With operations in 70 countries, Allianz is a world leading insurance company and the preferred insurance brand. The company offers a large range of insurance policies for both corporates and individuals. Allianz has been present in France since the late 1950s and made a major acquisition there in 1998 with the purchase of the AGF company. 5 years ago, Allianz France decided to reorganize its IT to scale agile practices.

We see a lot of teams working with automated testing, and many feel the need to take the next step in order to optimize and excel in their product release cycle. Prior to implementing DevOps, companies can experience a stall in releases and only make new ones every 6 months. This means that development efforts are not bringing value to users quickly enough. For companies that work in regulated industries, it’s also critical that they set up reporting and traceability into their DevOps pipeline.

Exploratory testing is a software testing strategy that depends on the inventiveness of the tester. This testing method is flexible, creative, and simple and requires little documentation or training. Using exploratory testing strategies helps QA teams to prevent gaps in the software that’s left unnoticed with predefined testing. Exploratory testing helps QA teams in different ways, such as faster bug detection, improved team collaboration, and overall achieving better results.

This year, there are more commercial tools offering no-code and low-code test automation solutions, helping the testing community to worry less about the tech stack. As the testing industry evolves with many new principles and tools, testers should also continuously improve their skills in order to test their product more robustly.