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Timeless Lean Principles: An Interview with Sanjiv Augustine[interview]
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Sanjiv Augustine discusses a wide range of agile development methods and how combining those methods with "timeless lean principles" can bring lean management across the enterprise. Sanjiv sat down for this interview just before his session, "Lean Management: Lessons from the Field." |
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Are You Using a Team Backlog in Your Retrospectives?[interview] In this interview, Kanchan Khera and Bhuwan Lodha detail how adding a team backlog to your retrospectives can help your team go from good to great. With agile's core belief of continuous improvement, learn how the team backlog can help you get there. |
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A Software Team's Journey to Agile[article] Did you ever wonder if a team needs some prerequisites before transitioning to agile? In this true story, John Lynch shows us the story of a team who teetered on the brink of dysfunction and then was able to create its foundation so team members could begin their agile transition. |
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Responsibly "Right" Requirements: An Interview with Tim Lister[interview]
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Tim Lister explains how getting the right requirements the first time from your stakeholders may not be easy, but it can be done, and it's worth the effort. Learn how with clear expectations, communication, and integral development, products can be delivered on time and to everyone's satisfaction. |
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STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Surviving or Thriving: Top Ten Lessons for the Professional Tester[presentation]
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As testers and test managers we often find ourselves struggling just to survive within our organization—sometimes with the possibility of job loss due to outsourcing looming. Often, we are told to become more “effective,” “efficient,” and do “more with less.” |
Lloyd Roden, Lloyd Roden Consultancy
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Seven Things a Tester Should Know[presentation]
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Microsoft Visual Studio Test Professional is a comprehensive software testing solution targeted at software testing practitioners. In this session you will be introduced to the powerful tools and capabilities of the solution in addressing the demands of full lifecycle software testing... |
Theresa Lanowitz and Charles Sterling, Microsoft
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Emerging Wave of Digital Strategy and Way Forward for Assurance Services[presentation]
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Social media, big data, cloud, analytics and mobility have driven an aggressive digital disruption across many industries. Tuned to these imperatives, organizations are planning to implement holistic digital strategies to stay competitive. |
Prasad Mk, Tata Consultancy Services
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Achieving Quality in the Future of Software Delivery[presentation]
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Companies are under tremendous pressure to quickly deliver new innovative applications that exploit the unique capabilities of new channels, while building upon decades of IT investment. The meaning of quality and the expectations placed on testing are also evolving. |
Peter Klenk, IBM
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STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Lightning Strikes the Keynotes [presentation]
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Lightning Talks are a popular part of the STAR conferences. Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period and are an opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation. |
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
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STAREAST 2013: Finding the Real Value in Load Testing[presentation]
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Organizations spend countless hours in load testing exercises with the intent of finding and fixing system bottlenecks to improve overall performance. But how much time is spent in the process of preparing and executing the test versus finding and fixing real issues. |
Duane Dorch, Compuware
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STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Testing in a Test-driven World [presentation]
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Agile software development has fundamentally changed the way software testing is performed. No longer is testing relegated to the end of the lifecycle where its budgets are cut and its conclusions ignored. Now we live in a world where testing drives development... |
Jeff Payne, Coveros
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Five Pains of a Test Manager and How to Overcome Them[presentation]
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Nowadays testing software and hardware is indispensable for companies. Companies often use software tools to support their QA activities. These tools should support test managers and not constrain them, allowing them to organize their work in the best way for their organization. |
Regg Struyk, Polarion
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STAREAST 2013 Keynote: Asking the Right Questions? What Journalism Can Teach Testers[presentation]
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As testing disciplines continues to evolve—and the demands on testers increase—we need to look for new paradigms to guide our work. Thomas McCoy believes the profession of journalism has much to offer in helping us ask the right kinds of questions, be heard, and deliver bad news effectively. |
Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Families
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It’s Agile, Not Fragile[presentation]
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The time is now to rethink the way you and your teams build, test and deliver applications. In this session, we will share the insights, best practices and software innovation to address the challenge of rapid delivery of today’s user-centric applications. |
Kelly Emo and Michael Cooper, HP
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STAREAST 2013 Keynote: The Mismeasure of Software: The Last Talk on Measurement You’ll Ever Need to Hear[presentation]
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Lee Copeland maintains that most organizations have some kind of metrics program—and almost all are ineffective. After explaining the concept of measurement, Lee describes two key reasons for these almost universal metrics program failures. |
Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering
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