Conference Presentations

The Agile Tester’s Mindset
Slideshow

On traditional projects, testers usually join the project after coding has started—or even later when coding is almost finished. Testers have no role in advising the project team early regarding quality issues but focus only on finding defects. They become accustomed to this style of...
Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.
HP's Kelly Emo on the Power of Automated Testing with Agile
Podcast

HP's Kelly Emo discusses why test automation is on everyone's minds these days, yet might not always be the answer people are looking for. Kelly shares how test architects and properly built test management can give your team and project the best chances for success.
Noel Wurst's picture Noel Wurst
June 18, 2013
Achieving Quality in the Future of Software Delivery
Video

Companies are under tremendous pressure to quickly deliver new innovative applications that exploit the unique capabilities of new channels, while building upon decades of IT investment. The meaning of quality and the expectations placed on testing are also evolving. 
Peter Klenk, IBM
STAREAST 2013: Finding the Real Value in Load Testing
Video

Organizations spend countless hours in load testing exercises with the intent of finding and fixing system bottlenecks to improve overall performance.  But how much time is spent in the process of preparing and executing the test versus finding and fixing real issues.
Duane Dorch, Compuware
Five Pains of a Test Manager and How to Overcome Them
Video

Nowadays testing software and hardware is indispensable for companies. Companies often use software tools to support their QA activities. These tools should support test managers and not constrain them, allowing them to organize their work in the best way for their organization.
Regg Struyk, Polarion
STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Lightning Strikes the Keynotes
Video

Lightning Talks are a popular part of the STAR conferences. Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period and are an opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation.
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
6 Essential Cloud Testing Features
Video

Quality assurance engineers spend more time preparing for testing than doing actual testing and test hardware and software infrastructure is typically underutilized. Research shows that a combination of SaaS and IaaS technology is best suited to decrease those peripheral activities. 
Mughees Minhas, Oracle
STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Testing in a Test-driven World
Video

Agile software development has fundamentally changed the way software testing is performed. No longer is testing relegated to the end of the lifecycle where its budgets are cut and its conclusions ignored. Now we live in a world where testing drives development...
Jeff Payne, Coveros
Seven Things a Tester Should Know
Video

Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional is a comprehensive software testing solution targeted at software testing practitioners. In this session you will be introduced to the powerful tools and capabilities of the solution in addressing the demands of full lifecycle software testing...
Theresa Lanowitz and Charles Sterling, Microsoft
STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Asking the Right Questions? What Journalism Can Teach Testers
Video

As testing disciplines continues to evolve—and the demands on testers increase—we need to look for new paradigms to guide our work. Thomas McCoy believes the profession of journalism has much to offer in helping us ask the right kinds of questions, be heard, and deliver bad news effectively.
Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Families

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