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Shifting Testing Left Is a Team Effort[article] There is a lot of talk in the testing world about shifting left. Basically, “shift left” refers to moving the test process to an earlier point in the development process, independent of the development approach. This article explores a case in which shift-left has been applied, and the lesson is that shifting left cannot be achieved by testers alone—it must result from a team effort. |
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Embedding Performance Engineering into CI/CD: An Interview with Anj Dubey[interview]
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In this interview, Anj Dubey, director of performance engineering for McGraw-Hill Education, discusses the need to shift left and embed your performance engineering into your CI/CD pipeline in order to ensure that every line of code is going to meet your performance requirements. |
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Beyond the Phoenix Project[presentation]
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John Willis
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Frequent Releases for Enterprise Mobile: Make It a Reality Without Losing Your Sanity[presentation]
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As companies continue to embrace the mobile-first strategy, many are grappling with a formidable challenge: how to release mobile updates more frequently given the painful and archaic app publishing process. |
Stacey Yan
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Applying Systems Thinking to DevOps Practices at Scale[presentation]
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As enterprises begin to adopt DevOps practices, there can be a tendency for these transformations to err in one of two ways. |
Jared Speno
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Integrating Infrastructure as Code into a Continuous Delivery Pipeline[presentation]
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Adarsh Shah
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What’s Really Going On with Your Team? An Observational Skills Workshop[presentation]
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When it comes to our day-to-day work interactions, there are many factors that pass us by simply because we’re not used to paying attention to them. |
Julie Wyman
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5 Ways to Make Load Testing Work for You[presentation]
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While organizations understand the need for load testing, and many even have the necessary tools to manage it, they still fail to execute it well and “do the job” for end-users. Frustration at a poor user experience is increased by the IT organization's failure to explain... |
Israel Rogoza
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Shift Your Perspective on Data and Influence Stakeholders[presentation]
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With all the open source tools available in the market, it can be overwhelming to determine which might meet your needs and which will work best in your environment. Join Jennifer Bonine as she explains the relationship between data and your environment, and using data to help make... |
Jennifer Bonine
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Mobbing for Test Design: Connecting with Your Colleagues’ Test Ideas[presentation]
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Do you have trouble generating test case ideas? Are there seemingly obvious bugs getting through your test plan? Are you considering revamping your current test analysis and design? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this session is for you. You may have heard of mob... |
Jeff MacBane
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Troubleshooting and Understanding Modern Systems: Tools Testers Need[presentation]
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Successful agile testers collaborate with programmers as code is written, isolating problems, troubleshooting defects, and debugging code all along the way to getting the product to done. But modern systems are scaling beyond what traditional teams are able to understand using familiar tools. |
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Chris Blain
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Behavior-Driven Testing Using Page Object Models[presentation]
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Does it feel like you spend half of every sprint fixing failing automated functional tests? Are programmers unwilling to work with automation code? Is test automation a maintenance nightmare? There is a better way. The Page Object Model (POM) is a powerful design pattern for building test... |
Brian Hicks
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Why Military Veterans Make Exceptional Testers[presentation]
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Hiring trained talent has been a challenge for IT organizations for several years now. How do you find a steady source of qualified candidates for entry-level QA and QE positions, especially considering colleges and universities don't include a software quality assurance curriculum?... |
Brenda Hall
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Testing Retail VR Applications[presentation]
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Traditional test approaches break down when applied to retail virtual reality systems. In this presentation, Nimesh Patel will share his experience developing a novel approach to retail VR testing that uses a blend of exploratory research and business- and user-focused testing strategies... |
Nimesh Patel
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Devices and Desires: As Humans How Do We Experience Software?[presentation]
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We consume and still we desire more. More devices, more apps, more data, more bandwidth, more connectivity. The more we have, the more we want …. We assume that to be true – those of us who work in the software industry. But is that true? To understand what is really required of our... |
Isabel Evans
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