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	Behavior-Driven Testing Using Page Object Models[presentation] Slideshow Does it feel like you spend half of every sprint fixing failing automated functional tests? Are programmers unwilling to work with automation code? Is test automation a maintenance nightmare? There is a better way. The Page Object Model (POM) is a powerful design pattern for building test...	Brian Hicks
	Why Military Veterans Make Exceptional Testers[presentation] Slideshow Hiring trained talent has been a challenge for IT organizations for several years now. How do you find a steady source of qualified candidates for entry-level QA and QE positions, especially considering colleges and universities don't include a software quality assurance curriculum?...	Brenda Hall
	Testing Retail VR Applications[presentation] Slideshow Traditional test approaches break down when applied to retail virtual reality systems. In this presentation, Nimesh Patel will share his experience developing a novel approach to retail VR testing that uses a blend of exploratory research and business- and user-focused testing strategies...	Nimesh Patel
	Devices and Desires: As Humans How Do We Experience Software?[presentation] Slideshow We consume and still we desire more. More devices, more apps, more data, more bandwidth, more connectivity. The more we have, the more we want …. We assume that to be true – those of us who work in the software industry. But is that true? To understand what is really required of our...	Isabel Evans
	Testing in the Dark: Improving Quality when You Don't Know the Product[presentation] Slideshow Stakeholders drop software on our desks and expect us to test it without any requirements, design, or product knowledge whatsoever. About the only clear thing is the absurd and unrealistic deadline. We are expected to bend over backward, spread magic pixie dust, and heroically test quality...	Rob Sabourin
	Test Management in Agile—What Happened to All My Testers?[presentation] Slideshow Substantial confusion exists about the roles and responsibilities of test management when using an agile software development process. Agile seeks to streamline project management and leadership under the role of a ScrumMaster, but what does this mean for test managers? How do they stay...	Jeffery Payne
	No More Shelfware—Let's Just Drive Test Automation[presentation] Slideshow When Isabel Evans learned to drive a car, she also learned how to check, clean, and change spark plugs, mend the fan belt with a stocking, and indicate speed and direction changes with arm and hand signals. Now, we don’t expect to have to do any of those things; we just drive the car...	Isabel Evans
	Testing at 43,000 Feet: Reporting Risk That Matters[presentation] Slideshow Testing dashboards can give stakeholders the false impression that projects are under control. But are they really? As a tester, you can see a counter indicating a high percentage of passing tests but know that you may still have critical failures in the product. Alexandre Bauduin will...	Alexandre Bauduin
	Improve Testing of AI Systems with "Grey-Box" Testing Technique[presentation] Slideshow There are two main challenges to testing systems that incorporate elements of artificial intelligence. First, the same input can trigger different responses as an AI system learns and adapts to new conditions, and second, it is difficult to understand what the correct response really should..	Yury Makedonov
	Strategies for Selecting the Right Open Source Framework for Cross-Browser Testing[presentation] Slideshow Organizations today are required to test their web application across browsers and mobile devices. Choosing the right framework is a matter of organizational as well as technical fit. With a plethora of test frameworks that span across practices such as behavior-driven development, unit...	Eran Kinsbruner
	Combatting Threats to Payment Processing in the Era of Connected Ecosystems[presentation] Slideshow In an increasingly connected world, protection from security vulnerabilities and threats is essential. Yet providing that protection can be complex to understand, especially with changes in digital technology, consumer demands, and how social media influences consumer shopping and payment...	Elizabeth Koumpan
	Ditch Your Bug-Tracking Tool: 3 Solid Tactics to Minimize Bug Counts[presentation] Slideshow A bug-free product release is an ideal that testers, developers, and project managers strive for, but when it comes to the go/no-go decision, the balance is often struck between "good" and "good enough," leaving behind a rotting to-do pile in the bug-tracking tool that is rarely acted upon...	Jerry Penner
	Use BDD and Product Analytics to Change Your Vision of Quality[presentation] Slideshow DevOps teams struggle to ensure quality in multiple daily deployments. Traditional testing approaches have often failed in this context, but there are exciting new ways to test. Laurent Py and Vincent Prêtre will explain how, at Hiptest, DevOps teams combine behavior-driven development...	Laurent Py
	Gaining Consciousness[presentation] Slideshow Testers make difficult decisions with minimal information in turbulent times on critical projects. Independent consultant, Fiona Charles, suggests that testers must learn to draw a line in the decision-making process between trained intuition and careless assumption. In this...	Fiona Charles
	Docker and the Path to a Better Staging Environment[presentation] Slideshow Staging environments are notoriously difficult to set up and maintain. Unless you have a top-notch DevOps team, staging environments are usually different from production environments, and consequently, they are fraught with problems—failing deployments, "out of disk space" errors...	Gil Tayar

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