Automation Testing Deep Dive is an enticing event where professionals and newcomers alike can go all-in to share the knowledge about one of the testing branches with the most growth nowadays.

In this talk, Sowmya Sridharamurthy shares Team Structures and Automation Patterns:

Teams are a complex organizational structure. Despite the fact that the majority of organizations have embraced an agile mindset and the scrum methodology for the software development process, the team setup is influenced by a variety of factors including the business domain, revenue model, operational costs, growth pattern, etc. What if I said that the team structure directly affects how test automation is carried out?

In contrast to enterprise organizations, where in-house resources are primarily used to staff scalable, agile, and long-living teams, in startups, every resource is expected to perform multiple responsibilities. Small and medium-sized firms, or SMEs, are typically driven to choose a combination of internal and external services. Businesses engaged in digital transformation rely largely on managed services to meet their technology requirements. There is no one size fits all solution when it comes to testing automation, for all these types of setups.

Sowmya gives an overview of the various team structures and difficulties that come with managing and expanding test automation during this session.

Key takeaways

• Introduction of businesses and types of team structures
• Challenges of test automation in each type of team structure
• How to identify test automation patterns and contribute to effectively present team setup

Sowmya Sridharamurthy

Lytho, Netherlands

Sowmya Sridharamurthy has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Sowmya recently joined Lytho in January 2022 as an Engineering Manager - Quality. Additionally, they are currently working as a Technical Author. Furthermore, Sowmya has earned multiple certifications throughout their career. Some notable certifications include Postman Supernova and Postman API Tester from Badgr (now part of Instructure) in May 2022 and April 2022 respectively. Sowmya also achieved DUTCH A1 certification from Direct Dutch Institute in December 2021. In 2020, they obtained certifications such as Professional Scrum Product Owner from Scrum.org in May 2020, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) from Scrum Alliance in April 2020, and API Testing Foundations from LinkedIn in March 2020. Moreover, they obtained the ISTQB Foundation level certification from ISTQB - International Software Testing Qualifications Board in December 2016. Sowmya's earliest certification is in NLP from House of Mind in June 2014. Most recently, in June 2022, they became a Certified Mentor from The Mentoring Club gUG.