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Performance Testing in Agile: The Path to 5 Star App Reviews[presentation]
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Application performance is the first aspect of quality that every customer experiences. It can mean the difference between winning and losing a customer—between a 5-star app and a 2. No...

Shane Evans, Hewlett-Packard
STAREAST 2014: Test Automation Patterns: Issues and Solutions[presentation]
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Automating system level test execution can result in many problems. It is surprising to find that many people encounter the same problems, yet they are not aware of common... 

Seretta Gamba, Steria Mummert ISS GmbH and Dorothy Graham, Independent Test Consultant
Game On: Automating Sports Video Game Testing[presentation]
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Sports video games are generally on a short cycle time—tied to the start of a particular sport’s season. Like all video games, the pressure is always on to add more features to sell...

Fazeel Gareeboo, EA Sports
Succeeding as an Ethnic or Minority Tester[presentation]
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No one wishes to see himself as different or treat other people differently because of his uniqueness. Unfortunately, we are frequently judged and our skills presumed based on our...

Yousef Harfi, Medavie Blue Cross
Video: Service Virtualization Enables Continuous Testing[presentation]
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Build-test-release-deploy processes for today’s interdependent systems are commonly impacted by constraints associated with a staged test environment—for instance, the complexity and...

Wayne Ariola, Parasoft
Next-Generation Performance Testing with Lifecycle Monitoring[presentation]
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With the increasing market demand for “always on” high performance applications, many organizations find that their traditional load testing programs have failed to keep pace with...

Scott Barber, SmartBear
Testing in the Age of Distraction: Flow, Focus, and Defocus in Testing[presentation]
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We live in interesting times. Knowledge is available at our fingertips, no matter where we are. Social networks enable communication around the world. However, along with these marvels...

Zeger Van Hese, Z-sharp
Automated Analytics Testing with Open Source Tools[presentation]
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Analytics are an increasingly important capability of any large web site or application. When a user selects an option or clicks a button, dozens—if not hundreds—of behavior-defining...

Marcus Merrell, RetailMeNot, Inc.
The Golden Rules for Managing Large Testing Initiatives[presentation]
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Large technology transformations and undertakings are challenging because they cut across multiple systems and domains of technology and solutions. They involve multiple organizations...

Krishna Murthy, Tata Consultancy Services
Video: 42 Hundred Testers Under the Sea[presentation]
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This true story tells the tale of a company that’s dedicated to unleashing innovation by simplifying IT. But in order to bring these innovations to customers, many thousands of...

Mikael Fries and Mazen Arar, Oracle
The Impact of Cognitive Biases on Test and Project Teams[presentation]
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Teams are a fundamental part of the way we all work. Understanding the ins and outs of team decision making makes us better employees, better co-workers, and even better people. As...

Thomas Cagley, The David Consulting Group
DevOps: Where in the World Is Test?[presentation]
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As the world of software development changes, software testing organizations are challenged to be more innovative to match the speed at which software releases are being deployed. The...

Erik Stensland, Pearson Learning Technology
Exposing Test Management Myths[presentation]
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We’ve all heard test management myths such as: “Utilize everyone, all the time”, “Don’t let people come to you without solutions to problems,” “Training time is useless,” and my...

Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.
Software Data Analytics How to Incorporate Data Analytics into Your Software Process[article]

Big data isn’t just a buzzword; it lives in your software. With millions of possibilities to leverage analytics, how do you pick what’s right for your organization? Robert Cross provides some insight into how to start incorporating data analytics into your software process and management plan.

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Steve Berczuk talks about how Agile Impacts Configuration Management and Testing How Agile Impacts Configuration Management and Testing: An Interview with Steve Berczuk[interview]
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Steve Berczuk is a regular contributor to TechWell and StickyMinds and a principal engineer and ScrumMaster at Fitbit in Boston. In this interview, Steve discusses configuration management and agile, helpful tools, and how testing has evolved over the years with the rise of agile.

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