Live Webinar – May 16th 2016, 9:00 am – 10:00 am EDT
Live Webinar – May 16th 2016, 2:00 – 3:00 BST
Duration: 1 hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: TestHuddle.com

As Kevin Harris explains the topic of the webinar:

When I first started 18 years ago, the tester’s role was pretty simple – find as many bugs as you can. That was it. And I was pretty good at that – in my first few years I found literally thousands of bugs.

Many years later we like to think that we are much better testers than we used to be – more experienced, using more techniques and more tools to find bugs in more and more interesting ways.

We are often working on systems incredibly more complex than we ever used to, with more moving parts and more things that could go wrong.

And yet many of us are not raising anywhere near as many bugs that we used to.

So why is that?”

This webinar looks at 10 simple improvements in the way testers work which means that they’re now either catching bugs before they get to the test environment, or, even better, preventing them from happening in the first place.

Presenter: Kevin Harris (LinkedIn profile), NewVoiceMedia, UK – has been in Software Testing for more than 15 years, working in a variety of industries – loyalty, travel, health, Government, marketing and communications.  Kevin worked  in a variety of roles from Tester to Test Manager (via Developer, Business Analyst and Scrum Master), and is is specifically interested in the Agile Process and the positive effect it has had on the Development process. 

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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Striving for Zero Bugs on the Test Environment

Live Webinar April 27th, 2016, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Users today want all web and mobile applications to respond as quickly as a Google search.

They also want cool new features and apps that make their lives easier.

So your teams adopt practices like agile, DevOps, continuous integration, asset reuse, and automation to deliver faster and more efficiently.

But how do you balance the velocity of development with the time-consuming performance testing tasks required to ensure your users are delighted by your app’s performance?

Voke analyst Theresa Lanowitz and Senior Performance Engineer at Netoys Brad Stoner will take a deep dive into the answer—continuous performance validation.

Continuous performance validation is the practice of using automated and collaborative tools to test and monitor application performance at every step of the application development lifecycle.

Learn How To:

• Employ automation throughout the entire development lifecycle
• Test for performance early and often—even in development
• Reuse assets to balance quality with the speed of development
• Run realistic end-to-end tests in pre-production for business critical apps
• Monitor the same transactions in production and pre-production

Presenters:

Theresa Lanowitz (LinkedIn profile) Founder Voke, Inc.; is recognized worldwide as a strategic thinker and influencer in application lifecycle, virtualization, cloud computing, and mobile markets. From 1999 through 2006, Theresa was a research analyst with Gartner, where she was the founder, creator, and chairperson of the highly successful Application Development conference. She also spent time at McDonnell Douglas, Borland, and Sun Microsystems.

Brad Stoner (LinkedIn profile) Senior Performance Engineer Neotys and founded Sandbreak Digital Solutions, a consulting company specializing in web application performance testing, web page optimization, front end optimization, capacity testing, infrastructure validation, and cloud testing. Over the past twelve years in IT, Brad has held varying roles, from systems engineering to operations management.

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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3 Keys to Continuous Performance Validation:
Automate, Collaborate, Reuse

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 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 22nd 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
Note: ASPE has  Re-branded as Techtown  – ASPE is an REP and attendees  will be awarded 1 PDU for this event.

Breaking The Barriers Between Dev & Ops

DevOps aims to break the barriers between Dev and Ops. This also necessitates breaking the barriers between Dev, Test and Ops.

Testing operations undergo a major change in a DevOps culture. Therefore, everything changes for testing.

• The tester’s skillset,
• Methods,
• The way they test,
• When they test and
• The way they plan and execute.

DevOps brings testing into the mainstream of development processes, and avoids the problems created by having “big-bang” testing left to the end of the cycle, such as release delays, and quality issues.

In this session, Chris Knotts, PMP – (LinkedIn profile) will give you a brief overview of DevOps and the impact on Software Testers.

Click to register for:
Intro To DevOps For Testers