OOP 2023

SOFTWARE MEETS BUSINESS: Die Konferenz für Software-Architektur Danny Tamm von UBS Hainer stellt vor: Vom Monolithen zum verteilten System – und was ist mit Testdaten? Es gibt viel Vorträge und […]

EPI-USE Convention 2023

EPI-USE Labs lädt zur jährlichen SAP-Convention am 20. Juni nach Köln ein. SAP-Kunden können sich informieren und dabei inspirieren lassen, wie Sie das Beste aus Ihrer SAP-Investition herausholen. Unser Vortrag […]

Kai Stroh on Db2

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Kai Stroh, head of mainframe development at UBS Hainer, on the inherent complexities of Db2

TDM Lösung – Make or Buy?

Die TOP5 ARGUMENTE – Warum sich die Eigenentwicklung einer Testdatenmanagement-Lösung heute nicht mehr lohnt. TDM ist zu einem komplexen Thema für Experten geworden, die ausgereifte Lösungen auf den Markt bringen

Agile Test Data Agile Testers

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Agile Test Data for Agile Testers

The two main pillars that support agile testing are Automatic Testing, used in deployment pipelines, and Manual Testing, used in exploratory testing. These two areas have one thing in common, both require test data. With automatic unit testing, the test data is already included in the test code. However, integration tests – both manual and automatic, exploratory tests, or acceptance tests need to be supplied with test data in advance. Anytime you build a realistic mockup for the unit test in an enterprise environment, complex and correctly related data is required. Also, the tester needs a starting point for the integration and exploratory tests. To avoid having to build the data from scratch, both types need an automatic process to create a test foundation. Enterprise applications store their data in multiple databases on different platforms. They model complex processes which consist of numerous states with many constraints on the related data. To enable agile teams to get the perfect test data that aligns with their current product goals, well planned approaches are crucial. Therefore, a flexible test data pipeline, that can deliver the desired test data fast, is needed. This talk will summarize the key requirements of a test data delivery pipeline, show common problems and how to overcome them, and demonstrate how to build a test data delivery pipeline that’s easy to use for testers, developers, application users and anyone else involved in testing.