Predictive Analytics in Software Testing

I presented this paper at the DevOps, Microservices and Containers Summit 2017 on 4 August 2017. You can download it here.

Predictive analytics can be used to make predictions about future events, In software testing we can use data from previous projects to predict failure points in future testing activities. We then have the ability to optimize project data and make proactive decisions. We can invest in and experiment with tools that enable us to analyse the root cause of defects, analyse coverage and efficiency of test sets, analyse utilisation of resources and environments, predict estimation based on requirements, predict risk areas and risk levels of projects, and plan the priority of test cases