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s32108_s3 29/08/2015 09:07 Page 2 and embed the change. Shifting left has meant the System Integration and Test team’s role is to work closely with the various middleware development teams, authoring test scripts, validating releases, generating development and release builds and driving the generation and closure of bug reports. Test Engineers are integral to ensuring the quality of the integrated builds and collaborating with engineering teams to triage bugs. Sky now looks to build automation in at the start. To achieve its goals for efficiency and product reliability, the operator has adopted an Agile and test-driven software development environment, enabled by StormTest Development Center. Approach: using automation to test earlier and more effectively Sky relies on Development Center as its test automation platform using the product to streamline QA processes, validating each generation of digital receiver and associated software releases. Development Center had been highly effective for Sky’s SD platform; however the introduction of HD