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Quality Index: A Composite Metric for the Voice of Testing[presentation]
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It is quite possible that you are spending a considerable amount of your time as a QA manager making sense of the multitude of metrics reported by your teams, connecting the facts, understanding the underlying reality, and articulating it to your peers and leadership. Still, others in the... |
Nirav Patel, Walgreens Boots Alliance, and Sutharson Veeravalli, Cognizant Technology Solutions
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STARWEST 2015: Lightning Strikes the Keynotes[presentation]
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Throughout the years, Lightning Talks have been a popular part of the STAR conferences. If you’re not familiar with the concept, Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period. Lightning Talks are the opportunity for speakers... |
Lee Copeland
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DevOps: Find Solutions, Not More Defects[presentation]
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The promise of DevOps is that we can push new ideas out to market faster while avoiding delivering serious defects into production. Andreas Grabner explains that testers are no longer measured by the number of defect reports they enter, nor are developers measured by the lines of code they... |
Andreas Grabner, Dynatrace
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Continuous Test Improvement in a Rapidly Changing World[presentation]
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Classical test process improvement models no longer fit in organizations adopting the newest development approaches. Instead, a more flexible approach is required today. Solutions like SOA, virtualization, web technology, cloud computing, mobile, and the application of social media... |
Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services BV
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I Don’t Want to Talk about Bugs: Let’s Change the Conversation[presentation]
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It’s time to change the conversation about testing and quality―from bugs and poor requirements to products and solutions. Instead, Janet Gregory says testers and managers working in agile organizations need to learn more about the business, the market, and the customers. With that... |
Janet Gregory
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The Agile Testing Survival Guide[presentation]
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As innovative businesses reduce their time-to-market and shorten release cycles, the need for continuous delivery methods becomes inevitable. Testers are constantly asked to rapidly and reliably deliver comprehensive test results in ever-decreasing or continuous cycles. Meanwhile, testing... |
Ingo Philipp, Tricentis
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Automate REST Services Testing with RestAssured[presentation]
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Many browser, UI, and Java-based tools and frameworks can help you test REST services. However, in the world of continuous integration and delivery, manual UI- or browser-based tools typically fall short in many aspects—from early test development to developer support. When using... |
Eing Ong, Intuit, Inc.
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The Survival Guide for Testers and Test Managers[presentation]
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As we face new technologies, methodologies, and approaches, the roles and responsibilities of testers are evolving. To stay current, the test professional’s skill set must increase. Due to agile, the strict separation of developer and tester roles is fading. Teams, rather than just testers... |
Bart Knaack
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Why ISO 29119 Is a Flawed Quality Standard[magazine] Never afraid to voice his opinion, James Christie doesn't object to the adoption of any recommendations that improve software quality. He does, however, believe that ISO 29119 is fundamentally flawed. |
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The Survival Guide for Testers and Test Managers: An Interview with Bart Knaack[interview] In this interview, Bart Knaack, a test advisor at Professional Testing, discusses his upcoming keynote, titled "The Survival Guide for Testers and Test Managers." He explains what has changed in the testing field, the impact of agile, and the responsibility of quality. |
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5 Ways Testers Can Mitigate Practical Risks in an Agile Team[article] Testers who analyze quality in every aspect of the team’s deliverables also have a responsibility to mitigate risks and practical issues that are bound to come up, and help the team succeed in their product as well as at being agile. Here are five such issues that testers can help the team alleviate or avoid. |
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Software Testers Should Know about ISO 29119[magazine] The ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119 has defined a set of requirements for testing software. As a member of the ISO working group, Jon Hagar wants you to know the basics and why testing teams should consider this recommendation. |
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How Agile Teams Should Use the Definition of Done[article] The definition of done is an informal checklist that the team agrees applies to all pieces of work. But how does the definition compare to acceptance criteria? And should it apply to every task, or every story? How often should you review or change your definition? Allan Kelly helps you navigate your team's definition of done. |
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Acceptance Criteria, Specifications, and Tests[article] One of the benefits of agile is how it helps specify requirements. Instead of trying to predict the future with your requests, you can wait an iteration and see if more criteria are needed. This article gets into how executable specifications, specification by example, and test automation can help further improve your requirements management. |
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STAREAST 2015 Interview with Matt Heusser on Lean Software Testing[interview]
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In this interview, Matt Heusser covers how most organizations test now, presents ways you can improve your company's approach to lean, and demonstrates lean tools that can help you understand software development and test flow in a different way. |
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