I am speaking at TestFlix, 2023 – World’s Biggest Virtual Software Testing Conference with 50+ other global speakers, 15+ themes and 8,000 + Global registrations!
The event is slated to take place virtually on 23 and 24 September 2023, which will be 2 days filled with learning, fun, and meeting new people worldwide!
Register now to hear me talk at TestFlix.
My Talk is titled “Keep The Wheels of Continuous Testing in Motion”
The event is Free to attend. Register now at bit.ly/testflix
It is a great feeling to be acknowledged and appreciated at your workplace, not just for what you do at work, but also for everything you bring along – your passions, your talents and interests beyond your desk – For Being You!
It was an honor to be featured in the ‘Getting to Know You’ session by my CSS Org at Alteryx amongst top leaders and executives and by such a dynamic and talented host, who is an @Alteryx veteran!
The session was focused on my personal as well as professional life, my career journey, my background and my interests work. We talked about my passion for trainings and learning, the conferences I speak at and my blog. The twins got a special mention and loads of adorable comments too! 🙂
It went great and we had so much fun just chatting, with loads of fun questions by the hosts as well as the audience!
It was immensely gratifying and humbling to see how interested people are in my story and how many great words of appreciation came back to me after the talk!
Though the recording is for the internal folks, here is a glimpse of the end-
As always, I am grateful for each opportunity that comes my way to connect with such wonderful people and be given a platform like this to share my story. Thanks @Alteryx!
It has been a while since I have made it to an in-person event. So, this one was extra special.
Though, a very busy week (or perhaps month 😛 ) left little time to prepare for my talk, I was excited for the day and to present in person, network and meet people at the conference. And the day matched my expectations!
It was really fun presenting to such an engaged crowd and I was amazed at the response and feedback I received during and after the session! There were some great discussions, very keen participants sharing their own stories & experiences and many fantastic comments by the delegates.
My Topic was – “Keep the Wheels of Continuous Testing in Motion”
The event was also a great platform to meet people and teams from esteemed organisations. I spent time chatting with very talented people and made some great connections.
I also took this opportunity to dust off my Sketch notes pad 🙂 I made sketchnotes for some interesting sessions of the day.
Test Automation in Digital World, Vadeesh Budramane, AlgoshackAccelarate DevOps for Data Science / BI , Sripad Hebbar, InfobloxDevOps Test Strategy using Browser Stack, Narendra Babu
I thank 1point21GWS team for having me as a part of this esteemed speaker panel.
I am always grateful for opportunities like this and always look forward to more such days!
I am glad to announce that I will be speaking at the 7th World Test Engineering Summit happening in Bangalore this month! And, this will be my first in-person conference since 2020, so I am even more excited for it!
The event will deliver in-depth content targeted at architects, developers, testers, integrators and managers by offering lectures and technical session to share expertise on the latest technologies, trends, tips and techniques. It is a great opportunity to present, learn, and challenge modern testing technologies and strategies!
This conference is split into two days with the first day being focused on Quality Assurance, Microservices and Serverless while Day 2 will focus on Agile Testing, Test Automation and Technology.
Check out the topic of my talk and the details on 23rd June.
Topic : Keep the Wheels of Continuous Testing in Motion
Description : Continuous testing is the way toward continuous delivery. Software teams must strive for continuous improvement of their continuous testing strategy. The key there is to embrace the continuity.The constant pressure of ‘speed to market’ needs testing to evolve and adapt. The factors that can help to keep the wheel of continuous testing in motion are both external and internal. Testers look outwards for priorities, collaboration and transparency; while they look inwards to reimagine processes, templatize lightweight documentation and recreate their own way of life in the testing world! Let us discuss ways we can plan, strategise and conduct software testing that befits continuous software delivery.
I was invited to speak at the WomenTech NetworkGlobal Conference #WTGC2023 which was a mega event held from 9th to 12th May 2023.
About the Event
It was a virtual event which is the largest women in tech conference featuring +800 speakers over 4 days with parallel tracks and avenues for networking, online expo and job fairs. WomenTech is an awesome platform which unites a global community of more than 100 000 women in tech, minorities and allies from 183 countries!!
My Session
In my talk “Testing for Speed to Market” – I talked about the key aspects we bring in from outside the team as well as factors we can look at with a bit of soul searching within our team, processes and ideologies to fit the need of constant, consistent and fast software delivery.
Here is a snippet from my talk and a few snapshots:
Attending the Event
I also attended the event on all 4 days to hear some very insightful talks by some amazing speakers!
Here are snippets of some of the sessions I attended:-
The New Age of Productivity – Lena ThompsonExecuting in time of chaos – Swathi SundarHow to become the CEO of your career-Asia Bribiesca-HedinSo, What’s AI anyway? Rafaella Pannizon, Language Engineer, AmazonFeature Flag Use Cases you haven’t heard about – Joy Ebertz (Staff Engineer, Split)Quantifying Audience Attention in Modern Media Landscape – Anjali Midha Diesel LabsSuccess in the Age of Ideas and Action – CEO Perspective – -Mahe Zehra HussainScaling Customer Experience through Digital & Partners – Monica KaedalThe Unspoken Potential of a strategic life-brand – Irina SorianoLeading from the Middle – Gill BennetTipping Point – Why Women are well positioned to thrive in the Future of Work – Ellen Di RestaTaking a Carrot Approach to Cyber Training – Katie Whitt, IT Security Analyst, Children’s HospitalNavigating Hypergrowth – Panel DiscussionMy Photo Booth Picture 🙂
I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity to be a part of the speaker lineup of such a prestigious event and in awe of all these amazing women who are taking such leaps of advancement in their career, personal and professional growth!
