Live Webinar September 14th, 2018 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: International Institute for Software Testing (IIST)

The Agile Manifesto contains no mention of user acceptance testing (UAT).

With short iterations:

• Developers, testers and business analysts are working together on a daily basis churning out working product.
• Sometimes Acceptance Testing for each iteration can be mistaken for UAT.

Yet, UAT is best done by real business users or end users who have the knowledge to check the functionality not only for delivery as per the defined business requirements, but also to make sure it can support them in their daily tasks on the job.

Usually, business users take time out from their regular jobs to conduct user acceptance testing.

These users support the testing effort and return to their job when the UAT is completed. The problem is that not everyone is a good tester.

Business users without knowledge in testing often lack an eye for recognizing patterns and may be focused on using the application only for their particular task.

They may also not have a curious mindset to execute negative tests, things that the system should not do. Additionally, UAT usually happens at the end of the delivery cycle when it may be too late to correct any significant problems. That’s the last thing you want in Agile.

In this webinar, Philip Lew discusses how Agile ideals fall short when it comes to UAT and how to adapt Agile as well as traditional views on what UAT is in order to reach the overall quality objective of meeting business requirements through quality software.

Listen in as Phil breaks analyzes and breaks down the problems and then discusses strategies for implementing UAT through methods that can be adapted to each organization’s flavor of Agile.

Presenter: Philip Lew  CEO at XBOSoft, as a corporate executive, development manager, product manager, and software engineer, Philip has managed teams to tackle broken processes, develop solutions to difficult problems, and coached others be leaders, managers and experts. Leveraging his academic background in operations research, industrial engineering, and computer science combined with hands-on work experience with programming, predictive modeling, and algorithm development he works with clients and colleagues around the world to improve their software processes. Philip also speaks internationally on a broad range of technical and management issues that currently challenge the software engineering community.

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User Acceptance Testing In Agile Environment

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Live Webinar September 6th, 2018, 9:30 pm – 10:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Mobile apps are expected to work equally well across devices and operating systems, so many teams have automated test execution for consistency.

However, despite all the effort and tooling around automation of test cases, testing mobile apps comprehensively remains challenging and time-consuming.

By leveraging artificial intelligence and bots, you can speed up your testing and ensure the quality and performance of your mobile app across multiple devices. Moreover, you can make this technique work with your existing DevOps pipeline.

Join this web seminar to learn how to test your mobile apps with real devices and AI. You’ll discover how to achieve functional testing across device variations by using capabilities for the future.

Learn How To:

1. Speed up testing of mobile apps on real devices
2. Leverage AI and testing bots to achieve automation
3. Ensure integration with CI and collaboration tools
4. Deliver a memorable mobile user experience

Presenter: Avinash Tiwari (LinkedIn profile) Cofounders pCloudy (a part of Smart Software Testing Solutions); has 15+ experience in Product development and Testing. Avinash is currently based out of Bangalore and is an alumnus of IIT & MIT Sloan.

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Move Beyond Traditional Mobile App Testing With AI & DevOps

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Live Webinar August 14th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

In the software economy, innovation and speed are the new standards. However, teams cannot just focus on speed without considering the risk of delivering poor end-user experiences. How can teams create test strategies that prioritize and balance both quality and speed?

Join this web seminar to learn how teams can build strategies that balance the demands of a fast-moving release cadence with customer expectations for quality.

Learn How To:

1. Build test suites strategically to maximize impact
2. Cover all your bases without compromising time and resources
3. Audit your QA strategy by asking yourself five critical questions
4. Fix gaps and bottlenecks in your testing processes by adopting agile principles

Presenters:

Cambrie Marks (LinkedIn profile) is a Implementation Specialist with a demonstrated history of providing premium services and creative solutions to clients.

Jeff Pineda (LinkedIn profile) is an avid agile supporter and a CSM with a decade’s worth of experience working in quality assurance, project management, and production, mostly in the gaming space. Jeff has worked in the QA trenches, formed QA teams from the ground up for companies, and worked on day-to-day production operations for live titles while still managing teams. Jeff is passionate about challenging QA preconceptions determining how it could be done better and more efficiently, evangelizing agile principles and showing how powerful and adaptive they can be instead of just being catchy buzzwords. Jeff also has extensive experience with JIRA and Confluence.

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Developing With Quality In Mind:
A Blueprint To Power Up Your QA Strategy

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Live Webinar August 16th, 2018 – 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  0.5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

For nearly ten years, RBCS has run a highly successful free webinar series, with almost 50,000 registrations from around the world.

In 2017, Rex Black introduced a short format webinar into the mix, the One Key Idea series that focus on delivering an intense shot of practical knowledge in a short package.

Now, in 2018, Rex continues to innovate. Rex is adding the Two Points of View at Two series to their monthly webinar rotation.  In each of these sessions, Rex will talk with another software luminary about topics of mutual interest, where the two have some different views.

After their talk, Rex will open the floor to questions. In 30 minutes, you’ll get powerful insights on important topics in software testing, software quality, and software engineering. Make it a point to join the conversation.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

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Two Points Of View At Two:
Short High Impact Talks About Testing

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Live Webinar July 17th 2018 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 .5 Hrs  1.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

• What should testing accomplish and how do we recognize success?
• How should we approach testing?
• What specific activities need to be planned for each release, each project, each iteration?
• What risks can affect testing, and how can we manage those risks?
• How does lifecycle affect these documents?

These are critical questions for testers and test managers, yet often they go unanswered or have answers that aren’t fully thought through.

In this webinar, based on years of experience helping testers and test teams optimize their testing processes, Rex will discuss test policies, strategies and plans.

Join this webinar, illustrated with examples throughout, to learn concepts and ideas that you can apply to your testing processes right away.

In this free webinar, Rex will discuss these points and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Presenter: Rex Black (Amazon profile) is President of RBCS, a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. RBCS employs the industry’s most experienced and recognized consultants, RBCS conducts product testing, builds and improves testing groups and hires testing staff for hundreds of clients worldwide. As the leader of RBCS, Rex is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today.

Check Out some of Rex Black’s Great Books:

1. Foundations of Software Testing ISTQB Certification
2. Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing
3. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 1: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Analyst (Rockynook Computing)
4. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager
5. Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 3: Guide to the ISTQB Advanced Certification as an Advanced Technical Test Analyst
6. Critical Testing Processes: Plan, Prepare, Perform, Perfect
7. Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
8. ISTQB Foundation Exam Preparation Guide
9. ISTQB Advanced Test Manager Exam Preparation Guide 2nd edition

Click to register: Advanced Software Testing:
Test Policies, Strategies & Plans

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Live Webinar June 19th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

As products and organizations mature, testing and QA become more critical to the overall success of a business. The ideal QA strategy should be fast, reliable, and fit right into a modern continuous integration pipeline. This leads many technical leaders to conclude that everything should be automated.

In reality, not everything can, or should, be automated. Leaders must make difficult, high-impact decisions on behalf of their teams by asking: What should be automated? When should investments in automation be made? Is automation the most cost-effective solution to delivering quality?

Join this web seminar to learn:

1. How to mitigate risk and create a plan to proactively manage the biggest automated testing threatsHow to deliver working solutions to customers quickly to achieve business objectives in a crowded market
2. Ways to identify gaps in your current testing strategy and address them with solutions that complement CI/CD practices
3. How to deliver working solutions to customers quickly to achieve business objectives in a crowded market

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What Technical Leaders Should Know About Test Automation
Before Biting The (Not So Silver) Bullet

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