Talk Description Automation provides an immense amount of value in preventing regressions and helping to deliver quality software. As an organization’s automation grows and grows, it requires continuous maintenance so that tests remain fast, reliable, and valuable. If not scaled efficiently, an organization’s automation suite will turn into a messy, uncontrollable beast. Having a lean test suite will help to combat this. In this session will present methods to keep automated test suites lean and mean, so they always provide quick and accurate feedback to the software delivery team. Using a few examples, she will discuss a wide range of ideas including evaluating a test's value, parallelizing tests, and producing consistent results. Session attendees will walk away with strategies and practices to scale their test automation over time in a highly efficient and maintainable way.