Live Webinar April 18th, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

With agile and DevOps, there’s no time to waste. Developers have already recognized that today’s “low-code/no-code” approaches are an efficient way to satisfy the relentless demand for more software, faster.

Yet most testers continue wrestling with the high-maintenance, script-based testing approach designed decades ago.

• Why not follow development’s lead & take a new, more lightweight approach to testing?

Low-code/no-code approaches help enterprise organizations deliver software as efficiently as startups by maximizing reuse and minimizing the need for hand-coding.

Freed from the complexities of low-level implementation details, teams can focus on high-level, strategic work that adds business value—with increased creativity and collaboration.

Learn how this scriptless test automation can help your team:

• Rapidly construct modular tests that require minimal maintenance
• Reuse core test components across different types of testing
• Painlessly update the test suite as application requirements evolve
• Engage more business-focused domain experts in the testing process

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Scriptless Test Automation:
Low-Code/No-Code Approaches For Testers

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Live Webinar – April 12th 2018, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider: Offered by Techtown  (REP 2161 was ASPE)

Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – TechtownASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Automated testing using tools like Selenium or Ranorex is often presented as essential to good software development practice. But not all software applications or development projects are equally suited to automation.

Join ASPE’s automation testing expert Marc Balcer to discover how to determine if automation testing is right for you.

Learn whether automation is appropriate for your testing activities. Discover a simple rule for assessing whether automation is worth the time and effort. See what application characteristics can make automated testing easy or difficult.

This Webinar will Cover:

• What are the benefits and risks of test automation?
• How can you assess whether your software is ready for automation?
• How do you justify the investment in automation?
• When do you start seeing the benefits of automation?

Presenter: Marc J. Balcer (LinkedIn profile) Check out Marc’s books Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture and Applied SOA: Service-Oriented Architecture and Design Strategies

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Testing: Can I Automate? Should I Automate?

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Live Webinar April 12th, 2018, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

To stimulate growth in complex environments, companies continuously seek to improve efficiency and find ways to differentiate themselves in the marketplace.

With more than $1.7 trillion in revenue lost due to software failure in 2017 [World Quality Report], many enterprises have already embraced automation and reduced their manual testing efforts.

To achieve this, they rely on various automation frameworks like Selenium and QMetry Automation Studio, as well as the integration of CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Gitlabs, and Bamboo to deliver the true transformation from manual to agile and then to DevOps.

While many organizations are already using test automation and CI/CD to reduce the time to market, there is still a challenge to get actionable data in real time.

Join Siva Ana to learn how intelligent automation processes aided by AI and machine learning can drive quality and provide guidance on test coverage and traceability.

Learn How To::

1. Increase the potential of your business with software quality through continuous feedback and prescriptive project improvements
2. Use the power of software quality to develop trust throughout digital transactions and cultivate customer loyalty
3. Keep up with the accelerating pace of digital transformations
4. Leverage processes and tools that will take you to a whole new level of software excellence

Presenter: Siva Ana (LinkedIn profile) Infostretch; has 20+ years of experience developing and managing QA strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Siva has been instrumental in leading strategic enterprise engagements, which have resulted in significant value for clients such as Kaiser Permanente, The Body Shop, and Minted.com. Before joining Infostretch, Siva excelled as a technical project manager for both eBay and Cognizant, and served as a QA/automation strategy consultant for Wells Fargo.

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Use Intelligent Automation
To Increase Software Quality & Business Value

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Live Webinar April 3rd 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)

The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing:

1. Irrelevance/redundancy
2. Ignorance of relevant skills or facts
3. Obstructionism
4. Adversarialism
5. Nit-picking
6. Blindness to project/organizational priorities
7. Last-moment-ism

Are you your own worst enemy?

You might recognize your own behaviors, or behaviors of others on your test team. Rex will discuss these seven sins and more, helping you be more effective in Agile projects.

Rex gives examples of these behaviors through case studies, and tells you how to stop the behaviors and solve the problems those behaviors have created. For sinners and non-sinners alike, Rex offers ideas on how to become a testing saint.

Join Rex and discuss these seven deadly sins.
Presentation Slides

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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The Seven Deadly Sins of Testing

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Live Webinar Mar 26, 2018 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  .5 Hrs  .5 PDU free
Provider:  RBCS (REP #2986)

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:  Two Simple, Useful Defect Metrics

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Live Webinar March 22nd, 2018, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Activity Type: Education – Course or Training  1 Hour  1 PDU
Provider:  StickyMinds/Techwell

A strategic approach to software quality saves money and helps companies avoid releasing bugs into production. And if agile QA teams are enabled properly, they can also make significant contributions to business goals like decreasing time to market, improving customer satisfaction, and helping drive revenue.

How can you foster an organization-wide understanding of QA’s value and ensure strategic quality objectives are supported from the top down and across the development organization?

Join this web seminar to learn how each QA role can more effectively “manage up” by understanding what their boss needs to know and how their work ties into the overall business objectives.

Learn:

• Key strategies for communicating the strategic business value of QA testing to colleagues higher up the ladder
• How to tie QA objectives to business goals, plus some real-world examples
• Reporting techniques and smart tools that can make it easier to report on your team’s activities in a way that resonates with business leaders

Can’t attend the live event? Register & Receive the Recording

Presenter: Elise Carmichael (LinkedIn profile) VP Qualit QASymphony has worked in the software industry since 2000. Previously Elise managed a global software software engineering & testing organization of more than 150 people at Mobiquity.  Elise has a development track-record in many programming languages & test automation frameworks.

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Broadcasting The Strategic Business Value Of QA

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