John Andersen was part of an Engineering Excellence team at Novell that spent the first part of the year researching current test and automation practices around the company. Their charter was to create best practices that were to be used by all engineering teams at Novell. John’s team focused on test and automation strategies within a scrum organization. They covered areas such as system & integration testing, automation testing, tools, training, and more. Their team was recognized for their contributions company-wide.