Agenda

Day 1: Process
Automated testing provides a team with stability across development, allowing early feedback, fast iteration and empowering QA. Yet investing in automation has a bad reputation in the industry, where just-ship-it is the mantra. Maybe, as the market becomes increasingly competitive, its time has finally come.

Day 1 consists of a discussion about the people that write the tests and the workflows used to reinforce them. How does the process work in your studio? Are the engineers responsible for automated tests, or QA? Are QA silo'd or integrated? What could be better? What doesn't work?

These roundtables bring people together from all experience levels and budgets to discuss how they currently, or would like to, use automated testing of any form. See atig.dev/gdc for more details and to join our discord!

Takeaway

Attendees will discover common definitions around automated testing, how other studios are currently using it, what works well, and what does not work well. They will return to their studios and extol the benefits of automated testing, and that it does not have to be hard or time consuming to see returns on investment.

Intended Audience

Programmers and technical QA with experience or an interest in automated testing. No expertise necessary - all ability levels encouraged.