{"id":2,"date":"2018-03-24T16:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T16:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berkkibarer.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:47:00","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.berkkibarer.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a Principal Architect focused on test automation platforms, distributed systems, and engineering infrastructure. Currently at Intertech, I lead the architecture and development of an enterprise-scale test automation platform that enables distributed execution, dynamic orchestration, cross-channel testing, and scalable automation across complex banking systems. My recent work centers on building cloud-ready automation infrastructure, orchestration engines, test data management solutions, and platform capabilities that improve reliability, maintainability, and engineering productivity. Prior to Intertech, I held architecture and engineering leadership roles at Turkcell Technology, Testinium, and Markafoni, where I led large-scale technology initiatives, built high-performing teams, established engineering standards, and drove architectural transformations across software development, quality engineering, and platform ecosystems. With more than a decade of experience, I specialize in designing scalable platforms and sustainable engineering solutions that bridge business needs with modern software architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ongoing Initiatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Progressive Development \u2014 Book Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A long-term writing and research initiative exploring the systemic, organizational and cognitive consequences of modern software development practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series focuses on how modern engineering ecosystems increasingly optimize for speed, automation and continuous delivery, while gradually introducing new forms of operational fragility, cognitive overload and organizational instability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than approaching software development purely as a technical discipline, Progressive Development examines software systems as socio-technical environments shaped by human reasoning, market pressure, organizational behavior and automation economics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative explores topics including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cognitive collapse under excessive automation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>velocity versus operational awareness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>organizational scaling pressure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>software sustainability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>socio-technical system dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>automation without reasoning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>operational fragility in modern engineering ecosystems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book I \u2014 The Foundations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The first volume focuses on the transformation of software development over the last decade and examines how Agile, DevOps, CI\/CD and AI-assisted development reshaped both engineering organizations and human decision-making processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> In Progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Independent <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Authors<\/strong>: Berk Kibarer and Tun\u00e7 Kavakl\u0131o\u011flu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Distributed &amp; Dynamically Orchestrated Test Automation Platform<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enterprise-scale orchestration platform designed for workload-aware regression execution across Kubernetes-based distributed infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adoption across 84 engineering teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dynamic orchestration architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workload-aware scaling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distributed execution infrastructure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Playwright migration architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distributed observability systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Active Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Intertech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technologies<\/strong><br>Kubernetes \u00b7 Distributed Systems \u00b7 Playwright \u00b7 Jenkins \u00b7 Platform Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deterministic Exploratory Systems for Web Platforms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Research and engineering initiative focused on deterministic exploratory analysis for large-scale web systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas of exploration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Deterministic traversal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>State-aware execution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reproducible exploration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adaptive system discovery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Execution observability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Active Research &amp; Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Independent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkkibarer.com\/?p=507\">Deterministic Exploratory Systems for Web Platforms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Published Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operationalizing Percentile-Based Release Forecasting Without Story Points: An Industrial Experience Report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Industrial experience report proposing percentile-based release forecasting approaches using probabilistic delivery models instead of traditional story-point estimation systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flow metrics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forecasting models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Delivery predictability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning economics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Published<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Independent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.openaire.eu\/search\/find\/research-outcomes?fv0=berk%20kibarer&amp;f0=q&amp;page=1\">Research Directory<\/a> ||&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/records\/20055007\">Zenodo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Completed Enterprise Platforms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Friday v2.0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Centralized quality management and automation platform focused on sustainable test management, live execution infrastructure and distributed automation systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical Areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Microservice architecture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Real device integrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Live execution systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Browser\/mobile automation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Operational observability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong> Completed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> Turkcell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berkkibarer.com\/?page_id=512\">Friday v2.0 \u2014 Rethinking Centralized Test Automation Platforms at Enterprise Scale<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a Principal Architect focused on test automation platforms, distributed systems, and engineering infrastructure. 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