Live Webinar February 3rd, 2016, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Although many organizations have embraced continuous integration for speedy deployments, quality can suffer as untested code gets added to the tree.

The choice often becomes:

• Do you release the code fast, or
• Do you release fully tested code?

Because the customer’s answer is always “both,” teams must figure out how to move fast while still maintaining an acceptable level of quality.

Software testers and developers should attend this web seminar to learn how they can implement a merge-and-test workflow, which outperforms continuous integration in both velocity and quality.

In this interactive webinar learn:

1. The theory behind the merge-and-test workflow
2. The pros and cons of merge-and-test versus continuous integration
3. Examples of merge-and-test in action
4. How to build a test harness to optimized for speed
5. What you can automate and what you can’t

Presenter: Larry McVoy, (LinkedIn profile) Founder and CEO BitKeeper has been working on software since 1988. At Lachman, he helped port Unix to a supercomputer, including porting the TCP/IP stack. Over the next decade he worked at Sun, was the teaching assistant and then the lecturer for Stanford’s  course on OS’s, moved to SGI, and  Google. In 1998, he started the BitKeeper project: the first widely used fully distributed source management system. 18 years later, the company is still entirely employee-owned.

Click to register for:
Merge & Test Workflow: How To Deliver Better Software, Faster

Live Webinar January 28th, 2016, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Everyone with a mobile or web app needs a sound mobile performance testing strategy.

According to Adobe, mobile accounted for 53 percent of all shopping traffic and 34 percent of online purchases on Black Friday in 2015, and these numbers are only going to increase.

Your real users are going to have a bad experience if you’re not running performance tests with a realistic mixture of web and mobile users.

The good news is that with the right tools and proper planning, mobile performance test coverage is easier to expand than you might think.

Join this live web seminar to learn firsthand:

• Why you need testing and monitoring tools that support mobile users
• How to account for various network conditions and devices
• Challenges with siloed web and mobile testing teams
• How mobile users can wreck performance for your web users
• The realities of shared backends for web and mobile apps

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’

Click to register for:
Mobile Performance Testing: Strategies & Tools
To Delight Your Users

Live Webinar Dec 8th, 2015 – 9:30 am to 11:00 am EST or..
Live Webinar Dec 8th, 2015 – 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EST
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDUs Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Note:  This is an updated presentation of one of RBCS’S most popular webinars.

Estimating testing effort and duration is a common challenge on projects small, medium, and large.

In this session, Rex will cover techniques that work in both traditional and agile lifecycles.

• How long will testing take?
• How many testers do we need?
• How many bugs will testing find?
• How long will testing take?
• How many test cases do we need?
• How many bugs will testing find?

Those are good questions, but those questions are often hard to answer.

In this webinar, drawn from three decades of industry experience and materials in his best-selling book Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, Rex will discuss fundamental techniques for test estimation.

Hear how test estimation is done, using techniques that work in both traditional and Agile lifecycles.

Or …
View Rex’s 2014 version of this session For 1.5 Cat C PDU’s

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

Click to register for the 9:30 am EST Live presentation of  Test Estimation

Click to register for the 2:00 pm EST Live presentation of Test Estimation

Live Webinar December 3rd, 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

More and more organizations are under pressure to deliver sophisticated cross-platform web applications faster than ever.

Yet the world of web apps is complex, with numerous devices of various sizes using different operating systems and browsers.

In this fragmented environment, a comprehensive test process is essential to delivering the right experience on the right screen at the right time.

Join Sencha’s Don Griffin and Gautam Agrawal and guest speaker, Forrester Research’s Michael Facemire, to learn innovative techniques for testing web applications across multiple platforms, browsers, and operating systems.

Learn how to:

• Adapt to the changing web application testing market
• Test HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript applications across different browsers
• Automate unit and functional testing for applications written in JavaScript

Presenters:

Michael Facemire (LinkedIn profile) Principal Analyst Forrester Research Inc.  is an expert on mobile software development, software development processes, and next-generation software architectures. Michael has 15+ years of experience in the software development industry and joined Forrester from IBM, where he delivered industry-leading applications in mobile, social software, content management, portal, and workflow.

Don Griffin (LinkedIn profile) Engineering Manager  Sencha  has 20+ years of software engineering experience on a broad range of platforms. His experience includes designing web application front ends and back ends, native GUI applications, network protocols, and device drivers. Don is passionate about building world-class products that people love to use.

Gautam Agrawal (LinkedIn profile) Senior Director of Product Management Sencha, Prior to joining Sencha, Gautam held various product and engineering positions at organizations developing SaaS and business intelligence applications using Sencha technologies. He holds a PhD and MS from State University of New York at Buffalo.

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’

Click to register for Testing Web Applications Across Browsers & Devices

Live Webinar November 17th, 2015, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EST
Duration:1 hour Webcast Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By:  StickyMinds/Techwell

Mobile and agile are a perfect match. Mobile’s fast-changing landscape requires rapid iterations, and agile teams are specifically built for speed and thrive on change.

But mobile device and OS proliferation adds complexity and increases risk. No one can fully test an app across hundreds of devices and multiple operating environments in a compressed timeframe.

Join this live web seminar to learn strategies for mobile testing that ensure high-performing and high-quality applications, based on best practices gained from Keynote’s experiences in real-world projects.

You’ll also learn:

1. How to test mobile applications in agile or hybrid agile environments
2. Methods for unit, acceptance, regression, UI, and exploratory testing mobile apps
3. Strategies to help testers and developers work together in the agile 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’

Click to register for Mobile Testing in an Agile Environment: Weighing Your Options

Live Webinar November 12th, 2015 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST or …
Live Webinar November 12th, 2015 – 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EST
Duration: 1.5 Hr Webinar Credits: 1.5 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

With the prevalence of continuous integration, many people are now incorporating code coverage tools to measure how thoroughly they’ve tested the code.

However, few people really understand what these tools do, how they work, and what exactly all the metrics mean.

In this webinar, Rex will discuss the use of sophisticated code coverage techniques.

By the end of this hour-long session, you’ll be ready to work with your developer colleagues on enhancing your tests via better white-box coverage.

Join this webinar, illustrated with examples throughout, to learn these useful techniques—and why not bring a developer with you.

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

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’

Click to register for the 2:00 am – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Understanding White-box Coverage Metrics

Click to register for the 9:30 pm – 11:00 pm EDT presentation of Understanding White-box Coverage Metrics