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	Testing Lessons Learned from Sesame Street[presentation] Slideshow Rob Sabourin has discovered testing lessons in the Simpsons, the Looney Tunes gang, Great Detectives, Dr. Seuss, and other unlikely places, but this year he journeys to Sesame Street. Sesame Street teaches basic life skills in a safe, entertaining, memorable style. Rob uses them to...	Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com
	Implementing Outsourced Testing Services with a Third Party[presentation] 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
	Before You Test Your System, Test Your Assumptions[presentation] 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
	Test Improvement in Our Rapidly Changing World[presentation] Slideshow In organizations adopting the newest development approaches, classical test process improvement models no longer fit. A more flexible approach is required today. Solutions like SOA, virtualization, web technology, cloud computing, mobile, and the application of social media have changed...	Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services BV
	Metrics That Matter[presentation] Slideshow Imagine you’re a test manager starting a new assignment. On the first day of work, you’re presented with a list of metrics you are to report. Soon, you realize that most of the metrics are not really connected to what should be measured. Or, consider the situation where you’re told that...	Pablo Garcia, Redmind
	Why Automation Fails—in Theory and Practice[presentation] Slideshow Testers face common challenges in automation. Unfortunately, these challenges often lead to subsequent failures. Jim Trentadue explains a variety of automation perceptions and myths―the perception that a significant increase in time and people is needed to implement automation; the myth...	Jim Trentadue, Ranorex
	Top Ten Attacks to Break Mobile Apps[presentation] Slideshow To aid development in the mobile and smartphone app world, testers must do more than simply test against requirements; they should include attack-based testing to find common errors. In the tradition of James Whittaker’s How to Break Software books, Jon Hagar applies the testing...	Jon Hagar, Grand Software Testing
	User Acceptance Testing in the Testing Center of Excellence[presentation] 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
	Planning, Architecting, Implementing, and Measuring Automation[presentation] Slideshow In automation, we often use several different tools that are not well integrated. These tools have been developed or acquired over time with little consideration of an overall plan or architecture, and without considering the need for integration. As a result, both efficiency and...	Mike Sowers, Software Quality Engineering
	The Test Manager’s Role in Agile: Balancing the Old and the New[presentation] Slideshow What do test managers do? In traditional organizations, they assign people to projects, oversee the testers’ progress, provide feedback, and perhaps offer coaching to people who want it. Test managers are the go-to people when you don't know how to do something—not because they know...	Mary Thorn, ChannelAdvisor
	The Unfortunate Triumph of Process over Purpose[presentation] Slideshow As a test manager, James Christie experienced two divergent views of a single project. The official version claimed that planning and documentation were excellent, with problems discovered during test execution being managed effectively. In fact, the project had no useful plans, so testers...	James Christie, Claro Testing
	Growing into Leadership[presentation] Slideshow Pete Walen is not going to tell you how to be a good test manager. Instead, Pete shares ideas on becoming a true leader. While some managers certainly are leaders, testers of all varieties and experience levels can become leaders. Developing technical leadership skills, regardless of job...	Peter Walen, Gordon Food Service
	STARWEST 2014: Using DevOps to Improve Software Quality in the Cloud[presentation] Slideshow DevOps is gaining popularity as a way to quickly and successfully deploy new software. With all the emphasis on deployment, software quality can sometimes be overlooked. In order to understand how DevOps and software testing mesh, Jeff Payne demonstrates a fully implemented...	Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.
	The Doctor Is In: Diagnosing Test Automation Diseases[presentation] Slideshow When doing test automation, you sometimes notice that things are not working out as expected, but it’s not clear why. You are so caught up in the day-to-day work that you don't see the bigger picture. It’s like when you get sick―you know something is wrong, but you don’t know what. That’s...	Seretta Gamba, Steria Mummert ISS GmbH
	Pairwise Testing Explained[presentation] 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

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