Brendan Connolly

Procore Technologies

Brendan is the 2019 RisingSTAR Award Winner and is currently developing his idea of Inclusive Automation.

The RisingSTAR Award is designed to stimulate innovation in the software testing and quality assurance industry. It was created to encourage the development of new ideas, support the growth of the community through mentorship and bring new innovators to the fore. Brendan’s idea of Inclusive Automation was voted best new idea in testing by the supporting group of influential testers and mentors spanning the globe.  

Brendan wants to foster, support and promote automation that integrates exploration, collaboration, monitoring/observability, reporting and ultimately the human tester into a holistic solution to help teams succeed in the agile/devops world. 

As part of his award, Brendan has been receiving mentorship from; all with the aim of helping to further his winning idea for the good of the overall software testing community. 

During this webinar, Brendan will share his vision and learnings on his journey to inclusive automation. 

Here are the resources that Brendan has referred to in this talk:

• Brendan’s Monthly updates
• Test Automation Patterns Wiki
• Dot Graham’s & Seretta Gamba’s book ‘A Journey through Test Automation Patterns’
• Python Talk from Kristoffer Nordstrom
• Brendan’s GitHub repository

Do you have a revolutionary new testing idea? Do you have a novel or interesting concept that could help improve the way we test? Do you have a breakthrough plan for using new technologies in testing? Learn more about the RisingSTAR Award