Conference Presentations

DevOps: Find Solutions, Not More Defects
Slideshow

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
Continuous Test Improvement in a Rapidly Changing World
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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
Testing the Internet of Everything
Video

Beyond the publicity and hype about the Internet of Things (IoT), a new term is emerging—the Internet of Everything (IoE). What are people talking about? Should you be interested? What does it mean to testers and development? Paul Gerrard shares his perspective on the scale, variety...
Paul Gerrard
The Agile Testing Survival Guide
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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
Automate REST Services Testing with RestAssured
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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.
I Don’t Want to Talk about Bugs: Let’s Change the Conversation
Video

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
Manage a Complex Test Effort with Lean and Kanban
Slideshow

“How absurd! She swallowed a bird. She swallowed the bird to catch the spider. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. I don't know why she swallowed the fly. Perhaps she'll die.” The silly nursery rhyme teaches a serious lesson. Because software products are complex, we seek to manage...
Mike Duskis, 10-4 Systems
Lean Test Management: Reduce Waste in Planning, Automation, and Execution
Slideshow

Testing enterprise software requires effective resource management to prevent costly delays, budget overruns, and failed projects. In many software projects, more than 50 percent of development costs are attributed to software testing activities. With testing accounting for such a large...
Tariq King, Ultimate Software
The Survival Guide for Testers and Test Managers
Video

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
Putting Quality First through Continuous Testing
Slideshow

Capital One has a highly integrated environment, which creates many dependencies for its agile teams. Because these dependencies are often not completed until late in their sprints, Capital One faced prolonged integration and regression testing phases, and did not realize the expected...
Adam Auerbach, Capital One

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