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Tackling the Test Automation Challenge: The Centralized Team Approach[presentation]

There's no doubt that setting sail into the test automation universe is a challenging endeavor indeed.

Dave Torresan, RBC Financial Group
"Excel-erating" Test Status Reporting[presentation]

As a tester, you're often asked how far along your testing effort is, and when it will actually be done.

Earl Burba and Jim Hazen, SysTest Labs
A World-Class Infrastructure for Performance Testing[presentation]

The IBM Global Testing Organization's performance test infrastructure is solely responsible for certifying the performance of all IBM enterprise Lotus Notes and Web applications before their deployment to end users.

Naomi Mitsumori, IBM Global Services
QA/Testing in an eXtreme Programming Environment[presentation]

Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile software methodology that puts a heavy emphasis on testing by developers.

Robert Martin, Object Mentor
Growing Up to be a Good Test Manager[presentation]

The day-to-day complexities of managing a test team can be a daunting responsibility for a new test manager or a beginning test lead.

Jon Hagar, Lockheed Martin
Testing Internet Explorer: From Underdog To Best-In-Class Browser[presentation]

While a test team with world-class automation may not be the only thing standing between your product and success, it's certainly a step in the right direction.

Jason Taylor, Microsoft
The Power of Modern Testing[presentation]

Testing continues to be thought of as the poor neighbor of software engineering. This appears to be due to the occurrence of numerous, well-publicized software failures.

Les Hatton, University of Kent
Conversations I Never Expected to Have as a Test Manager[presentation]

There are times in a test manager's career when the work situation becomes surreal. If you've been in situations where you think you must be dreaming, sometimes it helps to look at things from the other person's perspective.

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group
Applying Orthogonal Defect Classification Principles to Software Testing[presentation]

Test escape analysis and corrective action tracking (TEACAT) is a method used to collect and utilize information about the causes of test escapes to prevent customer-found defects and improve internal test, development, and release processes.

Suzanne Garner, Cisco Systems Inc
Keyword Testing at the Object Level[presentation]

It's time to put a new spin on the technique of keyword testing using a data-driven engine.

Brian Qualters, TurboTesting Concepts
How to Successfully Communicate the State of Testing in Your Organization[presentation]

Many QA, process improvement, and test engineering personnel feel their company's management doesn't sufficiently understand, support, or value their contributions. You know what? They're right! What's the root cause of this lack?

Robert L Galen, EMC Corporation
Getting Things Done: Practical Web Application/e-Commerce Stress Testing[presentation]

Web and e-commerce applications are still the rising, often unreachable, stars of the testing world. Your team's ability to effectively stress test Web applications-before your customers do-is critical.

Robert Sabourin, AmiBug.com Inc
A Test Automation Harness for the PocketPC[presentation]

The emergence of the handheld platform is an exciting opportunity to reapply quality and usability paradigms.

Ravindra Velhal, Intel Corporation
Traps That Can Kill a Review Program (And How to Avoid Them)[presentation]

Technical reviews have been around for a long time, and they're generally recognized as a "good thing" for building quality software and reducing the cost of rework.

Esther Derby, Esther Derby Associates Inc
Automated Testing for Programmable Logic Control Systems[presentation]

Developing real-time, automated testing for mission-critical programmable logic controller (PLC)-based control systems has been a challenge for many scientists and engineers.

Reginald Howard, Advanced Systems Integration Inc. and Jon Hawkins, Alliance Technical Solutions

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