Conference Presentations

Balancing the Crusty and Old with the Shiny and New
Video

In his journeys, Bob Galen has discovered that testing takes on many forms. Some organizations have no automated tests and struggle to run massive manual regression tests within very...
Bob Galen
Implementing Outsourced Testing Services with a Third Party
Slideshow

Outsourcing test services are all the rage today. But are they really faster, better, and cheaper? Shelley Rueger shares how you can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your test process using a third-party test service. She provides guidance on how to determine if your product is...
Shelley Rueger, Moxie Software
Softwarts: Security Testing for Muggles
Slideshow

Security testing is often shrouded in jargon and mystique. Security conjurers perform arcane rites using supposed “black hat” techniques and would have us believe that we cannot do the same. The fact is that security testing “magic” is little more than specialized application of...
Paco Hope, Cigital
The Role of Testing: Quality Police or Quality Communicator?
Slideshow

An underwear advertisement in 1985 featured the dedicated and thorough Inspector 12 saying, “They don't say Hanes until I say they say Hanes.” Historically, software testers have been called on to perform a similar role―preventing defective products from reaching customers. However...
Mike Duskis, 10-4 Systems
Before You Test Your System, Test Your Assumptions
Slideshow

Do you find yourself discussing with your peers what you think the system you’re building should do? Do you argue over what the users want? Do discussions wind up in a heated debate? This result indicates that no shared understanding exists about the system. With a lack of...
Aaron Sanders, Agile Coach
Pairwise Testing Explained
Slideshow

Many software systems are required to process huge combinations of input data, all of which deserve to be tested. Since we rarely have time to create and execute test cases for all combinations, the fundamental problem in testing is how to choose a reasonably-sized subset that will find a...
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
Testers, Use Metrics Wisely or Don’t Use Them at All
Slideshow

For thousands of years, human language has provided us with beautiful and complex ways of sharing important ideas. At the same time, language can derail attempts to communicate even the most basic pieces of critical information. We testers are the heralds of vast amounts of data, and...
Deborah Kennedy, Aditi Technologies
Functional Testing with Domain-Specific Languages
Slideshow

Developing high-quality software requires effective communication among various project stakeholders. Business analysts must elicit customer needs and capture them as requirements, which developers then transform into working software. Software test engineers collaborate with business...
Tariq King, Ultimate Software
User Acceptance Testing in the Testing Center of Excellence
Slideshow

Centralization of testing services into a testing center of excellence (TCoE) for system testing is common in IT shops today. To make this transformation mature, the next logical step is to incorporate the user acceptance testing (UAT) function into the TCoE. This poses unique challenges...
Deepika Mamnani, Capgemini
Getting Your Message Across: Communication Skills for Testers
Slideshow

Communication is at the heart of our profession. No matter how advanced our testing capabilities are, if we can’t convey our concerns in ways that connect with key members of the project team, our contribution is likely to be ignored. Because we act solely in an advisory capacity, rather...
Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Social Services

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