AAA Automates Test Strategy

Leif Johnson

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Networking Dinner @ 5:45; and Chapter Business @ 6:45; Program @ 7:00 PM

At Countrywide, 2900 Madera, Simi Valley, CA 93065

Automation is a very important step for any QA organization to take. However, they have to ensure the automation tool they choose will fit their environment and will be effective in testing their applications. This talk will be a real world example of how an automated test tool can be selected, deployed and used to execute regression testing.
Main talking points will include:

• How AAA currently executes regression testing
• Decision criteria used to select an automated testing solution
• How regression testing will be performed using automation
• Lessons learned to date in deploying an automated test solution
• Potential benefits of fully automating regression tests

Leif Johnson graduated UCLA in 1973 and worked as a systems analyst for 16 years at Farmers Insurance. He has moved on to become the Director of Homeowner Applications at AAA Insurance. Here, he oversees applications that convert over 450,000 policies. He was directly involved in analyzing, evaluating and choosing an automated test solution for their mainframe and .NET applications.