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Last updated: 11/14/2008 |
Managing Global Test Teams Track 1: 1:00 – 2:00 Software testing, a unique component of software development, is part art, part science. And, when you are managing test teams that are globally dispersed, it is particularly challenging. Managing a global team requires specific considerations and brings additional complexities in terms of culture, work ethics, language, and time zones. More companies are looking toward globally dispersed software test teams to address project staffing problems and make critical time-to-market deadlines. Organizations are learning to leverage the advantage of teams scattered around the globe, getting them to work synchronously, round-the-clock, thereby reducing delivery times significantly. This presentation will provide you with a clear understanding of benefits, challenges, and specific solutions to managing global test teams including an understanding of cultural and organizational issues unique to software testing. You will gain a practical understanding of best practices based on specific experiences including minimizing stress and burn out among team members. Finally, you will learn how to measure productivity and ensure that you, as a manager, get the right information for better decision making and risk reduction. About the speakers… Defining Goal-Based Project Metrics Track 2: 1:00 – 2:00 Test Case Standards that Exemplify Test Objectives Track 3: 1:00-2:00 Testing is a given in many organizations and for many quality assurance practitioners, however, we need to examine our test cases and their standards to ensure they are meeting our objectives. This interactive presentation will help you to define and implement standards that are appropriate for your organization based on the benefits you must realize. Examples of existing standards and guidance on creating new standards will be given. Techniques for incremental implementation, training, and continuous improvement of these standards will be also be discussed. The information presented will be applicable to all tools however; the examples presented will be from HP’s Quality Center. About the speakers… To be Announced Track 4: 1:00-2:00 Testing in the Model-Based Development World Track 5: 1:00-2:00 Boston Scientific adopted Model-Based Development (MBD) for its most recent family of medical device firmware. This presented a new challenge to firmware design verification testing (FW DVT) for medical devices, where regulatory needs directly influence the testing process. Over the past five years, the FW DVT group has developed tools, methodologies, and reusable test assets to support MBD. Based on this experience, there are several recommended practices that must be put in place to make FW DVT testing within the MBD environment work efficiently and still meet regulatory scrutiny for testing of high quality, mission-critical firmware. In this case study, Dave will outline some of these recommended best practices, look at what metrics have proven useful in test scheduling and execution, shine a light on the pitfalls, and review the productivity gains that have been made as a direct result of these efforts. About the speaker… Successful Requirements Verification and Validation on a Global Project Track 1: 11:00 – 12:00 The requirements were complete and the contract was signed. The testing team was then responsible for certifying a software product for use as part of the largest healthcare IT undertaking in the world. In order to achieve this certification, full requirements coverage had to be demonstrated. In this presentation, Gary will describe the processes developed to ensure complete coverage of functional and contractual requirements by utilizing verification and validation techniques. This program is targeted at quality and testing professionals looking for real-world methods to ensure requirements coverage. In this discussion, Gary will include organization and differentiation of functional requirements and contractual requirements, verification and validation definitions, and verification and validation techniques to ensure full requirements coverage. About the speaker… When Teams Transform Chaos to Control Track 2: 11:00 – 12:00 This session will help you get smart about how change impacts your team. Discover how to take productivity to the max during the chaos caused by constant change. Major change is inevitable within our work environments. It is usually initiated by an unfamiliar event that forces you and your team members to respond quickly and effectively. Find out how to be open to transforming ideas when a foreign element disrupts the status quo. Learn how to understand the predictable stages of change, how to minimize individual resistance, and that improvement is always possible. This insight will take you and your team away from possible pandemonium and toward higher productivity. This interactive session will engage participants in activities that will help them identify the impacts individuals and teams may be experiencing during different phases of the change process. This understanding can lead to quicker navigation through any given change when it is thrust upon us. About the speaker… To be Announced Track 3: 11:00 – 12:00 Advanced Test Driven Development Track 4: 11:00 – 12:00 Today, there is plenty of discussion about test-driven development (TDD) and plenty of pressure to perform test-driven development in many software projects. In this “bandwagon” atmosphere, it cannot be bad to ask the question: What is really behind TDD? Test-driven development is an approach to software construction in which developers write automated unit tests before writing code. These automated tests are then run as the code changes. Proponents of this approach assert that it delivers software that is easier to maintain and of higher quality than traditional development methods. Join Peter as he shares his view of TDD’s advantages and limitations and discusses how the TDD concept can be extended to all levels of testing. Based on real-world experience, Peter will explain how to use TDD practices to support preventive testing throughout the development process resulting in closer cooperation between developers and testers. About the speaker… Utilizing Defect Management for Process Improvement Track 5: 11:00 – 12:00 Ever wonder why you track defects throughout projects and production? What happens to that information once the defect is resolved? Is the data forgotten and just left sitting on the shelf? This presentation will provide you with practical advice on how to use that information to help your projects run smoother, improve development practices, and prevent defects from being injected to start with. You will learn how to enter, track, and measure defects so that you can utilize reporting to find weak processes and practices. About the speaker… The Quality Assurance Program: Supporting Process Compliance and Improvement Track 1: 11:00 – 12:00 When you think about QA, your mind naturally turns to testing. However, testing is a customer of quality assurance just like development, vendor management, or estimation practices. In a successful organization, quality assurance is an umbrella function that helps to provide consistency in process application across the enterprise. This consistency is achieved through an ongoing internal audit program, continuous process review and improvement, clearly defined process owners, and a communication method that gets the word out to the right audience at the right time. Jane’s presentation is a journey through the work-life of a QA Specialist in a CMMi Level 4 organization. Join Jane in exploring the techniques used to successfully deliver a QA program that supports practical process application and process improvement to the software development lifecycle. About the speaker… Quality Management Best Practices: Making a Paradigm Shift Track 2: 11:00 – 12:00 In this presentation, Rob will detail the 16 month implementation of an actual quality management initiative. He will outline the before and after state of the real-life Information Technology group involved and the paradigm shift that made this implementation so successful. You will see concrete examples of the components introduced to increase efficiencies and reduce system down time. These components incorporate root cause analysis including lessons learned and action tracking, the testing process that introduced a common approach with tools that integrated functional and user testing, and performance testing and monitoring that ensures the integrity of the SLA. About the speaker… To be Announced Track 3: 11:00 – 12:00 Case Study: Open-Source Unit Test Tools in Functional Testing Case Study Track 4: 11:00 – 12:00 In this case study presentation, Chris will explain how open source unit test tools were used to build an automated functional/regression test suite for an equities clearing system. The resulting tests were low cost, could be run on any developer or tester machine, could be executed as part of the build, and could be delivered to the customer to verify installation of the system. Key differences between unit and functional testing will be discussed, as well as how to accommodate those differences when using unit test tools to perform functional tests. This case study will also illustrate how to leverage unit test tools to perform automated functional testing. About the speakers… Conference: Conference At A Glance | Keynote Presentations | Industry Practices Sessions | Solutions Benchmarking Sessions | Workshops |
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