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Investing Wisely: Generating Return on Investment from Test Automation[presentation] Implementing test automation without following best practices and tracking your ROI is a prescription for failure. |
Dale Ellis, TurnKey Solutions Corp.
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STAREAST 2002: Writing Better Defect Reports[presentation] Why is it some testers get a better response from developers than others? Part of the answer lies in their defect reports. But following a few simple guidelines can smooth the way for a much more productive environment. |
Kelly Whitmill, IBM
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A Crash Team Approach to Effective Testing[presentation] Rapid changes and stunted delivery deadlines are always challenging software testers. To catch up, software testing must take a different approach without cutting corners-hence, the crash team. |
Pei Ma, WeiMa Group LLC
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Problems with Vendorscripts: Why You Should Avoid Proprietary Languages[presentation] Most test tools come bundled with vendor-specific scripting languages that I call vendorscripts. They are hard to learn, weakly implemented, and most importantly, they discourage collaboration between testers and developers. |
Bret Pettichord, Pettichord Consulting
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Risk Analysis for Web Testing[presentation] All Web sites take risks in some areas ... your job is to minimize your company's exposure to these risks. Karen Johnson takes you through a step-by-step analysis of a Web site to determine possible exposure points. |
Karen Johnson, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
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Test Automation of Distributed Transactional Services[presentation] Distributed transactions are being implemented everywhere. Web services, EAI, and B2B are just a few examples. Testing these transactions across disparate systems-sometimes even across organizations and firewalls-is difficult, yet vital. |
Manish Mathuria, Arsin Corporation
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Adventures in Session-Based Testing[presentation] This paper describes the way that a UK company controlled and improved ad-hoc testing, and was able to use the knowledge gained as a basis for ongoing, product sustained improvement. |
James Lyndsay, Workroom Productions
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Finding Firmware Defects[presentation] Embedded systems software presents a different breed of challenges to the test professional than other types of applications. |
Sean Beatty, High Impact Services Inc
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Software Documentation Superstitions[presentation] Do you need credible evidence that disciplined document reviews (a.k.a. inspections) can keep total project costs down while helping you meet the schedule and improve quality? |
Gregory Daich, Software Technology Support Center
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Going Beyond QA: Total Product Readiness[presentation] The successful release of software requires more than just testing to ensure the product functions properly; success is also defined by how prepared the product is for advertisement, delivery, installation, training, support, etc. |
Douglas Thacker, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
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Robust Design Method for Software Testing[presentation] This session presents a robust design method based on the Taguchi Approach. |
Madhav Phadke, Phadke Associates
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Automated Testing Framework for Embedded Systems[presentation] Is it possible to use an "open architecture" automation test tool to avoid the pitfalls of testing in the embedded, real-time world? It is now. |
Michael Jacobson, Northrop Grumman Corporation
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What's That Supposed to Do? The Archeology of Legacy Systems[presentation] In testing utopia, all software products submitted for testing have thorough and comprehensive documentation describing how every program function should work. |
Patricia Ensworth, Moody's Investors Service
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Proactive User Acceptance Testing[presentation] User Acceptance Testing (UAT) tends to take a lot of effort, yet still often fails to find what it should. |
Robin Goldsmith, Go Pro Management, Inc.
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Testing In A Squeezed, Squeezed World[presentation] All things are possible in the face of adversity, even an under-resourced testing project with an immovable deadline. Many testing projects start out with high ideals then descend into a mad panic when the realities begin to set in. |
Geoff Horne, Integrity Software Testing & Quality
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