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From Fragile Sessions to Scalable Automation: Evaluating FlaUI as a Modern Successor to UFT

Automating a legacy desktop application sounds simple – until scalability breaks, tests become fragile, and your framework can’t keep up with Agile and DevOps. In a complex, multi-market ERP ecosystem owned and customised by Nestlé for Nespresso, we hit those limits fast. So what actually works? In this talk, we share how we challenged our assumptions, benchmarked modern tools, and adopted FlaUI as a sustainable path forward. From real failures to practical wins, you’ll see how to evaluate desktop automation tools beyond hype and design a realistic and phased migration strategy that delivers long-term value.

In this talk, Krzysztof and Virginia will present how FlaUI was evaluated in an enterprise context, covering UIA accessibility constraints, execution repeatability, reporting integration, and CI/CD feasibility using GitHub. They will explain how these criteria were assessed beyond basic feature comparison and what factors proved critical in practice. The talk will also outline how proof-of-concept results were translated into a phased, production-ready adoption strategy, with a focus on risk mitigation, reliability, and long-term maintainability in complex automation environments.

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Virginia Caravaca

Virginia Caravaca is a QA expert with 11+ years of experience collaborating with customers and cross-functional teams to strengthen quality practices. She views quality as a mindset that guides how teams build, learn, and innovate. As Service Lead for a Test Data Management initiative, she has led the deployment, integration, and use‑case‑driven adoption of the Icaria TDM platform within Nespresso, acting as integrator from SQLI Spain. Her current focus is delivering consistent, reliable test data that supports efficient, high‑value testing and helps teams elevate their quality standards with confidence

Krzysztof Gawrysiak

Krzysztof helps teams ship software they can trust, not just software that ‘passes tests.’ With over a decade in QA leadership, he has guided global teams through major shifts: from manual testing to automation‑first, and now to practical use of AI in everyday quality work. He focuses on making quality a shared responsibility, building habits and feedback loops that catch issues early. Krzysztof is known for clear communication, hands‑on coaching, and turning complex QA challenges into simple, sustainable ways of working.