Compile to Combat in 24 Hours—The Death of Regression Tests

As a Quality Engineering Director for a consulting firm delivering innovative data products to the US Department of Defense, Sufyan was faced with a new challenge. The US Government had directed all agencies delivering software solutions to the Department of Defense to provide the ultimate advantage to its warfighters. All software solutions must meet the Compile to Combat (C2C24) directive in that all requests for changes to software being used by the military must be delivered in 24 hours from the point of development to delivery. As a Quality Engineering team, this meant long and lengthy regression tests would inhibit the team's ability to meet the needs of our soldiers. In this presentation Sufyan will describe the framework that eliminated the regression tests while providing the highest quality in the solutions delivered. After attending this presentation, the attendees will have a framework in hand that they can implement in their organization resulting in faster feedback loops for the developer and shorter release cycles while maintaining the highest level of quality. The framework will target all areas of the SDLC and provide the ability to deliver high quality software utilizing modern test automation practices such as contract testing.