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Time
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Topic
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17.30 – 18.00
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Registration
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18.00 – 18.10
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Welcome address.
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18.10 – 19.00
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“Becoming a ‘Trusted Advisor’ – how to present the
testing message effectively” by Lloyd Roden.
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19.00 – 19.20
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Networking (Coffee Break)
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| 19.20 – 19.40 |
“Testing Startegies : A Case Study from new trading system”
by K. Waraporn Ruangkesa,
Assistant Vice Preside - Trade Systems Department
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19.20 – 20.10
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“Testing in a SCRUM project” by Julie Gardiner.
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20.10 – 20.30
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Q & A and adjourn.
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Abstract:
Becoming a ‘Trusted Advisor’ – how to present the testing message effectively
Providing good, timely, factual and relevant information to Project Managers and Stakeholders is necessary and essential for projects to succeed.
But why do some Test Managers find it difficult to get the message across? And why does it seem as though Project Managers willingly ignore sound advice?
At times it seems as though our message is falling on deaf ears. The reasons could be our own making in that we are not providing the right information
in the right form at the right time. We must seek to become the senior management’s “Trusted Advisor”.
Testing in a SCRUM project
Agile Development concepts are being used more and more in organisations, either as a development methodology in its entirety or they want to blend areas
of agile into traditional methodologies. SCRUM is a framework that is frequently used in agile projects where collaboration and communication is paramount;
so how do we retain independence for testing? This session will demonstrate how testing can still provide an effective contribution to a SCRUM project.
Bio data: Mr. Lloyd Roden
Lloyd has been involved in the software industry since 1980, studying computer science at Leicester University. He joined Pearl Assurance as a programmer in 1983 and worked there for five years before becoming a Senior Independent Test Analyst for Royal Life. Three years later he joined Peterborough Software where he became Test Manager for the Product Assurance department. He also set up and managed the Independent Test Unit for nearly 3 years. During his 8 years at Peterborough Software he worked through key issues in test management such as; testing to pre-defined deadlines, managing a test team, successfully implementing and using test automation tools and building quality into the testing process. He joined Grove Consultants in April 1999.
Lloyd was chairman of the QARun User Group for three years, and is a lively and enthusiastic speaker at conferences and seminars. He has been a keynote speaker at EuroSTAR, AsiaSTAR, STAREast and STARWest and he has also spoken at SQE Automation, Test Congress and Unicom conferences as well as Special Interest Groups in Software Testing in a variety of different countries. Lloyd, together with the other members of Grove Consultants, jointly chaired the first SQE Test Automation Conference in 2001.
Lloyd has been a Programme Chair for both the tenth and eleventh EuroSTAR conferences. He won the EuroSTAR Software Testing Excellence Award in 2004 in Cologne.
At Grove Consultants, he provides consultancy and training in all aspects of testing, specialising in test management, people issues in testing, building successful and effective test teams and test automation.
Bio data: Ms. Julie Gardiner
Julie started work in the IT industry in 1991. She worked as an analyst programmer, an Oracle data base administrator and as a Project Manager. This work gave Julie first hand experience of the roles of test analyst, test team leader, test consultant and test manager. Her experience has been gained across a broad range of industries including financial, utilities, retail, insurance, construction and the public sector. She has used various software development approaches from the traditional to agile methodologies.
Julie provides consultancy and training in all aspects of testing with an emphasis on risk-based testing, test management and people issues. She helps to further the cause of Software Testing by working with the ISEB examination panel and as a committee member for the British Computer Society’s Specialist Group in Software Testing.
She is an enthusiastic and motivated presenter at software testing conferences. These have included EuroSTAR, STAREast, ICSTest and the BCS SiGIST. In 2005 she was given the Best presentation award at STAREast and has been a keynote speaker at STARWest. She received the award for the best tutorial at EuroSTAR 2006.
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