At this year’s Future of Automotive Testing Conference, which will take place at Automotive Testing Expo North America in October, ATTI will be joined onstage by Jon M Quigley, former Volvo engineer and owner of Value Transformation, to discuss the insights testing can provide, the insights it cannot provide, and why transparency will become increasingly important when the evidence challenges what is believed.
The discussion will examine:
- Why transparency, communication and trust are important;
- The different definitions of transparency;
- What can happen when trust and transparency break down;
- How companies can improve communication and reduce silos from cultural and toolchain perspectives;
- Where and how data enters the picture;
- Who should have access to data;
- US laws addressing transparency and whistleblower protection.
One of the problems the session will explore is how seemingly reliable test data can lead teams to the wrong conclusions when the conditions behind that data are not properly understood or communicated.
“Weak configuration management can cause teams to compare results from different hardware, software, calibration, equipment or environmental conditions,” Quigley says. “The result may look precise while answering the wrong question.”
Quigley will also highlight the importance of maintaining context as data moves between different tools and systems, particularly as more of these processes become automated.
“Use common identifiers and metadata so context survives movement between tools,” he recommends. “Automate routine transfer but retain human review of meaning, uncertainty and risk.”
Ultimately, the discussion will look beyond the technology itself to consider how organizations can build greater trust in the evidence they generate – and what happens when that trust breaks down.
Join ATTI and Jon M Quigley at Automotive Testing Expo North America, which will take place at the Vision Credit Union Showplace on October 27-29. It’s free to attend – register now
The September edition is due to land very soon, so keep an eye out for it
