MAIN TRACK TALK

A little less testing, a little more quality

João has done testing in various forms throughout his career. Automated, exploratory, scripted, you name it! Over the years though, he’s been through situations where, even with all the testing in the world, his team couldn’t quite avoid serious quality problems with the software we were releasing. Have you ever been in such a situation as well? Or is it something you haven’t considered before? This is what we’ll be talking about in this talk!

This talk will underscore the significance of software testing in the pursuit of quality, while acknowledging its limitations. Drawing from personal experiences, João will share how adapting to shorter release cycles and architectural changes became essential, as well as a shift in strategy towards progressively rolling out new features and a focus on developers’ practices to enhance software quality. We will delve into the decision-making process between testing and alternative methods. Note that this talk is not in any way against testing. It’s about how testing should be done at the right places and right time, and how sometimes you don’t need testing at all!

What you’ll learn

Session details

João Proença

João Proença comes from Lisbon, Portugal, and is a Quality Engineer at Ada Health. He has assumed various roles throughout his career in the past 16 years, including quality assurance, development, customer support and marketing. Finding innovative solutions for difficult problems is what drives him the most, so he is always eager to talk about how professionals are overcoming testing challenges around the world. Outside of IT, João is passionate about songwriting, movies and football. You’ll see him tweet about all these topics using the @jrosaproenca handle.