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	The Future of the Software Testing Profession[presentation] Video The world of testers and test managers—like most professions—continues to evolve. Some say the more things change, the more things stay the same; others say that testing as a profession is dying. These divergent views raise compelling questions. Are we approaching the era of minimal...	Mike Sowers
	Testing with a Rooted Mobile Device[presentation] Slideshow Traditional applications are tested through the GUI and through all exposed APIs. However, typical mobile app testing is only done through the front-end GUI. In addition, performance and security details are not readily available from the mobile device. Max Saperstone demonstrates some...	Max Saperstone, Coveros
	Innovation: From the Tester’s Viewpoint [presentation] Slideshow Innovation is not usually associated with testing or quality assurance. For our field to tackle the quality issues of modern applications and remain relevant, we must innovate. The good news is that there are lots of opportunity to innovate today. Sharing hard-earned tips and tricks...	Jason Arbon, appdiff.com
	Static Testing: We Know It Works, So Why Don’t We Use It?[presentation] Slideshow We know that static testing is very effective in catching defects early in software development. Serious bugs, like race conditions which can occur in concurrent software, can't be reliably detected by dynamic testing. Such defects can cause a business major damage when they pop up in...	Meenakshi Muthukumaran, Tata Consultancy Services
	Automate Legacy-System Testing: Easy, Reliable, and Extendible[presentation] Slideshow Everyone loves working on a greenfield project. You’re starting fresh and nothing holds you back. Unfortunately, for most testers, this is a rare occurrence. Chances are you will work on legacy applications. Because these often have no automated tests, developers are afraid to make bold...	Emanuil Slavov, Komfo, Inc.
	Web and Mobile App Accessibility Testing[presentation] Slideshow If a website or mobile app is not accessible to all potential visitors, is it truly a quality product? Services, products, information, and entertainment on the web and mobile devices can be made available to millions of consumers with vision, hearing, or motor control difficulties by...	Nancy Kastl, SPR Consulting
	Mindmaps: Lightweight Documentation for Testing[presentation] Slideshow Quality starts with requirements. In small to mid-size companies, it is not uncommon for the communication chain to be broken. Florin Ursu shares ways to avoid miscommunication through a streamlined process in which requirements are communicated to both developers and testers...	Florin Ursu, DMEautomotive
	The Changing Face of Test Management in an Agile World[presentation] Slideshow Test management doesn't exist in the world of agile, or rather test managers don't—or do they? Agile methods such as Scrum have many traditional test management activities built in. With practices like self-organizing teams, role blurring, and skill diversification, the face of test...	Tom Roden, Neuri Consulting and Ben Williams, Neuri Consulting
	Security Testing: What Testers Can Do[presentation] Slideshow Thousands of times each day, network perimeter security defenses fail to recognize new and obfuscated attacks. Rather than attempting to build security firewalls, Declan O’Riordan asserts that project teams must design, code, and test security into applications―and that requires skills...	Declan O'Riordan, Test and Verification Solutions
	Blunders in Test Automation[presentation] Slideshow In chess, the word blunder means a very bad move by someone who should know better. Even though functional test automation has been around for a long time, people still make some very bad moves and serious blunders. The most common misconception in automation is thinking that manual...	Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant
	Reduce Third-Party Tool Dependencies in Your Test Framework[presentation] Slideshow Have you found yourself forced to use outdated test tools because the cost to migrate was prohibitive? Have you abandoned or rewritten existing tests because it was easier (and cheaper) than migrating? With technology ever changing, most businesses struggle to keep up with producing...	Chris Mauck, Neustar, Inc.
	Designing a Robust Test Strategy for Mobile Apps[presentation] Slideshow Every day thousands of mobile apps are built, and many are released with poor quality. Dozens of new mobile devices become available every day. Immense pressure mounts on organizations to test mobile apps with shorter go-to-market cycles. Mobile app testing becomes overwhelming...	Parimala Hariprasad, Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. Ltd
	Verify Complex Product Migrations with Automation[presentation] Slideshow In the world of agile, automation is king. When faced with testing multiple versions of software, either while migrating or supporting multiple versions in the field, many teams give up, convinced that automation cannot be achieved. Marquis Waller and Jeff Sikkink provide insights into how...	Marquis Waller, Ricoh, and Jeff Sikkink, Ricoh
	Harness the Power of Checklists[presentation] Slideshow As testers, we can feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of things that require our attention. We are pressured to meet the demands of a fast-paced development environment while grappling with the extreme complexities inherent in today’s software. How can we remember everything while...	Kirk Lee, Infusionsoft
	Create Products That Customers Love: A Testing Perspective[presentation] Slideshow Have you ever stood in line at midnight to buy the latest release of a product? Have you worked on a product that created such delight in customers that they camped out overnight to be the first to buy it? Though this level of customer devotion is rare, it is possible to create everyday...	Steve Hares, eBay

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