P’AI’r With Peers: Optimise Your pAIr Testing Game

Talk Description

Have you ever been intimidated by any of the following - joining a new team or organization; working on a totally different Technology Stack; or working in an organization where testers are working in silos oblivious of the bigger picture impacting overall quality?

Well, the answer to all these can be in the practice of pair testing and doing it right when practising it with peers and now, with Generative AI. 

When I moved to a new continent, to join new teammates working in completely different Technologies, pairing made my life easier. So, how did I do it?

By Introducing the practice of pairing with the Engineering manager, Product Owner, Developers and of course Testers. This helped me:

• Understand the Tech stack, the work culture, Product and Processes
• Grasp the length and breadth of the Tech stack

In my talk, I draw from my pairing experiences across ten years as a tester on two different continents, working within corporates and Startups.

I share ways of introducing pair testing to different kinds of teams and organizations.

But what if your peers have tight deadlines and developers are busy? It is time to turn to Generative AI tools like ChatGPT, and Github Co-pilot as these can be a game changer in pAIring and assisting.

I will also discuss how these tools can be leveraged and speed up testing in multiple ways.

Join me in this talk as I share my experiences of pair testing with my peers as well as AI. Lastly, let's delve into the idea if the future of pair testing is only with AI.

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

Ashutosh Mishra

Test Engineer

Hi folks, I am the tester next door – ordinary and approachable! Testing gives me the scope to play Sherlock with the software – I get to blend my childhood fascination with Technology and detectives