Wayne Ariola

The RPA Death Spiral

The RPA Death Spiral Wayne Ariola 1 day ago·3 min read The Aftermath to the RPA Rocket Ship? RPA is clearly an IT media darling. Just look at the UIPath story. Or the Automation Anywhere documented value propositions. Or just go to any business or…

Software Testing & The Global Systems Integrators (GSIs)

Software Testing & The Global Systems Integrators (GSIs) Wayne Ariola 1 day ago·2 min read COVID Sent Your Software Testing Contractors Home — What Now? I’ve come across these scenarios pretty consistently when speaking with software development and…

An Open Testing Platform

An Open Testing Platform Wayne Ariola 6 days ago·11 min read A Collaboration Hub for Software Testing The Open Testing Platform This is a rather unique time in the evolution of software testing: · Teams worldwide are facing new challenges associated…

Agile is 20 - Agile Testing is?

I need your help here. Please provide a response in a comment on the relative maturity of testing in an agile environment. Here is the question (your answer should be between 1-20): If “agile” as a relative reference is 20, how would you score “agile…

COVID Sent Software Testers Home – What Now?

I’ve come across these scenarios pretty consistently when speaking with software development and testing leaders over the past six months: “We significantly reduced our contractor staff since COVID hit and our biggest gap today is software testing.”…

The Open Testing Platform

This is a rather unique time in the evolution of software testing. Teams worldwide are facing new challenges associated with working from home. Digital transformation initiatives are placing unprecedented pressure on innovation. Speed is the new…

Recent Survey of 47 Software Testing Tools

Recent Survey of 47 Software Testing Tools Wayne Ariola Dec 7, 2020·5 min read Testing Tools Deliver Quality — NOT! I was recently hired to do an in-depth analysis of the software testing tool marketplace. By the way, there are more tools in the…

Thoughts After Surveying 47 Software Testing Tools

I was recently hired to do an in-depth analysis of the software testing tool marketplace. By the way, there are more tools in the software testing space than a do-it-yourself, home improvement warehouse. Given this opportunity to survey a broad set…

Testing tools deliver quality – NOT!

I was recently hired to do an in-depth analysis of the software testing tool marketplace. By the way, there are more tools in the software testing space than a do-it yourself, home improvement warehouse. Given this opportunity to survey a broad set…

A Cloud Data Platform is Critical for DevOps

Increase DevOps Throughput in Hybrid Cloud Environments Summary There is no doubt that speed is the new currency in our software-driven enterprises. For about a decade now, we have invested in automating the manual tasks in the software release…

Have the Global System Integrators Suppressed the Evolution of Automation?

You can see the expanded article on SD Times: https://sdtimes.com/test/guest-view-the-de-evolution-of-software-testing/ Software testing is nearing the end of its Cretaceous period. Personally, I invite the proverbial asteroid to advance its…

Guest View: The de-evolution of software testing

Software testing is nearing the end of its Cretaceous period. Personally, I invite the proverbial asteroid to advance its destructive approach so the practice of software testing can continue down its much-needed evolutionary journey. Don’t get me…

Forrester’s Surprising Discovery About Robotic Process Automation

Companies are increasingly implementing robotic process automation (RPA) as part of their automation strategy, yet scaling RPA remains a major hurdle. Numerous research studies have shown that scaling an RPA initiative is more difficult and costly…

How DevOps Quality Trends Vary Around the World

Wayne, from Tricentis, is a recognized thought leader on software testing topics such as continuous testing, risk-based testing, service virtualization and API testing. Wayne has created and marketed products that support the dynamic software…

4 Surprising RPA Research Findings from Forrester

RPA stole the spotlight at Accelerate Vienna, which was themed “Automation @ The Speed of Change.” From Anil Cheriyan’s keynote on “Tackling Digital Transformation Today,” to 25+ RPA sessions highlighting Tricentis RPA customer success stories and…

DevOps Metrics That Matter

Wayne, from Tricentis, is a recognized thought leader on software testing topics such as continuous testing, risk-based testing, service virtualization and API testing. Wayne has created and marketed products that support the dynamic software…

An Insider’s Insights on Proven Digital Transformation Strategies

Anil Cheriyan started leading large-scale digital transformations long before most IT leaders had ever heard the term. As the former CIO of SunTrust and current leader of a government technology transformation with a budget in the tens of billions…

Don’t Overlook this Low-Hanging Fruit for RPA Success

If you’re researching RPA, one of the last things you probably want to hear about is software testing. RPA is undeniably the hottest enterprise technology of the year—something that adds distinct business value and achieves a rapid ROI. On the other…

Why Test Automation Tools Don’t Work (and What You Can Do About It)

Wayne, from Tricentis, is a recognized thought leader on software testing topics such as continuous testing, risk-based testing, service virtualization and API testing. Wayne has created and marketed products that support the dynamic software…

Evaluating RPA Tools? 32 Questions IT Leaders Should Ask

Let’s start off with the bad news. Nearly half (40%) of RPA implementations never advance beyond the pilot phase. When they do, 87% are thwarted by bot failure, 50% say that bots are harder to deploy than expected, and only 39% of planned bots get…