The presentation aims in bringing focus on the application of testing automation frameworks. The frameworks enable

1. Identification of VA-NVA activities in the process
2. Reduction of cycle time in the testing process
3. Optimum usage of resources
4. Reduced time for Knowledge transition
5. Enables reusability of best practices-Knowledge Management

The frameworks have been used in large testing projects and the results prove that the potential for $aving is quite high .The presentation provides for demonstration of frameworks which will be used with COTS/open source automation tools.

Shiva Jayagopal heads the Quality Assurance & Testing – Center of Excellence in Keane.  He has more than 18 years of professional experience in the software industry and has donned multiple roles including creating & building QA & Testing Practice, rolling out frameworks to Open Source community, heading Process Management Group.  Prior to Keane, Shiva worked for Wipro where he managed several software development/ maintenance projects.  Shiva has presented at several conferences on software Quality Assurance.