Looking forward to more such events from the WomenTech community!
I am super excited to announce that I will be speaking at my Second WomenTech NetworkGlobal Conference – The last one was in 2021 and now in May this year! I am grateful for this amazing opportunity and looking forward to the grand event!
The software world is constantly under pressure of ‘speed to market’, which impacts each stage of software development. Software testing is not left untouched by this constant hustle and hence has every reason to evolve and adapt! Testers look outwards for priorities, collaboration and transparency; while they look inwards to reimagine processes, templatise lightweight documentation and recreate their own way of life in the testing world! Let us discuss ways we can plan, strategise and conduct software testing that befits this fast pace of software delivery and upholds the quality standards the market demands.
Key Takeaways
Testing under pressure of ‘speed to market’
Adapting software test planning and strategy to the fast pace of software delivery
Relooking at test prioritization
Optimizing test processes and creating lightweight documentation
The role of cross-functional communication & collaboration in agile software delivery
I was invited by @LeadDev organisation to be a part of a webinar where we had a panel discussion on “Building a better testing culture“. I was elated to be a part of this great group pf panelists alongside Thayse Onofrio from Thoughtworks and Marcus Merrell from Saucelabs. We had a spirited and interesting discussion and shared some meaningful ideas on the topic. I would also like to thank our host Amanda Sopkin for her really on-the-nail questions and for directing the conversation, and our organiser Olivia Christian for inviting me and for her support throughout the event!
The webinar panel was live, lasted for 45 minutes and then we had some time for Q&A. There were some great questions and discussions over the LeadDev slack channel as well.
Here is a bit more insight into the event-
The world of software testing is changing under the pressure of ‘speed to market’. The pressure to quickly get products to market means we are starting to see a significant shift towards automated tests during development. This will likely cause socio-technical complexities for orgs and teams currently involved in testing.
In order to be successful through these changes, orgs will need to have a clear strategy and processes in place that will ensure testing is a vital part of the delivery process. In this new age of testing, how can engineering leaders prevent pitfalls such as friction between teams, a culture of blame, and outdated processes?
In this panel, we examined how shift affects traditional testing set-ups, covering what a healthy testing culture looks like and how to avoid the anti-patterns that lead to uncommunicative teams and project bottlenecks. We explored how engineering teams can best work together and how to encourage a shared vision of quality and the importance of efficient and effective tests.
Key takeaways
Define clear roles and responsibilities for quality and testing in your org
Encourage QA to be seen as necessary, rather than inhibiting release times
Understand which tests to automate, and which to not
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I am super glad to announce that I have been invited by the LeadDev team as a Panel speaker in the upcoming Webinar on “Building a better Testing culture”
I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing group of panelists and chat about building amazing teams and a great team culture in this new age of testing. We will be covering what a healthy testing culture looks like and how to avoid the anti-patterns that lead to uncommunicative teams and project bottlenecks!
To top it all, this is a free event!! So, you can register a free LeadDev.com account to secure your place. Not only this, your account will give you access to our free engineering leadership content, free online events and our weekly email newsletter.
Register here now to attend this awesome event and become a part of this amazing LeadDev Community!
I am super excited to announce that the DevOpsCon Singapore conference is finally here and I am elated to be a part of the Speaker lineup!
After cancellations and rescheduling in 2020 due to the pandemic, this grand event is finally happening now from 22 to 25 Nov 2021 in an online edition.
My talk that was slated to be part of the 2020 edition remains the same topic which I have worked to enhance this year. Here are a few details of the session –
Title – The What, When and How of Test Automation
Description
Agile means pace and agile means change. With frequent time-boxed releases and flexible requirements, test automation faces numerous challenges. Haven’t we all asked what to automate and how to go about the daily tasks with the automation cloud looming over our heads? Here, we’ll discuss answers to some of these questions and try to outline a number of approaches that agile teams can take in their selection of what to automate, how to go about their automation, whom to involve, and when to schedule these tasks so that the releases are debt-free and of the best quality.
What to automate: regression averse approach, selective approach, sanity automation, max automation approach
When to automate: sprint n-1 approach, continuous automation
How to automate – all-hands approach, shared automation expert, code-averse tool
Let us have a look at the integration of these possibilities, the possible combinations, and what may or may not work.
My session will be held live on Monday, November 22 2021 17:00 – 17:45 SGT
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I was invited to take a MasterClass by the wonderful people at the Ministry of Testing last month. They had a ‘Communities’ theme going on for the month of June 2021 and they loved my talk idea about Leveraging Tech Communities. So we worked around that theme to create a talk on “Grow your Career with Tech Communities”