program selection system

i) What do you see as the biggest issue for Functional Testing Tools on Agile projects?

The gap between approachability (by a non-programmer) and ability (of the tools). There’s a horde of developer-oriented testing tools that are excellent for test automation but those tools aren’t too suitable for shared use between developers, non-programming testers and especially customers. On the other hand, there’s a bunch of tools that aim to be fool-proof but they frequently fall short on the power aspect - you can’t do much with those tools.

ii) What do you hope to contribute?

I’ve got a pretty good awareness of the developer testing tool market and I’ve got some insider experience from developing such tools, which I hope will serve as further input into the workshop.

iii) What do you hope to get?

I hope to pick up a couple of new tools or approaches that I haven’t heard of. I hope to improve my understanding of the problem itself - what it is and whether I should even try to solve it.