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Track Talk F4

Concurrency: Why Chain Testing Isn’t Enough

Rick Tracy

09:00-10:00 Friday 14th June

In almost every project I worked in, chain tests are held up as the holy path for all test strategies to be built around and the ultimate exploration of quality in a system. It is also the topic that most often frustrates testers & users, falls apart technologically with mismatched environments and configurations, and takes the most coordination and communication.

Is it worth it? In this talk, I’m asserting that no, it is not. Especially because in my experience, it costs far more only to tell us something we can find another way, and it doesn’t go far enough to test an entire system flow on it’s own.

We’ll explore those limitations and alternatives, and then I will present a new testing style, Concurrency Testing. This style of test will seek to truly emulate real actions in production along the chain, trigger multiple actions and mix in with exploratory tests to reveal much more than a traditional chain test. People can then use this model to enhance their tests and provide some real value for effort in such large endeavors, and maybe find a new or unique bug that’s been hiding away. At the very least, I hope to take away some of the frustration many express about chain tests and give us some fun new tools to play with.

What you will learn

  1. Chain Testing as it is mostly applied today is not cost effective
  2. Concurrency truly looks at potential live scenarios in order to test a chain
  3. We need to continuously improve our understanding of our systems to make better tests

Session Details

  • Intermediate
  • 1 Hour
  • Includes 20mins Discussion
  • New & useful skills

Check out this video from Full Name to hear more about his talk, ‘Speaker’s Talk Title’.

We look forward to welcoming you to EuroSTAR 2024.

Session Speaker

EuroSTAR 2024 speaker Rick Tracy

Rick Tracy

Test Pathfinder – Hapalion Consulting, Netherlands

Testing is about learning as much as you can and spreading that knowledge to people who need to hear it. That’s why I like to dive into every possible topic I can find, think about how each person might use it, and try to come up with a good story so people will want to hear it.

That’s who I am and what I do. I am curious; I want to engage others’ curiosity. I am exploratory; I want to enable other people’s explorations. I am talkative; I want to get people talking.

Whether it’s AI, Chain processes, communication, abstract exploration or just good old effective scripting, I want to explore every aspect in this testing world I can, and I invite you all to explore it with me.

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