Exploring a DevOps Transformation Like a Tester - Parveen Khan

AGENDA:

6pm : Doors Open
6pm - 6:45pm: Arrival, Seating and Networking
6:45pm: Parveen Khan
7:45pm: Pizza & Networking
8:45pm: Close

Food and refreshments will be supplied. Please advise in advance if you have any dietary requirements we need to be made aware of.

Title - Exploring a DevOps Transformation Like a Tester

Abstract -
Just when we, as testers, got a handle on what Agile means for us, the landscape changed yet again to a DevOps culture. Words like continuous integration (CI), continuous deployment (CD), and pipelines are now ones we’re hearing on a daily basis. As a tester, I’ll admit, I had no clue of what these words meant, and how was I to change the way I tested to fit within this DevOps culture.

Researching DevOps provided some information, but it was still fuzzy how testing fit into this process. As opposed to panicking about yet another shift in culture, I decided to approach this with a tester’s mindset and explore it just as I would a new application.

In this talk, I’ll share my journey of illustrating models to visualize and understand CI/CD pipelines; my various phases of exploration of the DevOps culture; and the thoughtful questions that I posed at each phase to learn more about this methodology. I’ll also share how my new understanding of DevOps influenced my decisions on which automated tests should be contributed to the CI/CD pipeline and at which stages.

Key Takeaways:
A visualization of the CI/CD pipeline
How to approach understanding of CI/CD pipelines as a tester
Which tests should be added to the CI/CD pipeline - when and why

About Parveen:

I'm Parveen Khan and I'm a Senior Test Engineer at Square Marble Technology.I am very passionate about testing and very keen in learning new things so I can use it in testing and deliver better quality. I am always interested to share my testing lessons learned or experiences in the form of stories.I have gone from being a solo test advocate to building up a team of 4 testers. I have been part of few transitions like - waterfall to agile, agile to devops, from testing on monolith to microservices architecture. Apart from work, I'm a super mom of two lovely kids.