COCC and SmartBear Advance AI Test Automation
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Mike Vizard talks with Derek Larson of COCC and Todd McNeal of SmartBear about how AI is changing test automation as software development accelerates. Larson explains why COCC migrated from Zephyr to QMetry and adopted SmartBear Reflect to expand automated testing beyond a small automation team while preserving governance, visibility and release readiness. The conversation also examines shift-left testing, AI-generated test cases, regulated-industry requirements, developer feedback loops, open weight models and why QA teams remain essential even as AI automates more of the testing workflow.
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