07.11.2024
12:05 - 12:50 Uhr

Vortrag
People & Teams

Marco Achtziger
Siemens Healthineers

TestArchitect - Why everybody needs (at least) one

TestArchitects have something in common with Managers. they should be both superflous. But as nothing is perfect and context is normally complicated to complex we need people either taking care about management tasks or about things like test architecture.

But what is the difference of a test architect to a commonly known software architect? What do they have in common and where do they differ? Wwhat is the daily business of a test architect? What are the different expectations of other roles on a test architect?

Questions over questions which will be covered in this talk. With examples where it did go well because there was a test architect and examples where things got haywire maybe because a test architect was missing.

And you will also not be left alone with these questions:

  • How can I become such a person which is able to be a test architect?
  • How can I establish that role in my organization?

You will get input how we did this at Siemens AG and Siemens Healthineers and build up a network of test architects and how the perception and interaction with them changed over the past years.

Marco Achtziger, Siemens Healthineers

Marco Achtziger is working for Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim. He has several qualifications from iSTQB and iSQI and is a certified Senior Software Architect by Siemens AG but is a test architect in his heart. In that area he also works as a trainer for a Siemens AG / Healthineers wide training program for test architects. He always seeks to exchange knowledge and experiences from other companies to make sure that we all learn from each other. He tries that also as speaker on several conferences like OOP or Agile Testing Days and several other conferences.