Regression tests on the municipal utilities billing ART are still entirely manual, and a sponsor tells the RTE to personally script the suite this weekend. What is the RTE's appropriate quality-practice stance?
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Short Explanation
The RTE is the conductor, not the person soldering every meter in the substation. Test automation is a quality practice the train needs, and the RTE should champion it—then let the people who build billing software own the scripts. Jumping into QA-lead mode drops the ART-level job.
Full Explanation
Test automation is a built-in quality enabler that reduces regression risk on a utilities billing ART. The RTE summarizes and supports that practice, including making the cost of manual-only regression visible. Configuring and owning the suite is specialist engineering work, not the RTE role. Canceling demos or freezing the Kanban until the RTE codes tests confuses servant-leader advocacy with becoming the QA lead.