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Agile Testing Track 1: 8:30 - 4:30 Did you ever wonder what a tester does on an agile team? There are no formal written requirements documents from which to create test cases and the features aren’t complete before they need to be tested. It can be confusing for testers who are new to agile teams. This is particularly true since agile development project teams often don’t understand how beneficial having a tester can be to the overall success of the project. In this class, we’ll follow an agile tester through typical two-week iteration, and more. We start with how testers contribute during release and iteration planning and then follow a tester from the start, through to the end of an iteration to see what activities he does and how he adds value. Finally, we examine the agile tester’s role in a successful release, including the end game, UAT, packaging, and documentation. Exercises and discussions will reinforce the learning.
Metrics for Managing and Improving Software Testing Track 2: 8:30 - 4:30 In this class, Shaun will introduce and explain the concept of software test measurement. A combination of lecture, classroom exercises, and experiential techniques will be used to underscore the importance of test measurement. Shaun will discuss how to introduce the idea to an organization, ensuring that tracked measurements and metrics align with the needs of that organization. The training will identify activities necessary to lead a test effort, measuring and tracking its progress, and ensuring timely and accurate delivery of the tested application to the production environment. As part of this class, you will receive detailed instructions on a variety of metrics that enable you to measure the completed work effort, communicate final results to clients, and plan more effectively and efficiently for future projects.
Risk Based Testing Analysis and Strategy Track 3: 8:30 - 4:30 By testing a system, we hope to identify many of the problems before they get to the customer. Unfortunately, the rapid pace of development challenges even the simple act of completing testing, let alone testing thoroughly. The Gartner Group estimates that 30% of annual IS budgets and 60% of annual development budget is spent on testing. If testing can become more efficient by designing the minimum number of required tests with 100% functional coverage, then development ROI will substantially increase and system risk will decrease. Can risk based test management provide a solution to this problem? Since it isn’t cost effective to test exhaustively, testing must be rigorously planned. The basis for that planning can be risk, testing more thoroughly those areas that are projected to be riskier or to cause greater harm. This class focuses on identifying and prioritizing risks then developing the right test strategy to help testers provide what is needed to meet today’s testing challenges.
Test Automation for Managers: A Guide to Success Track 4: 8:30 - 4:30 In the IT environment, managers are expected to do more with less. QA managers are looking for every possible way to ensure better quality of software and reduce test cycle time. One of the most common methods is to implement test automation. And, with so many promises of reduced test execution time and increased test coverage, QA managers are almost obligated to try their hand at it. While there are well-documented success stories, there are also numerous horror stories detailing spending hundreds of thousands of dollars and abandoning the effort after the first year. The lack of success can be summarized as a lack of understanding, lack of planning, and lack of commitment. In this class, David will address these three main problems by focusing on how test automation tools work, factors that must be taken into consideration when planning for test automation, and the resources and timeline needed to implement test automation.
Rapid Software Testing Track 5: 8:30 - 4:30 Rapid testing is an approach to achieve thoughtful testing on compressed schedules leveraging the power of exploration. It focuses on real-time problem-solving, scientific inquiry, and investigation. In this class, you’ll get ideas on how to test in a context-driven manner, as thoroughly as your context requires. A good rapid tester is a thinker who can test and explain their testing in such a way that their work stands up to scrutiny under a wider variety of conditions than conventionally trained testers. Based on the ideas of James Bach, Michael Bolton, and Cem Kaner, with substantial contributions by other members of the Context-Driven School of software testing, this one-day class is akin to learning a martial art; it will focus on exercises that build skill and help you wrestle with realistic and complex testing problems.
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