The Generative AI Revolution:
A Compass for Test Leaders Through Change
About Topic
In today’s ever-evolving tech landscape, anticipating and adapting to change is not just a skill—it’s a necessity for test leaders, especially with the rise of Generative AI. As projects face immediate market pressures from investors and endure heightened scrutiny from an increasingly skeptical customer base, test leaders must navigate not only technological disruptions but also significant business pressures. With Generative AI fundamentally reshaping traditional project models and development processes, the role of a test leader is evolving faster than ever.
Rob Sabourin, with over forty years of experience, has successfully guided teams through dynamic transitions. Now, he’s partnering with forward-thinking professionals who understand that change is a constant—especially in the face of Generative AI’s transformative power. His approach acts as a compass—or even a sextant—for testers, test leads, programmers, product owners, and everyone involved in the creation, deployment, and support of high-tech projects. This guiding framework provides the tools to navigate through uncharted waters and steer confidently amidst the constant evolution driven by AI.
In this session, Rob will share his innovative strategy for decoupling testing fundamentals from the transient nature of technologies and project-specific constraints. He will focus on how Generative AI impacts three critical areas: business risk models, product development lifecycles, and technology solutions. By addressing change in these key areas, he demonstrates how testing can evolve steadily and strategically in response to the AI-driven landscape, avoiding disruption while embracing innovation.
Attendees will learn how to reframe testing as a continuous journey of learning, risk management, and feedback, moving away from outdated, tool-dependent models. By embracing new risk frameworks that account for the ever-shifting technological landscape—including the integration of Generative AI—test teams can stay agile, future-proof, and ahead of the curve.
Join Rob for a passionate, high-energy, transformative session where you’ll gain practical insights and actionable strategies not only to navigate change every day but also to harness it, empowering your team to thrive in a world of turbulent and emerging AI oriented ecosystems.
Key Takeaways
1. Innovation creates noise, making obvious truths harder to see.
2. Question if a problem really needs GenAI or if existing tools suffice.
3. Understand GenAI’s true value beyond the hype.
4. Old and new solutions should complement, not replace, each other.
5. A real-world case study shows how GenAI can be used effectively.
6. Clarity comes from cutting through illusions and embracing simplicity.
About Speaker
Rob Sabourin has more than forty-two years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A highly respected member of the software engineering community, Rob has managed, trained, mentored, and coached thousands of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing, management, and internationalization. Rob authored “I am a Bug!”, the popular software testing children’s book; works as an adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University; and serves as the principal consultant (and president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Rob at [email protected].
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