Conference Presentations

Speak Like a Test Manager
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Ever feel like your manager, development manager, product manager, product owner, or (you fill in the blank) is not listening to you or your team? Are you struggling to make an impact with your messages? Are you “pushing a wet rope uphill” in championing product quality? Are you talking...
Mike Sowers, Software Quality Engineering
User Acceptance Testing in the Testing Center of Excellence
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Centralization of testing services into a testing center of excellence (TCoE) for system testing is common in IT shops today. To make this transformation mature, the next logical step is to incorporate the user acceptance testing (UAT) function into the TCoE. This poses unique challenges...
Deepika Mamnani, Capgemini
Functional Testing with Domain-Specific Languages
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Developing high-quality software requires effective communication among various project stakeholders. Business analysts must elicit customer needs and capture them as requirements, which developers then transform into working software. Software test engineers collaborate with business...
Tariq King, Ultimate Software
The Unfortunate Triumph of Process over Purpose
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As a test manager, James Christie experienced two divergent views of a single project. The official version claimed that planning and documentation were excellent, with problems discovered during test execution being managed effectively. In fact, the project had no useful plans, so testers...
James Christie, Claro Testing
Getting Your Message Across: Communication Skills for Testers
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Communication is at the heart of our profession. No matter how advanced our testing capabilities are, if we can’t convey our concerns in ways that connect with key members of the project team, our contribution is likely to be ignored. Because we act solely in an advisory capacity, rather...
Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Social Services
Implementing Outsourced Testing Services with a Third Party
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Outsourcing test services are all the rage today. But are they really faster, better, and cheaper? Shelley Rueger shares how you can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your test process using a third-party test service. She provides guidance on how to determine if your product is...
Shelley Rueger, Moxie Software
The Doctor Is In: Diagnosing Test Automation Diseases
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When doing test automation, you sometimes notice that things are not working out as expected, but it’s not clear why. You are so caught up in the day-to-day work that you don't see the bigger picture. It’s like when you get sick―you know something is wrong, but you don’t know what. That’s...
Seretta Gamba, Steria Mummert ISS GmbH
Balancing the Crusty and Old with the Shiny and New
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In his journeys, Bob Galen has discovered that testing takes on many forms. Some organizations have no automated tests and struggle to run massive manual regression tests within very short iterative releases. Other organizations are going “all in”―writing thousands of acceptance tests...
Bob Galen, Velocity Partners
Test Improvement in Our Rapidly Changing World
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In organizations adopting the newest development approaches, classical test process improvement models no longer fit. A more flexible approach is required today. Solutions like SOA, virtualization, web technology, cloud computing, mobile, and the application of social media have changed...
Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services BV
Speed Up Testing with Monitoring Tools
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The software development lifecycle is a pretty complex process in many organizations. However, by using monitoring tools and methodologies, you can accelerate testing and release higher quality code―the cornerstone of rapid software delivery. These tools provide immediate feedback...
Jim Hirschauer, AppDynamics

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