In this year's Tools Challenge, four major vendors of software quality-related tools were invited to "battle". This year's questions were: "What challenges do you see in software quality in the next 1-5 years? How do you prepare for the challenges?" I had the honor to represent Microsoft in this year's tools challenge - and we won :-) I really enjoyed the event because having to talk about such a broad topic within 12 minutes is in fact a real challenge. You can find the recording of my session at https://youtu.be/STr0ZiBtfPQ

1. Future Challenge
Short-Term
One Year
Mid-Term
Three Years
Long-Term
Five Years

2. Continuous
Delivery
Plan +
Track
Monitor +
Learn
Release
Develop +
Test

3. Integrated DevOps Solution
Continuous Improvement
Plan & Track Work Develop, Build, Release Plan and Execute Tests

4. Openness, Choices
Power of the Cloud Cloud, hybrid or on-
premises infrastructure
Open Platform

5. App Center
Automate the lifecycle of your iOS,
Android, Windows, and macOS apps
Demos:
• Build
• Test Results
• Test Cloud

6. Openness
Demos:
• Build Java on VSTS
• Source Control Support
• Hybrid Solution

7. Image Source: Gartner, Deliver on the Promise of Bimodal, Feb. 2016, available via http://www.gartner.com/it-glossary/bimodal/

8. Embrace DevOps Culture
Dev + Ops + QA Monitor and LearnContinuous Delivery
Production-first Mindset

9. Testing will Change
Microservices
Systems consist of small, autonomous services
Logging, Monitoring, Telemetry
Learn from real-world data
Data-driven decisions
Test Automation + Exploratory
More unit- and integration tests
Exploratory testing indispensible

10. DevOps Culture
Dev + Ops + QA
Demos:
• Live Unit Testing
• Code lense test integration
• CI with test integration

11. DevOps Culture
Dev + Ops + QA
Demos:
• CI to Test Environment
• Release Gates

12. DevOps Culture
Dev + Ops + QA
Demos:
• Exporatory testing
• Monitoring and learning

13. Long-Term
(Five Years)

14. Artificial Intelligence in Software QA
Analyze test results
Risk-based testing
Natural language queries
Smart assertations
Monitor production
Suggest improvements
We have to build a
strong foundation for
the future today

16. DevOps Culture
Dev + Ops + QA
Demos:
• App Insights Analytics
• Monitoring and learning