Pressure to deliver more digital assets faster — without sacrificing quality — has never been more intense. Test automation delivers rapid validation and increased code coverage so businesses can speed release velocity and meet customer expectations, yet many teams struggle to build and maintain an effective QA automation practice. Codeless solutions make it possible to easily create test automation scripts without programming skills or SDETs.
Join Diego Lo Giudice, Forrester’s Vice President, Principal Analyst serving Application Development & Delivery Professionals, and Rob Mason, Applause CTO, to discuss the state of test automation and where automation with codeless tools can deliver the most value.
Diego Lo Giudice has been with Forrester since July 2005, Diego primarily contributes to and advises on Forrester's offerings for Application Development & Delivery Professionals. He partners with Forrester's global application leaders and is a leading expert on SDLC processes and practices, covering topics such as Agile development, Agile and Lean transformations, Agile development sourcing strategies and services, Agile testing practices and tools, DevOps, and software testing and quality, with a key focus on systems of engagement. Diego also covers software delivery metrics, artificial intelligence, and open source governance..
Rob Mason is the CTO at Applause, helping leading brands quickly release high-quality digital experiences. Rob has more than 20 years of operational, management, and software development experience across many different companies, languages, platforms and technologies. A meticulous builder and obsessive tester, Rob’s teams produce innovative, robust software.
Applause is the worldwide leader in crowdsourced digital quality testing. With testers available on-demand around the globe, Applause provides brands with a full suite of testing and feedback capabilities. This approach drastically improves testing coverage, eliminates the limitations of offshoring and traditional QA labs, and speeds up time-to-market.