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STARWEST 2011: Test Process Improvement on a Shoestring[presentation]

In most organizations cost reduction is still the number one motivation for test process improvement.

Martin Pol, Polteq Test Services B.V.
Risk-based Testing: When You Can't Test It All[presentation]

Testers everywhere have experienced this scenario-the development cycle slips and now testing gets two weeks instead of four to complete its work.

Rean Young, Kroger Company
Establishing a Testing Center of Excellence: The Pros and Cons[presentation]

Many testing organizations view implementing a Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE) as a positive step toward providing better service to their clients.

Raja Neravati, AppLabs
Testing on the Toilet: A Success Story from STARWEST 2007[presentation]

As testers, we often need to inform and educate our colleagues about the fundamentals of testing. The challenge is not just to get their attention for five minutes; the goal is to continually reinforce the benefit and techniques for testing.

Mette Bruhn-Pedersen, Bruhn-Pedersen Consulting
Hardware Bound: Testing with Limited Access to Resources[presentation]

If you are challenged to test software applications with limited or no access to the hardware on which they operate in production, this session is for you.

Scott Miles, Gatan Inc.
STARWEST 2011: Quantifying the Value of Static Analysis[presentation]

During the past ten years, static analysis tools have become a vital part of software development for many organizations.

William Oliver, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Model-based Testing: The Next Generation[presentation]

Spotify is a music streaming service offering high-quality, instant access to music from a range of major and independent record labels.

Alexander Andelkovic, Spotify
Crowdsourced Testing: An Emerging Model for Serious Testing[presentation]

Crowdsourcing has emerged as a startlingly effective by-product of social networking and the web.

Manoj Narayanan, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Offshore and Outsourced Test Automation Adventures[presentation]

Organizations look at two ways to reduce repetitive testing costs-automation and offshoring.

Hans Buwalda, LogiGear Corporation
Virtualization of Test Labs[presentation]

Frank Lanciotto shares his experience with Aetna's creation of "world class" quality testing platforms using virtual technology in conjunction with physical devices.

Frank Lanciotto, Aetna/Enterprise Testing & Quality Assurance
A Holistic Way to Measure Quality[presentation]

Have your executives ever asked you to measure product quality? Is there a definitive way to measure application quality in relation to customer satisfaction?

Jennifer Bonine, Up Ur Game Learning Solutions
Performance Testing the SMART Way[presentation]

Although testers know the ins and outs of functional testing, many of us don't have a smart process for doing software performance testing.

Mieke Gevers, AQIS
Teach Your Acceptance Tests to Speak "Business"[presentation]

Acceptance Test-Driven Development (ATDD) uses specification by example to define expressive automated tests that facilitate project communication and drive product design.

Richard Lawrence, Humanizing Work
Servant Leadership in Agile: The End of Command and Control[presentation]

The switch from traditional, top-down management to agile project practices poses a dilemma for managers and the team, including test managers and testers. If agile teams self-manage their work, what does a test manager actually do now?

Dale Emery, DHE
Peer Reviews at PepsiCo: Finding Defects Early[presentation]

Establishing a structured review process offers a simple yet cost effective way to identify, document, and correct requirements and design defects before they create problems later in the project.

Christopher Clark, PepsiCo

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