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Software Test Professionals Conference Spring 2012 speakers are published professionals with a high degree of subject matter expertise. Below are some of the articles which have been written by this year’s conference speakers. When you find an article that is of interest, feel free to share with your colleagues.
By: Jamey Jones - Chief Executive Officer, DyLabs, Inc.
When it comes to the software world, testing is like outer space; it’s vast and traps objects in black holes if course of direction is not set properly. As testing has come to the fore front, so has its strategic direction. The test tools and processes of choice has a definite economic impact when it comes to testing and identifying defects at various phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Probably one of the most significant impacts comes from the cost of identifying and fixing defects, especially during testing and implementation phases of a project. Depending on when the defect is identified, repairing errors in software applications can be extremely costly.
STPCon Radio Live - February 14, 2012
With: Anne Marie Charrett - Testing Coach and Trainer, Testing Times
If you are considering upgrading your testing skills or applying for a new position as a software tester, you need to listen to Anne Marie Charrett. Anne Marie is a testing coach and trainer who shares the secrets to improving your career whether you are planning to move on or stay entrenched in the day to day of testing. This is great advice from a software test professional that has gone through the ranks and now runs her own testing business. Listen now to find out how you can meet Anne Marie to help you take that next career step...
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By: Kevin Menard - Founder - Mogotest
I think we can all recall that first time we truly understood test automation. It was a difficult thing for me to wrap my head around at first. Not because I couldn't understand the process of verifying inputs and outputs, but because I couldn't come to terms with writing code to verify that some other code I wrote was correct. Why would my tests be any more trustworthy a source?
STPCon Radio Live - February 07, 2012
With:Brian Lynch - V.P. Performance Engineering, BNY Mellon
Listen to Brian Lynch discuss the Performance Engineering Testing CoE at BNY Mellon. Brian has been testing for 25 years and is the Vice President of Performance Testing. In this broadcast he shares a number of successful practices they use to integrate performance testing into the SDLC and business processes. Brian explains how they see performance testing having its own life cycle. Check it out…
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By: Dan Alloun - Validation Architect - Intel
Looking at our products, they're filled with assets to protect; it could be sensitive data, Intellectual Property or critical functionality. Without doubt some mechanisms are already in place to protect them, but how much do you invest in testing the robustness of these mechanisms? Do you know how to evaluate the risk of having any of them unintentionally exposed?
STPCon Radio Live - January 31, 2012
With:Eric Jacobson - QA Manager, Turner Broadcasting Systems
Listen to Eric Jacobson of Turner Broadcasting discuss his latest article "Don't Test It". He shares some great examples of what he means when he recommends not testing everything. Testers want to test everything, you know you do but why? Listen and find out... Listen to this live internet radio show recording here!
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By: Philip Lew - CEO, XBOSoft
With the increasing success of cloud deployment and SaaS business models, software has replaced many companies. Today’s largest bookseller is not Borders, its Amazon, a software company. Netflix, a software company, left BlockBuster in the dust. As software usage becomes more mission critical in almost every aspect of life, understanding and more importantly, improving software quality also becomes critical.
By: Eric Jacobson - QA Manager, Turner Broadcasting Systems
As testers, we ask ourselves lots of questions: What is the best test I can execute right now? What is my test approach going to be? Is that a bug? Am I done yet? - But how many of us ask questions like the following? Does this Feature need to ever be tested? Does it need to be tested by me?< Who cares if it doesn't work?
STPCon Radio Live - January 24, 2012
With:Scott Barber - President and CTO of PerfTestPlus
Join Rich and Scott as they discuss the business of testing. Scott discusses the importance of aligning testing goals to the goals of the organization. Testers shouldn’t assume that business executives understand testing and need to communicate the value of testing software. Quality is relative to the value of the software or application and should be considered when determining your test strategy. Listen to this live internet radio show recording here!
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By: Scott Moore - President, Northway Solutions Group
Maturing the Performance Testing Process -
Most companies are immature with regards to performance testing applications. Why? Because it normally requires someone with a niche skill set to create tests which produce accurate results. Such a person would have some level of expertise in virtually all areas of IT, including development, QA testing, infrastructure, database administration, and networking.
STPCon Radio Live - January 17, 2012
By: Mark Tomlinson - Sr. Director Professional Services, Shunra Software
This interview with professional software test engineer Mark Tomlinson will give listeners a chance to understand the origins of his presentation on the topic of "The Conscientious Tester" exploring the ethical contexts for our work in software development and testing. Listeners will learn about the need to evaluate their work objectives and outcomes in an ethical manner, we will discuss a few stories of ethics in testing and answer questions that callers may have about the ethical analysis of their own work situations. Listen to this live internet radio show recording here!
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By: Mark Tomlinson - Sr. Director Professional Services, Shunra Software
As more and more software test engineers and developers focus on application performance, they need to figure out career paths around performance testing and engineering that will help them grow their skills in performance optimization, coding for performance, scalability solutions, and load testing. If you have been a performance tester for some time now, you too might be wondering about next steps. Every week I talk with performance testers who tell me stories about how they found new ways to influence their peers and leadership with their talents. Like me, they have found an answer to the question: What's next after performance testing?
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