Conference Presentations

An Interview with Scott Ambler: ADC-BSW 2013 Interview Series
Video

Committed to covering the latest trends and approaches for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles, Agile Development & Better Software Conference West offers their 2013 interview series. 
Scott Ambler, Scott W. Ambler + Associates
Mobile Application Testing: Challenges and Best Practices
Slideshow

With the rapid rise of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, many organizations are rolling out mobile apps to extend the reach of their traditional web applications. Although the methodology for mobile application testing is fundamentally the same as that of traditional web...
Jimmy Xu, CGI
An Interview with Woody Zuill: ADC-BSW 2013 Interview Series
Video

Committed to covering the latest tools, trends, and issues regarding software development approaches, plan-driven development methods, and process improvement programs, Agile Development & Better Software Conference West offers their 2013 interview series. 
Woody Zuill, Hunter Industries
Testing Cloud-Based Applications: What’s Different, What’s the Same
Slideshow

Cloud platforms are being rapidly adopted because of their beneficial properties including scalability, multi-tenancy, and self-managed functionality. As a result, more and more organizations are moving applications and services from traditional hosting to the cloud. This change in...
Bindu Laxminarayan, Rackspace
Trends in Big Data Testing
Slideshow

The Big Data has three unique characteristics—Volume, Velocity, and Variety. Today’s big data applications are growing dramatically. We must process data ever more quickly so we can respond to events as they happen, and that data is arriving from an ever wider array of channels...
Stefano Rizzo, Polarion Software
STAREAST 2013: Finding the Real Value in Load Testing
Video

Organizations spend countless hours in load testing exercises with the intent of finding and fixing system bottlenecks to improve overall performance.  But how much time is spent in the process of preparing and executing the test versus finding and fixing real issues.
Duane Dorch, Compuware
Five Pains of a Test Manager and How to Overcome Them
Video

Nowadays testing software and hardware is indispensable for companies. Companies often use software tools to support their QA activities. These tools should support test managers and not constrain them, allowing them to organize their work in the best way for their organization.
Regg Struyk, Polarion
STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Lightning Strikes the Keynotes
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Lightning Talks are a popular part of the STAR conferences. Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period and are an opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation.
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
6 Essential Cloud Testing Features
Video

Quality assurance engineers spend more time preparing for testing than doing actual testing and test hardware and software infrastructure is typically underutilized. Research shows that a combination of SaaS and IaaS technology is best suited to decrease those peripheral activities. 
Mughees Minhas, Oracle
STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Testing in a Test-driven World
Video

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...
Jeff Payne, Coveros

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