Faced with crippling technical debt and a complex SAP landscape that was actively slowing delivery, our quality engineering function was drowning in an eight-week manual regression cycle. This session is a pragmatic, practitioner-led case study in turning chaos into control.

Through a “Rewired” approach focused on three pillars — dual-track governance, mandatory capability uplift, and intelligent automation — we transformed quality engineering from a brittle, vendor-dependent process into an internally owned capability. The result: regression cycles reduced from eight weeks to under three hours, predictive insights that surfaced issues earlier, and zero production defects post go-live.

This session goes beyond tools and frameworks to focus on people, ownership and belief. It’s a practical story about modernising quality engineering without disrupting delivery — and what happens when automation is designed with purpose, not just speed.

Key Takeaways:

• How a dual-track governance approach enabled modernisation without destabilising legacy systems
• How a people-first upskilling strategy helped manual testers transition into effective automation contributors
• Practical ways to reduce regression cycles from weeks to hours while improving confidence in release quality