Using the hybrid role of "Mixed QA" — a manual tester and automation tool

Description of the transition to automation from manual testing, driving factors and production demand. Difficulties in determining the path connected with studies and technologies, their solution, consequences of choice. Acquisition as a result of the merge of a manual tester and automated machine, examples of pros and cons. Using the role in practice and to whom it may be useful.

The purpose of the talk is to attract the manual testers to automation, to indicate merge as a separate demanded role with its aspects. Targeted audience: QA/QC engineers.

Stanislav Badov

10 years in IT with more than 6 years in Quality Assurance. Performed management of testing and Quality Assurance processes creation in the telecommunication domain of OSS and BSS systems within massive Swiss and Belgium projects. Coordinated onsite processes of testing and connection of complex integration systems with large components number. Successfully conducted testing management and execution of extensive SW/HW upgrade and migration of continuous project in business-critical domain and production customers in Switzerland. A Resource Manager for a unit with hybrid engineers of manual and automated testing.

Stanislav Badov COMAQA QA Community