Michael Sartori

AI Readiness - Part 3: Creating an E-Book on the Use of AI in Software Testing

• Designing and creating an e-book on the meaningful and safe use of AI in software testing from the perspective of an experienced test expert.
• Using generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner for structuring, wording suggestions and variant creation, with final technical review and approval of all content based on my own expertise.
• Developing practical opportunities and risks of AI in testing, with a special focus on collaboration between testers and AI instead of "tester vs. AI".
• Title: "11 Strong Reasons: Dream Team Instead of Rivals - Testers and AI Are Unbeatable Together"
• Subtitle: "How humans and machines form the perfect team in software testing—and why pure AI testing is risky."
• Planned use of the e-book as a basis for workshops, client presentations, or internal training.
• Technology: Generative AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro, Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, many years of professional testing experience, common sense.

AI Readiness - Part 2: Strategic repositioning and relaunch of the company website

• Developing and documenting a clear company strategy ("testing evergreen3D strategy") for IT testing–focused services, aiming at a clear market position against competitors and raising the success of all stakeholders in projects to a higher level, while creating tangible benefits for everyone.
• Using generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro) as a sparring partner to structure target audience messaging and draft marketing and web texts, documenting the results in Word and Confluence.
• Designing and implementing the website relaunch based on the new strategy (structure, content, UX), including integration of AI and testing focus areas.
• Working closely with an external sales expert to derive compelling messages and call-to-action elements.
• Technology: Generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity Pro), WordPress, MySQL, PHP, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Confluence, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, many years of professional testing experience.

Test automation, strategic consulting, definition & introduction of clear test processes, design of load and performance testing

• Developing and documenting the required test stories for an automated production system to manufacture innovative glass products, whose subsystems (order management, production equipment and machinery, production control system) communicate based on IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) (Industry 4.0).
• Requirements analysis, development and documentation of test scenarios.
• Implementation of automated end-to-end tests that validate from the UI (web application) to the connected backend systems (production control system, order management).
• Integration of automated test cases into the CI/CD pipeline.
• Designing load and performance tests including definition of required test data, data volumes and test environments, and creating prototypes.
• Technology: Windows 11, Microsoft Visual Studio Code, TypeScript, Python, pytest, Playwright, PostgreSQL, JSON, agile teamwork using SCRUM, Jira, Confluence, Xray, BitBucket, CI/CD, Docker, GIT, E2E Testing, UI Testing, API Testing, Postman, load and performance testing, Apache JMeter, Grafana k6, IIoT, Industry 4.0, test automation.

Test tool development and test automation

• Definition and elaboration of user stories to evaluate complex network captures in testing digital control and safety systems (DLST) and electronic interlockings (ESTW) in the ESTW NeuPro project.
• Development of a test tool with efficient filters to analyze network captures in PCAPng format from laboratory tests (100,000+ records) of the RaSTA, Ethernet II, TCP/IP, UDP protocols.
• Integration of an effective export and documentation feature with the ability to enrich information and store relevant records from the captures as fully documented test results.
• Implementation of technical unit tests and functional UI tests for the test tool in C#, Python, Appium.
• Technology: Windows 10 and 11, Linux, Ubuntu v20.04.4 with WINE 5.0, Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, C#, Python, MFC, .NET, XML, TMT, agile project work following SCRUM, JIRA, unit testing, pytest, UI testing, test automation, Appium, DLST, ESTW, RaSTA, EULYNX, Ethernet II, TCP/IP, UDP, PCAPng

QA and test management, CRM system for BahnCard sales

• Analysis of existing QA processes and redesign of testing, test management, defect management, and document management processes.
• Implementation of a comprehensive test concept for four independently running subprojects.
• Technology: CRM, test management, HP ALM, Jira, Confluence, Xray, XPorter, agile project following SCRUM, SAFe, TOSCA

Automating the use case tests for the Phoenics application

• Creating test sequences / test suites for weekly test runs.
• Running the test runs, analyzing and reporting the test results.
• Result comparisons / field checks: extending document checks using regular expressions. Coordinating implementation with the business units.
• Technology: JAVA 8, SQS, RegEx, traditional line project

TED-DB, PANDA procedure, test design, test management, and test execution in a development project

• Led a 6-person test team.
• Created the test plans in a project planned with the waterfall model.
• Adapted the test strategy after switching the project model to an agile KANBAN approach.
• Designed load and performance tests.
• Implemented the chosen continuous testing approach (nightly build). Managed the test process, developed and ran test cases and test suites, and reported the test results.
• Technology: Windows 7, J2EE, JAVA 7, Oracle 11, UML, Eclipse, Selenium WebDriver, JUnit, HP QC / HP ALM, Jira, waterfall, KANBAN, continuous testing

NGSSM / NIMBUS, adapter development for incident management

• Designed and developed several web service adapters to control and sync the incident management process between the two ticket systems NIMBUS and NGSSM (old and new) of the incident management process.
• Technology: Windows XP, J2EE, JDBC, XML, WSDL, JAXB, DAO, SoapUI, Spring, Hibernate, Maven, JUnit, API testing, IBM WebSphere, IBM RAD 7.5, ITIL, incident management

Development of an article finder for a hardware store's customers

• Requirements analysis and preparation of the functional design for a networked kiosk system for a hardware store's customers.
• Implementation of the kiosk application and an MS Access administration application, testing, and deployment.
• Creation of training materials for the certification course "ISTQB Certified Tester (Foundation Level and Advanced Level - Test Manager)".
• Technology: OKI kiosk systems, Macromedia Director, MS Access 2007, VBA, MySQL

PPSFR - production planning and control in long-distance and regional transport

• Organization of the maintenance process according to CMMI and ITIL criteria.
• Test case creation, manual testing, and test documentation. Automation of test cases using an action-word-driven test framework.
• Technology: HP QC / HP ALM, analysis and design, C++, object-oriented database, action-word-driven testing

IRIS – Internal Traveler Information System (application redesign)

• Development and definition of a new application and database architecture.
• Implementation on the client side (HTML) and server side (JSP, Servlets, SQL).
• Technology: Windows NT, JAVA, Swing, J2SE, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, DHTML, Eclipse, Lomboz, Apache ANT, Tomcat, SQL, JDBC, RMI, XML, CVS, Oracle 9

Article maintenance in a database for a wholesale company (REWE)

• Developing database queries and the update and creation dialogs for article maintenance.
• Creating JUnit test cases to functionally verify server- and database-side functions and interfaces.
• Technology: Windows NT, Eclipse, JAVA, Servlets, J2EE, JUnit, Oracle, Apache ANT

RIS ISTP (VERA), incident recording and traveler information

• Designing and developing an application for nationwide recording, management, and archiving of incident and delay causes in rail transport, as well as evaluating the causes of incidents (reporting and statistical functions).
• Project planning and control of the development phase according to CMMI Level 2, further development of project quality standards to CMMI Level 3.
• Planning and executing system tests and integration tests. Planning, organizing, and conducting acceptance tests.
• Technology: Windows NT, CMMI (Level 2 + 3), JAVA, Borland JBuilder, Oracle 8i / 9i, PL/SQL, UML, Sybase PowerDesigner, Rational Rose, HTML, Servlet development

Software development and database design in Windows and Unix environments using C, C++, Basic, and various databases.

• Technology: MS Visual C/C++, Borland C++, MS-DOS 4.0 and later, Windows 3.11 / WFW and later, Unix, Ultrix, Gnosis SequeLink, WordPerfect, Pathworks 4.0, Ingres, SQL.