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Paul Herzlich, Principal Analyst

Paul Herzlich is a principal analyst at Ovum, specialising in software testing and software testing tools. With 35 years' experience in the IT industry, Paul has tracked the rising status of testing as a distinct IT discipline and has been a long-time champion of testing tools. His experience spans both consultancy and real testing practice.

With Dorothy Graham, Paul compiled and edited the third and fourth editions of the CAST Report, a compendium of over 150 software testing tools. He now marshals his extensive knowledge of software testing and test automation products for the Software@Ovum service.

As a consultant, Paul has advised many clients on test process improvement and on the effective and successful deployment of test automation. He was responsible for the original testing process in the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM), an early agile development method. He has been a speaker at SQS Test Conferences in the UK and Germany, at the EuroStar testing conference and at meetings of the Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing of the British Computer Society (BCS SIGIST). Throughout his career, in parallel with his consultancy assignments, Paul has remained an active software testing practitioner.

Paul now monitors the trends in software testing practices and the growth and directions in test automation. His recent reports for Ovum include the Annual Software Testing Tools Review, Software Test Outsourcing, Risk-based Testing, Testing for Agile Processes, The New Breed of Test Automation Products and Application Security Testing.