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An Agile Testing Dashboard: Metrics that Matter[presentation]
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Has your organization moved to agile but your metrics have not? Do you spend multiple hours each week generating separate sets of metrics for your agile squad, management, and C-level executives? Do you find yourself questioning the things you measure and actions you take as a result... |
Prachi Maini
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Software Quality: A Cross-Organizational Competency[presentation]
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Historically, testers have served as the last line of defense and have been tasked with identifying and driving software defect resolution before promoting code into a production environment. Kevin Dunne explains that in this model, testers have been responsible for testing the code... |
Kevin Dunne
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Test Data Management and Its Role in DevOps[presentation]
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Do you often have to wait for the availability of the right test data to complete your testing? Now imagine you are using continuous integration and continuous delivery with agile and DevOps, and your test data is not available when you need it. This is a challenge and a bottleneck for the... |
Sunil Sehgal
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AI and Machine Learning for Testers[presentation]
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important technology for software testers to understand today. All software will soon have AI-powered components, and they are unlike anything you’ve ever tested before. As risky as AI can be, it is a powerful weapon for testers to solve some of... |
Jason Arbon
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Anyone Can Cook—Is the Same True for Test Automation?[presentation]
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Manual testing is becoming less needed as more companies realize the time and money to be saved by automating testing. But let’s face it. Test automation is scary and still new to many QA organizations, many of whom are unclear about where to begin. Do you need a degree or significant... |
Leo Laskin
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The Reality of Test Artifacts[magazine] To perform a validation of a software product, you need test plans. But by the time you begin testing, are those plans still valid? There has to be a better way than translating requirements into a useless test document. |
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Identify Bottlenecks in Your Agile and DevOps Processes: An Interview with Tanya Kravtsov[interview] In this interview, Tanya Kravtsov, a director of QA at Audible, explains why identifying bottlenecks is so critical when you’re turning to agile and DevOps, as well as how automating manual processes can lead to better quality. |
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The Impossibility of Estimating Software[magazine] Estimating software schedules must be an art, not a science. With so many techniques published on the subject, why is it so difficult? It has to do with the human element and past project knowledge. |
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Vulnerabilities and Bugs in Mobile Apps with Quick Tours[presentation]
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As mobile devices, tools, operating systems, and web technologies rapidly evolve, testers in this changing domain must quickly adapt their thinking. Testers often struggle to find critical vulnerabilities and bugs in mobile applications due to lack of guidance, experience, and the right... |
Raj Subramanian
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Can Your Mobile Infrastructure Survive 1 Million Concurrent Users?[presentation]
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When you’re building the next killer mobile app, how can you ensure that your app is both stable and capable of near-instant data updates? The answer: Build a backend! Siva Katir says that there’s much more to building a backend than standing up a SQL server in your datacenter and calling... |
Siva Katir
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Rooting Your Devices to Test Outside the Box[presentation]
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The mobile landscape has changed how companies think of information technology. However, many organizations have failed to make the most of the mobile testing tools available. Alan Crouch explores how rooting your devices can help you break past your mobile testing block and allow you to... |
Alan Crouch
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IoT Software Testing Challenges: The IoT World Is Really Different[presentation]
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is poised to become the next growth area—and biggest challenge—for software development and testing. Although many traditional test techniques and strategies remain viable, IoT testing includes working with huge amounts of data, multiple communication channels... |
Jon Hagar
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Real Time IoT and Mobile Data: Put It to Work for Your Users[presentation]
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Every app is producing huge amounts of data, recording everything from location changes and button taps to data usage and acceleration. But what do you do with this flood of data? How can you make historical data a powerful tool for your users? How do you store it, let alone process it? |
Siva Katir
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Intel® Curie™ Open Developer Kit (ODK): A Primer—Part 2[presentation]
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Whether you are a maker enthusiast who is just getting started or a seasoned developer wanting to jump into embedded device development, this session is for you. Oliver Chen covers the Intel Curie ODK (CODK) and how it can help you rapidly prototype products by leveraging tools familiar to... |
Oliver Chen
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UI Framework Prototyping with Playgrounds for iOS Apps[presentation]
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Frameworks are a powerful tool for sharing code between applications and extensions. Playgrounds are an awesome tool for quickly trying out code in Swift. Keeping a tight feedback loop with designers can be difficult. So, how can you combine the powerful and the awesome to help keep your... |
Ellen Shapiro
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