Wayne Ariola

With a customer-centric approach and fostering partnerships with industry leaders, Wayne has created and marketed products that have evolved to support the dynamic software development, test, and delivery landscape. He has contributed to the design of many innovative technologies and has been awarded several patents for his inventions. A recognized leader on topics such as service virtualization, SOA, and API quality, software quality governance, and application security, he is a frequent contributor to industry publications and the author of the book Continuous Testing for IT Leaders. Wayne has been a contributor to the software testing space for fifteen years and in the software industry for more than twenty years. He holds a BA in business economics and an MBA in finance and business strategy.

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Robotic Process Automation: A New Opportunity for Software Testers

Robotic process automation (RPA) automates sequences of tasks in production environments to execute a clearly defined path through a process, so you can complete work faster. As more enterprises adopt RPA, success and scalability will require the construction of sustainable automation—a skill many testers already have.

Continuous Testing, Shifting Left, and Test Automation: Getting It Straight

Continuous testing can help you achieve the optimal balance between speed and risk and deliver high-quality products faster. But what exactly does continuous testing entail? Is it just shifting testing left in a DevOps environment? And where does automation fit in? Here's a breakdown of all these testing concepts.

The Testing Practices and Metrics That Really Matter in Agile and DevOps

Scaled agile and DevOps change the game for software testing. It’s not just a matter of accelerating testing; it’s also about fundamentally altering the way we measure quality. The test outcomes required to drive a fully automated release pipeline are dramatically different from the ones most teams measure today.