Live Webinar April 19th, 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Few organizations leverage test automation to its fullest potential.

This is often the case because many QA tools don’t offer the coverage or the flexibility needed to keep pace with dynamic changes in business applications. Recognizing and monetizing the value of automation is difficult due to the lack of consistent, quantifiable methods.

You’ll discover how to:

1. Develop a plan that will optimize test automation, people, and processes
2. Create and maintain high levels of regression testing by using dynamic automated methods
3. Build a better alternative to manual testing methods
4. Reduce testing cycles to just a few days
5. Quantify the value of automation for your business

Attend this web seminar to learn ways to build a more responsive, scriptless test automation framework within your current ALM strategy and how to measure its value continuously across your business.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Develop A Test Automation Strategy You Can Actually Quantify

Live Webinar April 20th, 2016 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Presented By: PROJECTinsight (Metafuse Inc)
In Cooperation With: Core Performance Concepts (Rep #1399)

Note: Please record this as a Category B Presentation – You will receive a Category B certificate from PROJECTInsight

Once a project has been officially launched it must be planned, the design must begin and the high level testing efforts should be identified.

This can be accomplished through leveraging the following deliverables: project plan, project deliverables, project schedule (work breakdown structure), CM Plan, QA plan, project procedures, project risk log, project issue log, change request log, user acceptance (UA) test plan, user acceptance (UA) evaluation criteria, user acceptance (UA) defect log and requirements traceability log.

After this webinar, you will understand the purpose and use of each of the listed deliverables.

Who should attend:

• Project managers, Portfolio managers,
• Project team members, Project Leads,
• Project sponsors & function/business unit managers,
• Subject Matter Experts, Business Analysts, Scheduling Specialists and ….
• Other business stakeholders.

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Project Planning & Design with IT in Mind

Live Webinar – April 12th, 2016 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hours + QA – 1 Category C Self Directed Learning PDUs
Presented by: SD Times (Software Development Times)

In today’s business world, applications represent the new contested battleground.

The ability to execute more application releases in a shorter amount of time is a significant and enduring competitive advantage. But what stands in the way of achieving this critical competency?

For many organizations, the answer is “data.”

Data serves as the fuel for applications and often becomes the bottleneck that slows down development and testing.

In fact, prevailing approaches to preparing and delivering test data have flaws in at least one key dimension: test data management (TDM) solutions force teams to choose between high-quality test data and fast access to test environments.

In contrast, an emerging wave of self-service tools and development strategies allows project teams to avoid this tradeoff.

Learn:

• Why data is the key to accelerating application projects
• The shortcomings of current TDM solutions such as synthetic data, subsetting, and standalone masking and how they impact software development
• How a new wave of tools combining advanced virtualization with data security is dramatically improving release speed and quality

Join Matthew Yeh, (LinkedIn profile) Senior Product Marketing Manager, Delphix & David Chiang, (LinkedIn profile) Business Technology Consultant, Delphix for this informative session.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Initiating, Planning
Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope

• 5.2 Collect Requirements
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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The Future Of Test Data Management

Live Webinar April 5th, 2016, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

At least half of web traffic is driven through mobile, which requires organizations to consider different strategies to ensure a good cross-channel experience.

However, there’s far more to it than just different form factors and resolutions.

Join this web seminar to discover how to deliver a consistent user experience across all digital devices.

You will get practical design tips for multiple mobile platforms, watch live test execution scenarios, and learn the most common mistakes in responsive design.

You will also learn how to:

• Decide whether responsive web design, adaptive web design, or an m.dot site is your best mobile dev strategy
• Provide adequate coverage and visual testing on real devices under real user conditions
• Test web and mobile sites side by side
• Automate your way to continuous quality

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Responsive Web Design Testing
To Deliver A Consistent User Experience

Live Webinar March 30th 2016 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

In software engineering, there have been many controversies, fads, and techniques recently.

One that has created a lot of noise—but perhaps a lot less signal—has been test-driven development.

Does this mean that the testers tell the developers what to do?

Hardly. Is it even testing? Kind of, sort of, but it’s not testing as we know it, Jim.

• Who does TDD? Isn’t it the same as ATDD?
• Does it have a place outside of Agile development?

In this webinar,Rex will expose what every tester needs to know about test-driven development, including giving a small, simple example of how it’s done. Come confused; leave enlightened.

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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TDD Exposed

Live Webinar March 16th, 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Active apps demand constant care. The environment is perpetually in flux, and changes can adversely affect how an app works on end-users’ devices. To meet or exceed user expectations, developers and testers must continuously enhance their testing practices.

In this web seminar, the authors of The Mobile Analytics Playbook will share insights on how mobile analytics can help testers, developers, and designers improve their mobile application testing.

You’ll learn six techniques to:

1. Improve release velocity without compromising quality
2. Bridge the gap between analytics, feedback, and testing
3. Overcome the “long-tail” problem of mobile OS and device fragmentation
4. Become proactive in creating a better user experience

Presenters:

Antoine Aymer (LinkedIn profile) Global Mobile Lead Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is a passionate technologist who is responsible for driving HP’s mobile app lifecycle, which includes continuously assessing mobile business initiatives, ALM market trends, defining product scope, and coordinating execution across the globe. Antoine brings together a strong technical foundation, multiple domain and senior management experiences, and a creative mindset.

Julian Harty (LinkedIn profile) Consultant and author of A Practical Guide to Testing Wireless Smartphone Applications  & Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Galaxy: 16th edition was one of the pioneers in testing mobile apps. Working with mobile apps since 2006, Julian was Google’s first test engineer in Europe. As an author, quality guru, and mentor, he publishes extensively and is a speaker at global conferences. Recently Julian  has been undertaking Ph.D. research in using analytics to help improve mobile apps, including how they are developed, tested, and maintained.

PDU Category C (PMBOK 5) documentation details:
Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Work
• 5.3 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality Management
• 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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6 Ways To Optimize Mobile App Testing