Rethinking the STLC in the Age of AI Agents
AI agents are moving beyond simple test case generation into active participants across the entire Software Testing Life Cycle. This session walks through how autonomous and semi-autonomous agents can support each STLC phase, turning requirements into testable scenarios, generating and prioritizing test cases, executing and self-healing automated suites, triaging failures, and synthesizing coverage reports, while highlighting where human judgment still has to stay in the loop. Attendees will leave with a phase by phase map of where agentic AI genuinely reduces manual effort today, where the hype outpaces reality, and practical criteria for evaluating agent based tools before adopting them on their own teams.
Praveen Bagare
Praveen Bagare is an IT leader with 22 years of experience delivering AI-powered Quality Assurance and Test Data Management (TDM) solutions for large enterprises. His expertise spans program management, AI/GenAI-enabled delivery, and QA, with deep specialization in TDM. Known for client centricity and solving complex challenges, he builds high-performing teams and drives measurable improvements in quality, speed, and compliance. Praveen leads EPAM’s North American TDM Competency Center and is a senior member of the Quality Engineering track, guiding strategy and implementations that combine generative AI with leading TDM platforms. He has architected and managed TDM programs for Fortune 100 organizations across the U.S. He has presented white papers at PNSQC 2024 and 2025, and at STARWEST 2025, and was a presenter at AI Con USA 2025. He is ISTQB certified, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a TREWS Fellow. Outside work, he enjoys the outdoors with his family in Wisconsin.