEARN AND ADAPT TO NEW SITUATIONS OR ENVIRONMENTS.”

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA)

•  WHY DO WE CARE?

•  IF YOU CAN AUTOMATE A PROCESS, YOU CAN AUTOMATE THE TESTING

•  GREAT FOR UAT AUTOMATION AND BUILD ACCEPTANCE TESTS

•  CAN DO SIMPLE PERFORMANCE TESTING

•  AUTOMATION IS DONE IN MODULES, MODULES ARE CONNECTED TO MAKE WORKFLOWS

•  MODULES ARE REUSABLE INTO MULTIPLE WORKFLOWS

•  EASY TO WRITE, EASY TO MAINTAIN... WHAT’S THE CATCH? COST.

ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION (RPA)

•  PICKING A TOOL •  LOOK FOR FREE TRIAL OR COMMUNITY VERSIONS SO YOU CAN TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

•  LOOK FOR DRAG AND DROP CAPABILITY AND RECORDING CAPABILITY

•  LOOK AT THE PRICING – IS IT PER “BOT”, PER SERVER, PER PROCESS?

•  MARKET LEADERS •  BLUE PRISM

•  UIPATH

•  AUTOMATION ANYWHERE

RPA – LOTS OF INFORMATION

•  THERE’S LOTS OF INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THESE NEW TOOLS

•  EXCITING NEW AREA FOR AUTOMATION

•  STAY CURRENT! TOOLS CHANGE ALL THE TIME