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Managing User Acceptance Testing in Large Projects Managing user acceptance testing poses many challenges, especially in large-scale projects. Julie Tarwater explores the issues of planning, coordinating, and executing effective user testing with a large number of end users. Learn strategies for ensuring user acceptance while exploring the pros and cons of each. Discover ways to prioritize issues that arise from user testing.
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Julie Tarwater, T. Rowe Price Associates
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Testing Database Integrity The saying "Data is a corporate asset" has become a cliche, but most organizations are still vitally dependent on data quality. This presentation addresses how to validate data integrity and check the robustness and controls of databases. Using case studies in database testing, learn how to develop test plans and build test cases for a typical database application.
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Ross Collard, Collard & Company
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The Evolution of Testing Internet Products at Charles Schwab As one of the nation's largest financial services firms, Charles Schwab is under intense pressure to meet customer needs, handle high and extremely volatile volumes, and respond to competitive pressures. Hugh Westermeyer describes the processes and tools currently being used in the Electronic Brokerage organization and the history behind them. Learn why testing is not enough to meet this company's customer demands--and why testing, tools, and processes are all required for an Internet-driven business to succeed. Trace the evolution of a start-up organization as it goes from an unstructured one to a well-organized and predictable operation.
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Hugh Westermeyer, Charles Schwab
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From Traditional Software Testing to E-Testing This presentation takes a look at the real-world experiences of an "old salt" who spent eight months working as an e-commerce tester. Discover how this seasoned tester successfully infiltrated the domain of a new generation of developers and test engineers--and lived to tell about it! Gregory Pope explores the major differences between eBusiness testing and traditional testing of software applications, and identifies the processes that hold up well in the "do it right now" world. Discover what works--and what doesn't--as he contrasts traditional mission-critical methods and metrics with e-testing.
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Gregory Pope, TesCom USA
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Applying Structured Testing to a Start-Up How do you implement effective testing in the rapidly changing world of a start-up company developing a Web application? This presentation explores the issues and dynamics of testing a moving target within impossible deadlines, including methods and practices for building quality and structure despite the constraints. Learn how to evolve the development process and establish effective communication between the development and testing groups.
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Efi Goldfarb, TopTier
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Stress Testing Load on a Server Everyone is talking about the need to "load test" their servers--whether Web servers or proprietary server software--but how do the people who must load test these servers actually perform the testing? Learn how different companies load test their servers by simulating thousands of connections using a combination of publicly available tools and proprietary utilities.
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Elisabeth Hendrickson, Aveo Inc.
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Better Test Cases Through Improved Testability Software today is getting more and more complex. This complexity brings fresh challenges in testing the software user interface and its underlying functionality. This presentation takes a look at where "testability" fits into the overall software development lifecycle. Learn how adding testability features can improve the test coverage and automation level--resulting in a better quality product release. Explore the relationship between testability and usability in software development.
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Kanwarpreet Singh Grewal, Cadence Design Systems
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Implementing a Test Process If you want to implement a structured test process in your organization, TPI (Test Process Improvement) and TMM (Test Maturity Matrix) are useful tools in helping you set the right priorities. Learn of one company's experiences in implementing the first scales of TPI, including the prerequisites for--and the first steps of--organizing the test process. Discover ways to raise problem awareness and obtain "buy-in" from your management.
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Heiko Muller-Cajar, Tait Electronics Ltd.
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Testing Rapidly Created Web Sites Learn of one company's key activities and experiences through an IPO effort to successfully launch a Web site targeted to be among the top ten Web sites in America. This presentation will discuss the methods, tools, and resource issues encountered in delivering this site--and make some recommendations for each. Discover how consistency was maintained through templates and fast-reviews, and explore the different methods used to measure the test progress.
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Ronald Beilinson, Concero
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Architectures of Test Automation Regression test automation is just one example of automated testing, and it is probably not the best one. This double-track presentation considers the problems inherent in regression automation and outlines alternatives that involve automated generation, execution, and evaluation of large numbers of tests. Explore oracle-based, high-volume comparison tests, stochastic tests, and configuration tests.
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Cem Kaner, Florida Institute of Technology
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