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Leadership Perspectives for Testers

Understanding the business side of testing is as important as amplifying our approaches and techniques. In this track you will learn how to effectively lead diverse test teams, communicate with stakeholders, and advocate for testing.  This track includes topics related to building test teams, leading business testers, handling the challenges of remote teams, communicating the value of testing, and using metrics in the decision making process.

101: A Day In the Life of a Test Manager: A Case Study & More
 301: Become an Influential Tester
 305: Trends and Facts About Software Test Certification
 401: Measuring Outsource Testing Vendors
 501: The Testing Renaissance Has Arrived (on an iPad in the Cloud)
 601: Stepping Up to Leadership: Test Leadership Lessons from Harry Potter
 701: Building A Successful Test Center of Excellence
 801: Establish Your Credibility and Engage Your Project
 902: They Don't Hire Testers Anymore... That's OK!
 1002: Achieving Software Quality Without Organizational Commitment

Test Strategy, Process and Design

Before you begin testing on a project, your team should have a formal or informal test strategy.  There are key elements you need to consider when formulating your test strategy.  If not, you may be wasting valuable time, money and resources.   In this track you will learn the strategic and practical approaches to software testing and test case design, based on the underlying software development methodology.  This track includes topics related to developing a test strategy, test estimation, risk management and data management.

102: Using Test Metrics to Determine Trends and Provide Forecasts
 201: Persona Based Testing and Risk Assessment
 302: Empowering Testers through Requirements Analysis
 402: Learning the Context: The Art of Asking Questions
 502: Now, What's Your Plan? (Part 1)
 602: Now What's Your Plan? (Part 2)
 702: Collaboration Without Chaos
 802: Integrating Testing as a Service into a Quality Management Office
 901: Where Do Bugs Come From? A Conversation

Performance Testing

Performance Testing is about collecting data on how applications perform to assist the development team and the stakeholders make technical and business decisions related to performance risks.  In this track you will learn practical skills, tools, and techniques for planning and executing effective performance tests.  This track will include topics such as: performance testing virtualized systems, performance anti-patterns, how to quantify performance testing risk, all illustrated with practitioners’ actual experiences doing performance testing.

1001: Real World Performance Testing in Production
 103: Performance Testing with a Capital 'P'
 202: Performance Testing Stumbles - Missteps on the Path to Production
 303: Buried in the Numbers: Interpreting Performance Test Results, and Planning For Them (Part 1)
 403: Buried in the Numbers: Interpreting Performance Test Results, and Planning For Them (Part 2)
 503: Modern Web Application Performance Landmines
 703: Performance Testing Metrics and Measures
 903: Continuous Delivery of Performance Results

Test Automation

Which tests can be automated? What tools and methodology can be used for automating functionality verification? Chances are these are some of the questions you are currently facing from your project manager.  In this track you will learn how to implement an automation framework and how to organize test scripts for maintenance and reusability, as well as take away tips on how to make your automation framework more efficient.  This track includes topics related to test automation architecture, continuous integration, agile automation, and what other tasks you need to perform after you have designed your framework and scripted your test cases.

104: Building Automation from the Bottom Up, Not the Top Down
 105: But I Know what I Like - Abstraction is the Key to Automation
 304: Sail or Fail? Navigating Test Automation Pitfalls
 504: Combinatorial Test Automation: A Case-Study for a Point of Sale System
 704: It's Automation, Not Automagic!

Agile Testing

More and more software development organizations are "going Agile."  This track will help participants understand how they can fit traditional test practices into an Agile environment as well as explore real-world examples of testing projects and teams in varying degrees of Agile adoption.  This track will include topics related to challenges in Agile testing, utilizing Agile testing techniques, coaching an Agile test team, and using games to internalize Agile principles and practices

203: Trust, But Verify – How Agile Testing Practices Will Affect How Your Organization Tests
 205: Achieving Software Quality in an “Agile-ish” Environment
 405: Unleash The Agile Executive In You!
 603: Pivoting Your Organization to Become Agile Testers
 803: Migratory Testing: This Is Not Your Grandfather's QA
 904: Excelling as an Agile Tester
 1003: A Lone Tester in an Agile World

Mobile Application Testing

The rapid expansion of mobile device software is altering the way we exchange information and do business.  These days smartphones have been integrated into a growing number of business processes.  Developing and testing software for mobile devices presents its own set of challenges.  In this track participants will learn mobile testing techniques from real-world experiences as presented by a selection of industry experts.  Topics in this track include techniques for mobile testing, the latest trends affecting mobile testing and a framework to manage mobile testing.

204: Testing Strategy for a Mobile-First Enterprise
 404: Evaluating and Improving Mobile App User Experience
 604: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk for Mobile Testing Projects
 804: Top Mobile Web App Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
 1004: Exploring Beyond the GUI on Mobile Devices

Tools & Trends Showcase

Join industry leaders to get a fast-paced, content-rich presentation on the latest technology and service trends in our industry. Get an industry update from the people at the cutting edge of what is evolving in technology. The speakers in this group will be representing best practices on some of the latest tools to hit the market. If you are interested in learning about what is new and exciting in the world of technology don’t miss this opportunity to attend sessions in this track.