Accelerating Software Quality through Rapid Feedback with Titus Fortner

Accelerating Software Quality through Rapid Feedback with Titus Fortner

What’s the secret to optimizing your test suite without sacrificing quality?

In this episode of Test Case Scenario, Jason Baum and Evelyn Coleman are joined by Titus Fortner, Senior Developer Experience Engineer at Sauce Labs, to discuss strategies for improving CI pipelines, tackling test flakiness, and using analytics to streamline the testing process.

Get insights on how Sauce Labs prioritizes speed, coverage, and reliability in large-scale testing across multiple environments. You’ll also learn real-world solutions to help teams stay agile while ensuring software quality.

Join us as we discuss:
(00:00) Introduction
(02:33) Scenario 1: Dealing with a slow CI pipeline caused by too many tests
(05:27) Scenario 2: Sorting always-failing vs. intermittently-failing tests using analytics
(07:10) Scenario 3: Managing a critical bug in production and prioritizing tests
(12:19) Scenario 4: Prioritizing test cases for feature rollouts across regions
(17:49) Scenario 5: Using analytics to track real-time performance issues across regions
(22:45) Scenario 6: Using data analytics in day-to-day testing and uncovering hidden pitfalls
(26:25) Titus’ advice for QA managers and the evolving role of testing

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