STAREAST 2013 - Software Testing Conference

PRESENTATIONS

Four Crucial Tips for Automated Web 2.0 Testing

The vast majority of problems found in web-based functional tests can be traced to a few common issues—dealing with dynamic page content, understanding the differences between explicit and implicit waits, choosing a proper element locator strategy, and understanding how to deal with...
Jim Holmes, Telerik
Innovations in Test Automation: It’s Not All about Regression

Although classic test automation, which usually focuses on regression testing, has its its place in testing, there is much more you can do to improve testing productivity and its value to the project and your organization. Through experience-based examples, video clips, and demonstrations...
John Fodeh, Cognizant
Introducing Mobile Testing to Your Organization

Mobile is an integral part of our daily lives, and if it’s not already part of your business model, it soon will be. When that happens, will you be ready to tackle the demands of testing web and native mobile apps? From the perspective of a test lead, Eric Montgomery describes the...
Eric Montgomery, Progressive Insurance
It’s Agile, Not Fragile

The time is now to rethink the way you and your teams build, test and deliver applications. In this session, we will share the insights, best practices and software innovation to address the challenge of rapid delivery of today’s user-centric applications. 
Kelly Emo and Michael Cooper, HP
Keynote: Asking the Right Questions? What Journalism Can Teach Testers

As the testing discipline continues to evolve—and the demands on testers increase—we need to look for new paradigms to guide our work. Thomas McCoy believes the profession of journalism has much to offer in helping us ask the right kinds of questions, be heard, and deliver bad news...
Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Families
Keynote: Surviving or Thriving: Top Ten Lessons for the Professional Tester

As testers and test managers we often find ourselves struggling just to survive within our organization—sometimes with the possibility of job loss due to outsourcing looming. Often, we are told to become more “effective,” “efficient,” and do “more with less.” However, most testers and test...
Lloyd Roden, Lloyd Roden Consultancy
Keynote: Testing in a Test-driven World

Agile software development has fundamentally changed the way software testing is performed. No longer is testing relegated to the end of the lifecycle where its budgets are cut and its conclusions ignored. Now we live in a world where testing drives development and, for better or worse...
Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.
Keynote: The Mismeasure of Software: The Last Talk on Measurement You’ll Ever Need to Hear

Lee Copeland maintains that most organizations have some kind of metrics program—and almost all are ineffective. After explaining the concept of measurement, Lee describes two key reasons for these almost universal metrics program failures. The first major mistake people make is...
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
Load and Performance Testing in the Cloud: Myth vs. Reality

Is the cloud just another overhyped IT buzzword or a transformational technology wave? Steve Weisfeldt helps you get past all the noise and identify how you can leverage the cloud’s flexibility and scalability to save time and money on load and performance testing. Steve describes ways...
Steve Weisfeldt, Neotys
Mobile Testing Methodologies: Trends, Successes, and Pitfalls

In today's dynamic mobile marketplace—where new handsets and mobile operating systems are released every day—your ability to deal with these changes which impact your mobile product is vital. The mobile application lifecycle today must be short; must be of great quality; cover...
Eran Kinsbruner

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