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This document provides an introduction to context driven testing. It discusses establishing the proper mindset of testing for business value by understanding who uses the software, how it is used, and why it exists. Key aspects of context driven testing are exploring where bugs that matter can be found through experimentation and learning, using system and domain knowledge to facilitate analysis that considers the business needs, project risks, product risks, and available resources defined by the context. The document emphasizes the importance of curiosity and complementary principles of agility and context driven development like responding to change, valuing individuals and interactions, and ensuring the product solves the problem.
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You'll learn:
- How Viam's platform bridges the gap between AI, data, and physical devices
- A step-by-step walkthrough of computer vision running at the edge
- Practical approaches to common integration hurdles
- How teams are scaling hardware + software solutions together
Whether you're a developer, engineering manager, or product builder, this demo will show you a faster path to creating intelligent machines and systems.
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Discover how adopting this mindset can transform your platform engineering efforts into a high-impact, developer-centric initiative that empowers your teams and drives organizational success.
Platform engineering has emerged as a critical function that serves as the backbone for engineering teams, providing the tools and capabilities necessary to accelerate delivery. But to truly maximize their impact, platform engineers should embrace a product management mindset. When thinking like product managers, platform engineers better understand their internal customers' needs, prioritize features, and deliver a seamless developer experience that can 10x an engineering team’s productivity.
In this session, Justin Reock, Deputy CTO at DX (getdx.com), will demonstrate that platform engineers are, in fact, product managers for their internal developer customers. By treating the platform as an internally delivered product, and holding it to the same standard and rollout as any product, teams significantly accelerate the successful adoption of developer experience and platform engineering initiatives.
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Ready, set, go! - Anna Royzman
- 1. READY, SET, GO! Introduction to Context Driven Testing Anna Royzman @QA_nna
- 2. MINDSET
- 4. - BY WHO - HOW - WHY SOFTWARE IS USED
- 5. WHERE TO FIND BUGS THAT MATTER
- 6. EXPERIMENT
- 7. LEARNING
- 8. SKILLSET
- 10. SYSTEM QUALITY ATTRIBUTES “-ilities”, or non-functional requirements
- 12. COMMUNICATION
- 13. FACILITATION
- 14. ANALYSIS
- 15. CONTEXT: - BUSINESS NEEDS - PROJECT RISKS - PRODUCT RISKS - RESOURCES
- 16. CURIOSITY
- 17. COMPLEMENTARY PRINCIPLES Agile Manifesto • Responding to change over following a plan • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools • Working software over comprehensive documentation Context Driven School • Projects unfold over time in ways that are often not predictable. • People, working together, are the most important part of any project’s context. • The product is a solution. If the problem isn’t solved, the product doesn’t work.
- 18. CONTEXT-DRIVEN