The Poorly Titled TestOps Talk - Alex Langshall

Talk Description

The term "TestOps" (along with related terms like "DevTestOps", "DevSecOps", and others) gets used in two very different contexts: as an important piece of the Agile/DevOps/Continuous Delivery movements, and as a condemnation of attaching -Ops as a suffix to everything under the sun.

Let's explore this. As a person with "TestOps" in my job title, I'd like to take the audience on a journey through the history of "TestOps" as a useful term to help describe the close working relationship between infrastructure teams and testers. We'll also look at how test environments themselves can be used as part of a modern tester's toolkit, and how TestOps practices can help prevent issues from arising in your production infrastructure. Throughout, I think we can examine the usage of the term "TestOps" itself - and see if it's a useful abstraction for you and your test organization.

Takeaways:

• Is "TestOps" just a cool name, or is there something useful in defining a close alignment between Testers and Ops?
• What are the benefits of test teams taking ownership of their own environments?
• What does the day-to-day work of someone with "TestOps" in their job title look like?

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

Alixe Langshall

Alex Langshall is a TestOps Engineer and Release Manager for Lucid Software. Her day to day work involves testing architecture-heavy features and minimizing the risk of weekly regular deploys. Alex works remotely from the Portland, Oregon area where he lives with her spouse, kiddo, and cat.