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Gain Greater Testing Precision Through Adaptive Test Methods[magazine] Brooke Bowie explains how "adaptive" software testing provides nimble, high-value software test solutions that bend and shift with the changing needs of the market or the environment. High-value testing does not mean that you need to perform all end-to-end testing or run the full suite of tests; this can potentially create a bottleneck and dampen the velocity. Adaptive tests are always targeted at the most relevant business and quality goals. |
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Prime Directive: Improve Dev Testing Skills[presentation] In many development organizations today, quality is the responsibility of everyone on the project-both developers and testers. However, getting devs fully engaged in this testing continues to be a challenge. |
Andrew Prentice, Atlassian
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Penetration Testing Demystified[presentation] Penetration testing is a method of evaluating the security of a system by maliciously attacking it and analyzing its possible weaknesses. |
Edward Bonver, Symantec Corporation
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Testing Mobile Apps: Three Dilemmas Solved[presentation] The fragmentation and unpredictability of the mobile market present new challenges and risks for the business-and the development team. |
Yoram Mizrachi, Perfecto Mobile
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The Dangers of the Requirements Coverage Metric[presentation] When testing a system, one question that always arises is, “How much of the system have we tested?” Coverage is defined as the ratio of “what has been tested” to “what there is to test.” One of the basic coverage metrics is requirements cover |
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
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Big Data and Quality[presentation] Big Data systems-those in which data sets grow so large that they become awkward to work with using traditional tools-are a huge problem for testers. |
Ken Johnston, Microsoft Corporation
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Using Agile Techniques to Manage Testing - Even on Non-agile Projects[presentation] Sometimes, test managers and teams can get bogged down in rigid processes, excessive documentation, and simply too much data, resulting in less actual testing getting done. The good news is that there is a better way! |
Brian Osman, OsmanIT
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Security Testing: Thinking Like an Attacker[presentation] Compared to traditional functional testing, security testing requires testers to develop the mindset of real attackers and pro-actively look for security vulnerabilities throughout the software development lifecycle. |
Frank Kim, ThinkSec
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Automating Mobile Application Testing with Monkey Talk[presentation] As enterprises scramble for competitive advantage by rapidly creating and deploying compelling mobile applications, testing professionals have been challenged to quickly adopt new tools and processes to provide effective testing. |
Stu Stern, Gorilla Logic
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The Metrics Minefield[presentation] In many organizations, management demands measurements to help assess the quality of software products and projects. Are those measurements backed by solid metrics? |
Michael Bolton, DevelopSense, Inc.
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The Art of Designing Test Data[presentation] Test data generation is an important preparatory step in software testing. It calls for a tester’s creativity as much as test case design itself. |
Rajini Padmanaban, QA InfoTech
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A Test Manager's Transformation Toolkit[presentation] If you have had your testing window reduced or you are being challenged to do more with less, this session is for you. Mari Kawaguchi shares how she and her team embraced these challenges to transform their testing operating model. |
Mari Kawaguchi, Bank of America
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The Missing Integration at Best Buy: Agile, Test Management, and Test Execution[presentation] What can you do when test tools from proprietary vendors don’t seem to support your organization’s processes and open source tools are too narrowly focused? Best Buy, the world's largest electronics retailer, faced this very situation. |
Frank Cohen, PushToTest
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Database Load Testing and Performance Analysis: New Approaches for Fast Results[presentation] Ever wonder exactly how a database becomes the bottleneck for an entire application? Ever think about replaying real production load to see if your application can stand the pressure? |
Ron Warshawsky, Enteros, Inc.
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Innovative Tools for Your Mobile Testing Toolkit[presentation] Automating mobile testing faces challenges from a huge variety of devices, resolutions, user interactions, and operating systems. |
Eing Ong, Intuit, Inc.
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