Live Webinar November 15th, 2012, 10:00 pm 11:00 pmEST
Duration:1 hour – Credits: 1 Category C PDU Free PDU
Hosted By: TypeMock

In order to prevent bugs and release quality code to market, you also need developer testing, including test driven development (TDD). Discover what test driven development is and how it can help you write better code.

Learn:

• The difference between unit testing and test driven development (TDD).
• The TDD cycle: How to get started with TDD (Red-Green-Refactor)
• Benefits of TDD
• Problems and Pitfalls of TDD
• Principles of TDD
• How TDD can be used to debug both new and legacy code

Join this webinar to learn what you need to know in order to start Test Driven Development (TDD) today.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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 Introduction to Test Driven Development (TDD)

Live Webinar – November 16th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category B – Free PDU
Note: NetObjectives is an REP (#3045) This opportunity is a Category B PDU

ATDD Is More About Understanding What Needs To Be Created
Than It Is About The Testing

Validation of software must begin with validating what is being built, not did we build it correctly. The most expensive way to validate what we think is needed is by writing production code. Improving the conversation between whoever represents the customer, the developers and testers is the most effective, fastest and lowest cost method available.

ATDD is about improving that conversation between these parties early in the development cycle.

One of the first things companies should do is implement ATDD into their development methods, regardless of what they are. This is because ATDD represents more a change in timing of the work.

Little, if any, additional work is required. Yet, much waste in the development process can be avoided.

Hence. for teams that are already overwhelmed and are wondering how they can improve without adding additional burden to their development organizations in doing so, ATDD represents one of the best places to start.

Presenter: Alan Shalloway (Linkedin Profile & @alshalloway) is the founder and CEO of Net Objectives. With 40 years experience, Alan is a thought leader in Lean, Kanban, PPM, Scrum and agile design. He is the author of Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design, Lean-Agile Pocket Guide for Scrum Teams, Lean-Agile Software Development: Achieving Enterprise Agility, and Essential Skills for the Agile Developer: A Guide to Better Programming and Design. Alan is a co-founder and board member for the Lean Software and Systems Consortium.

Click to register for Acceptance Test-Driven-Development: A great place to start

Live Webinar November 6th, 2012 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm EST
Duration:1.5 hour Webinar – 1.5 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Event Code: 162111 A Microsoft Event Presented by: Incycle Software

Visual Studio 2012 Improves Developer Productivity
By Introducing a Number of New Capabilities

This session provides an overview of capabilities such as the new Team Explorer experience, Code Review, Code-Clone Analysis, and Continuous Unit Testing.

Objectives:

• Improve productivity by learning new capabilities in Visual Studio 2012.
• Focus on the tasks that are necessary to develop quality software.
• Learn about the new quick and easy mechanisms for collaborating with other developers in your project.

AgendaTopics:

1. Interacting with Team Foundation Server through the new Team Explorer.
2. My Work, Source Control Explorer, Shelvesets.
3. Collaborative development through Code Reviews.
4. Find duplicate code with the new Code-Clone Analysis.
5. Enhance code quality with Continuous Unit Testing.
6. Surface bugs in your application with Exploratory Testing.
7. Get your customer involved, get their Feedback!

Presenter: Leo Vildosola (LinkedIn profile, @TechieLeo)

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 6 – Time 8 – Quality 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.1 Define Activities
• 8.1 Plan Quality
• 9.3 Develop Project Team

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 Improving Developer Productivity with Visual Studio 2012

Live Webinar November 7th, 2012 – 9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT or …
Live Webinar November 7th, 2012 – 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm am EDT
Duration: 1 Hr Webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Note: Although RBCS is an REP this course may not have an activity number Contact RBCS for more information.

This is another webinar in a series on advanced software testing, excerpted from Rex’s popular books, Managing the Testing Process: Practical Tools and Techniques for Managing Hardware and Software Testing, and Advanced Software Testing – Vol. 2: Guide to the Istqb Advanced Certification as an Advanced Test Manager, a book for test managers.

In this webinar, Rex will discuss test policies, strategies and plans. Rex will cover various topics that test managers must consider to make sure that test goes as smoothly as possible.

Testing Managers Should Consider:

• What should testing accomplish and how do we recognize success?
• How should you approach testing?
• What specific activities need to be planned for each project?
• What risks can affect testing, and how can we manage those risks in our test plans?
• How does lifecycle affect these documents?

Join this webinar, illustrated with examples throughout, to learn techniques that you can apply to your work right away.

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 documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 8 – Quality

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 8.1 Plan Quality

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 9:30 am – 11:00 am EDT presentation of Advanced Software Testing: Test Policies, Strategies, and Plans

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT presentation of Advanced Software Testing: Test Policies, Strategies, and Plans

Live Webinar Workshop – October 30th, 2012 – 2:00 Pm – 5:00 Pm EDT
Duration: 3 Hrs Webinar Credits: 3 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: RBCS (REP #2986)

Facts and measures are the foundation of true understanding,
But misuse of metrics is the cause of much confusion.

In this virtual workshop, Rex will share some things he’s learned about metrics that you can put to work right away. You’ll work on some practical exercises to develop metrics for your testing, and have a chance to discuss those with Rex and with other attendees.

Learn:

• How can we use metrics to manage testing?
• What metrics can we use to measure the test process?
• What metrics can we use to measure our progress in testing a project?
• What do metrics tell us about the quality of the product?

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

Click to register for the 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm EDT presentation of Testing Metrics: A Virtual Workshop

Live Webinar October 25th, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Typemock

Unit testing is all the rage
More and more teams are beginning to unit test.

But it can be difficult to start. In order to prevent bugs and release quality code to market, you also need developer testing, including unit testing.

Discover:

1. The difference between QA & Developer Testing
2. The pains of manual testing
3. The benefits of automated testing
4. Why unit test
5. xUnit Frameworks
6. The difference between unit testing and Test Driven Development (TDD).
   Join this webinar to learn what you need to know in order to start testing.

Typemock will also be raffling away Typemock Isolator/Isolator++ licenses and t-shirts. You must attend to win.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 9 – Human Resources

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 4.4 Monitor & Control Project Work
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 9.4 Manage Project Team

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.’

Presenter: Gil Zilberfeld, (LinkedIn profile, @gil_zilberfeld) Product Manager, Typemock- Gil has been writing software since childhood (Logo Turtles) and hasn’t stopped since. As the product manager at Typemock, working as part of an agile team in an agile company, creating tools for agile developers. He promotes unit testing and other design practices, down-to-earth agile methods, and some incredibly cool tools. Gil blogs at http:⁄⁄www.gilzilberfeld.com on different agile topics, including processes, communication and unit testing. He also writes at the Typemock blog and presents locally and abroad on these topics.

Click to register for Introduction to Unit Testing