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System Integration Testing of Portable Devices[presentation] System integration testing of portable devices delivered as part of a larger system is often not recognized by project managers, developers, and even some testers as a critical component of the testing effort. |
JeanAnn Harrison, CardioNet, Inc.
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Toward 21st Century Automation for Agile Testing[presentation] As more companies move to agile software delivery approaches, new challenges and dynamics are impacting their testing practices. |
Dietmar Strasser, Micro Focus
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Choosing the Right Test Cases for Automation[presentation] With hopes of reducing testing cost and effort, companies often look to test automation as the cure-all for their problems. However, without clear and practical objectives, a test automation project is bound to fail. |
Pradeep Kumar, Cognizant Technology Solutions
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Test Planning: Defining Boundaries and Setting Expectations[presentation] Is testing often the last thing considered in your projects? Does your test team always seem out of the loop? Then, Jane Fraser can help you. She describes a process in which testers focus on reaching consensus with the whole project team. |
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Managing a Successful User Acceptance Test[presentation] It's just days before you plan to go live with the new system. The User Acceptance Test (UAT) is the only thing that stands in the way. Will it be successful? Will the users devote the time they committed to so long ago to perform the tests? |
Sara Jones, SAIC
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STARWEST 2009: Resistance as a Resource: Moving Your Organization to Higher Quality[presentation] As a tester, you are an agent of change and a creative, intelligent, and insightful member of your team. You have good ideas about how to improve your organization and its products. You make your proposal. |
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Seven Factors for Agile Testing Success[presentation] What do testers need to do differently to be successful on an agile project? How can agile development teams employ testers’ skills and experience for maximum value to the project? |
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STARWEST 2009: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Automation Testers[presentation] In many organizations, test automation is becoming a specialized career path. |
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Make Defects Pay with Root Cause Analysis[presentation] Although finding and fixing a defect can improve software quality, often its greatest value is to use the defect as a catalyst for preventing a similar problem in the future. |
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Managing a Globally Distributed Test Organization[presentation] Although many businesses have successfully outsourced software development and testing activities, managing a truly globally distributed test organization comes with a unique set of challenges. |
Anu Kak, PayPal
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Detective Work for Testers: Finding Workflow-based Defects[presentation] Workflow-based Web application security defects are especially difficult on enterprises because they evade traditional simple point-and-scan vulnerability detection techniques. |
Rafal Los, Hewlett-Packard Application Security Center
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Coloring Outside the Lines: Web Services Interoperability Testing[presentation] Web services interoperability testing is complex, subjective, and unlike traditional testing in many ways. The Web Services Interoperability (WS-I) organization provides a wealth of materials and tools about interoperability. |
Christopher Ferris, IBM Software Group, Standards Strategy
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Test Automation Objectives[presentation] Test automation efforts frequently fail because of unrealistic expectations, often the result of choosing poor objectives for automation. |
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Testing Lessons from Classic Fairy Tales[presentation] Once upon a time, in testing conferences not so long ago, Rob Sabourin presented useful testing lessons from the most unlikely sources: the Looney Tunes gang, the Great Detectives, Dr. |
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Virtualization: The Path to Multiple Efficiencies[presentation] Many teams test software on a wide variety of operating system and hardware environment configurations. Traditionally, they use dozens-sometimes hundreds-of machines in their offices and test labs to get the job done. |
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