# Savannah Scott: 2023 Junior Fellows Program Display Day

The Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing team of the IT Design and Development Division is responsible for evaluating and testing updates to essential LOC websites, such as Congress.gov. As a part of the project Quality Assurance and Testing Using the Agile Methodology, Savannah Scott explored using test automation to modernize the bill summary workflow for Congress.gov. A helpful website for both researchers and the average citizen, Congress.gov is used to communicate the legislative process and congressional information to the public. By optimizing testing through automation, it will be easier for the QA and development teams to maintain and add new features to the site. After executing manual tests to gain an understanding of the workflow, Cypress with Cucumber (an open-sourced Javascript based frontend testing application) was used to write and implement automated tests for the site. Throughout the project, Savannah and the team utilized the Agile methodology to coordinate tasks, streamline communication, and optimize team efficiency. The Agile methodology breaks tasks into manageable tickets to be completed during the three-week sprint (working period). Agile uses different meetings throughout the sprint lifecycle to create multiple points for team communication, and is focused on producing deliverables for the user. Savannah and her team members participated in the sprint review, a team-wide demonstration of the tasks and deliverables completed during the sprint. She…

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661482/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/loc/2025661482?play=1)