Live Webinar December 11th 2018 – 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  0 .5 Hrs  0.5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

If you are a hiring manager, you might already know that a bad hiring decision is one of the biggest mistakes you can make.

One easy mistake to make is hiring someone who tells a convincing story about their abilities, but can’t actually do the work.

• How can you separate the glib talker from the accomplished doer?

Well, in this One Key Idea session, Rex will explain how to use audition interviews, illustrating the concept with case studies. You will gain a powerful tool for making smarted hiring decisions.

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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One Key Idea: Audition Interviews For Testers

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Live Webinar November 13th 2018 – 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST
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, we 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 20 minute package.

Now, in 2018, we continue to innovate. We’re adding the Two Points of View at Two series to our monthly webinar rotation. I

n each of these sessions, Rex Black 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. You will get powerful insights on important topics in software testing, software quality, and software engineering. Make it a point to join the conversation.

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

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

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Live Webinar November 6th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Switching tools is almost always a headache, but it’s better to rip off the Band-Aid now, before your QA processes become too far removed from the modernization taking place throughout the rest of the software development lifecycle.

Join this web seminar to learn some top tips for designing an effective migration strategy that prevents QA from becoming a roadblock on your digital transformation journey. You’ll discover how to ensure a seamless integration into the modern tool stack that your development and delivery teams are likely already using.

Learn:

1. Six steps to make migration as painless as possible for your QA and development teams
2. How a large retailer planned a successful phased migration and integrated the entire testing tool stack in the process
3. How the entire software development lifecycle—not just testers—will benefit when you integrate quality into agile processes

Presenter: DJ Frank (LinkedIn profile) Senior Sales Engineer at QASymphony, came from the High Technology, Entertainment, and Communications business unit of Capgemini. DJ led multiple QA testing efforts for one of the largest US-based telecommunications companies. DJ also holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Vanderbilt University.

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Migrate Without Migraines:
Switching To A Modern Testing Platform

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Live Webinar October 16th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

AI and machine learning are the latest buzzwords to hit the software industry, but it seems like everyone has a different interpretation about what they mean and how they can help organizations be successful.

How do we make any sense of it all, and how does it apply to software test automation in a practical way?

Join this web seminar to learn about the state of AI and machine learning in software testing and how leading organizations are taking advantage of these technologies for smarter test automation.

Learn:

1. How to leverage AI and machine learning in the context of software testing
2. How to use machine learning to build a scalable testing practice that is efficient, consistent, and change-resistant
3. Ways AI and machine learning can help organizations achieve higher levels of automation and augmentation
4. How these technologies ultimately unblock the DevOps pipeline to deliver at the speed of agile

Presenters:

Diego Lo Giudice (LinkedIn profile) Vice President, Forrester Research Inc., contributes to and advises on Forrester’s offerings for Application Development & Delivery Professionals. Diego is a leading expert on SDLC processes and practices, covering topics such as agile development, agile and lean transformations, agile development sourcing strategies and services, agile testing practices and tools, DevOps, and software testing and quality, with a key focus on systems of engagement. Diego also covers software delivery metrics, artificial intelligence, and open source.

Mark Lambert (LinkedIn profile) Vice President of Products Parasoft, is responsible for delivering real value to the organizations adopting them. Mark leads a professional team that helps customers optimize their software development processes by applying technologies and methodologies to achieve their goals.

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Practical Applications Of AI & Machine Learning For
Smarter Test Automation

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Live Webinar October 9th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Developing A QA Strategy That Works Is Challenging

Developing a QA strategy that continues to work well as your organization scales is even more difficult.

While the market demands faster deployment cycles than ever before, QA teams are smaller than they have ever been, and many struggle to move as fast as they need to.

There’s no one-size-fits-all QA process, but the most successful teams have a few key characteristics in common.

Join Derek Choy to discover how organizations keep their QA teams and processes lean while gaining the insights they need to ship high-quality software.

Learn:

1. Why taking a strategic approach to how you test helps optimize QA resources, no matter the size of your team
2. How to set up your QA process for fast, clear insights, from testing environments to workflow integrations
3. The role of automation in a highly efficient QA workflow
4. How to use quality metrics to measure and iterate your QA strategy

Presenter: Derek Choy, (LinkedIn profile) CIO at Rainforest QA, drives technical innovation and scaling globally distributed engineering, as well as the product and professional services teams. Choy joined Rainforest QA from Aria Systems, where he was VP of engineering. Prior to Aria Systems, Choy was director of software development at eBay, where he led product development for its billing platform.

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Scaling QA Without Scaling Your QA Team

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

Today’s enterprises are driven by software. With most companies depending on a mix of internally hosted and SaaS-based applications, how do you ensure that all of these mission-critical applications are continuously empowering users rather than hindering them?

Traditional application performance monitoring (APM) and real user monitoring (RUM) solutions are wonderful tools for digging deep into technology issues as they arise, but they can present challenges when your primary goal is to measure application availability and performance, or when you don’t have control over the infrastructure.

Synthetic monitoring, however, monitors your applications by simulating users and directing the path taken through the application.

This directed monitoring doesn’t require changes to your application or servers and allows you to focus on availability and performance, so it offers many advantages as a primary solution or as a way to bolster your existing monitoring.

Join this web seminar to learn how to use synthetic monitoring within your data center to effectively monitor all of your critical applications.

Learn

1. The advantages of synthetic monitoring for tracking availability and performance of internal and third-party applications
2. The pros and cons of synthetic monitoring compared to APM and RUM
3. How synthetic monitoring can be used to monitor external application dependencies such as third-party APIs

Presenter: Troy Presley Sr. (LinkedIn profile) Solutions Engineer Apica brings 10+ years of experience in synthetic technical project management. He has a proven ability to communicate with both management and technical teams, and successfully drive projects from strategy to development and implementation.

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Using Proactive Monitoring To Ensure Your Application Performance Delights Your Users

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