However, the complexity and volume of data every business accumulates is a common challenge for those that need to make decisions. Data is a continuous and always growing consideration, and it can be particularly challenging for larger enterprises.

Deep in the implementation of every automated UI test lives the potential to turn something simple into something slow and unreliable—simply by adding extra Selenium commands. The data clearly show that longer tests are less likely to pass. In this case study, I will show you how to optimize a test and make it 560% faster. We will do this by tackling inefficient use of Selenium commands.

We missed it, again. But, could we have seen it, even with advancements in data analytics? Many people have referred to COVID-19 as an unexpected black swan event, after Nassim Taleb's famous book, which I’m rereadinging as I write this post. A black swan is an unpredictable event that is beyond what is normally expected of a situation and has potentially severe consequences.