STARWEST 2009: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Automation Testers

In many organizations, test automation is becoming a specialized career path. Mukesh Mulchandani and Krishna Iyer identify seven habits of highly effective automation specialists and compare them with Stephen Covey’s classic "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People." Mukesh and Krishna not only describe behavior patterns of effective automation testers, but also discuss how to internalize these patterns so that you use them instinctively. Drawing on their experience of managing large test automation projects for financial applications, they describe obvious habits such as saving and reusing tests. They then describe the uncommon but essential habits of strategizing, seeking, simplifying, selling, and communicating. Learn how to avoid the bad habits that automation test novices-and even experts-may subconsciously adopt.