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STPCon Testing Stories

Tell Your Story! – But Keep it Short! On Thursday, April 4th, after lunch, STPCon introduces “Testing Stories.” During this time, we will hear from 8 attendees; each will share their story, pitch, strategy or approach to testing, new methodology or a better way of using a common tool. Anything that they think the audience […]

The QA/QE Role: Supporting DevOps the Smart Way

Focusing on more valuable automation, shifting traditional “right” tasks left, and tailoring refinement to account for more efficient activities are some of the topics we’ll discuss. You’ll take away practical outcomes that will be relevant no matter where you are in your DevOps implementation. The role of QA/QE tends to be ambiguous within Agile teams […]

Today’s Regression Automation Challenge for CI/CD

Regression Automation is all over the map today. The software testing world is way more varied than people think. Some organizations have thousands of tests constantly running on all kinds of VMs taking multiple days to execute, while others have no test automation at all. Any hope of Continuous Delivery or Pipeline Automation makes this […]

Workshop: Test Case Design Intensive – Advanced

Many testers think they know how to write test cases. Writing great test cases is difficult but they are a valuable asset. In the new normal of Agile, continuous testing, rapid delivery, “automate everything,” lean documentation development lifecycles- you may not think there is time for thoughtful, intelligent test design. It is essential. Excellent test […]

Workshop: Test Case Design Intensive – Basics

Many testers think they know how to write test cases. Writing great test cases is difficult but they are a valuable asset. In the new normal of Agile, continuous testing, rapid delivery, “automate everything,” lean documentation development lifecycles- you may not think there is time for thoughtful, intelligent test design. It is essential. Excellent test […]

Warp Speed Testing at an Enterprise Level

With the extensive amount of testing performed on large scale software projects, build, test and verification teams often experience lengthy wait times for test results, delaying the entire fault identification and resolution process. How can large-scale test teams take advantage of containerization and Amazon Web Services? Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides users with the capability […]

New Skill Set for the New QA Specialist

As we are moving more towards testing specialists in teams and organizations that are truly adopting Agile and DevOps, we need to understand that the skills that were relevant up to now might need some changes (and sometimes even drastic changes) in order to keep providing value to the process. Many people think that the […]

Panoramic Quality – The Fellowship of Testing in DevOps

DevOps drastically changes the landscape of testing. Collaboration between operations and development teams enables a stream of small changes to be deployed to production. This pace of change puts a strain on traditional testing activities. There used to be a sense of safety in dedicating hours or days to testing after code is complete and […]