Software Test & Performance Conference

Performance. Agility. Collaboration. October 19–23, 2009. STPCon Fall 2009 • Hyatt Regency Hotel • Cambridge, MA

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Agile Track

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
Agile and High-Speed Testing Techniques Bob Galen
Setup and Testing with Continuous Integration and Supporting Slides Eric Pugh
A Test Leadership Guide to Going Agile Bob Galen
Releasing Products in the Agile Enterprise, Parts 1 & 2 Bob Galen
Agile Testing Challenges Rex Black
Inform Your Agile Testing with Continuous Integration Eric Pugh
Testing in an Agile Environment Rob Walsh
The Genesis of Agile QA: An ongoing journey to move QA to the front of Train Mike Dwyer
Agile Automation Tutorial Linda Hayes
Software Configuration Management for Agile Teams Steve Berczuk

Automation Track

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
First Steps to Test Automations (updated 10/21/09) Rob Walsh
Next Steps to Test Automation: Combining Tools Free and Easy (updated 10/21/09) Rob Walsh
Setup and Testing with Continuous Integration and Supporting Slides Eric Pugh
Put your Automated Tests to the Test with Continuous Integration Eric Pugh
Why Tests Don’t Pass (or Fail) Douglas Hoffman
A Model for Software Test Execution Douglas Hoffman
The High Cost of Manual Testing: Why Automation is No Longer Optional Linda Hayes
Empirical Evaluation of Exploratory Testing Effectiveness Bj Rollison
Agile Automation Tutorial Linda Hayes
GUI Automation - Steps for Success Bj Rollison

Performance Track

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
Easy, Low-Cost Ways to Tune Your Performance Scott Barber
Performance Testing Innovations - Panel Discussion:
No course materials for this talk
Scott Barber, Dan Bartow,
Ross Collard & Dan Downing.
Facilitated by James Bach.
Focus on Performance: LAWST-Inspired Discussion:
No course materials for this talk
Scott Barber, Dan Bartow,
Ross Collard & Dan Downing.
Facilitated by James Bach.
Performance Testing: Cloud Computing's Killer App Dan Bartow
Data Patterns for Performance & Robustness Testing
and Data Patterns: Live Data Patterns Compendium
Dan Downing & Ross Collard
The Application Performance Lifecycle: From Lab to Launch Dan Bartow
Resource Monitoring: Bellwether metrics for diagnosing
performance bottlenecks
and Performance Resource
Monitoring Examples
Dan Downing
What To Performance Test - Choose Wisely Scott Barber
Performance Testing: Don't Overlook the Easy Stuff Scott Barber

Test Management Track

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
Test Management : A Risk-Based Approach
Handouts will be provided in this workshop
and Omninet Marketing Requirements Document
Rex Black
Releasing Products in the Agile Enterprise, Parts 1 & 2 Bob Galen
Six Surprising Findings from Test Assessments Rex Black
Agile Testing Challenges Rex Black
Data Patterns for Performance & Robustness Testing
and Data Patterns: Live Data Patterns Compendium
Dan Downing & Ross Collard
A Case Study in Rapid Test Management:
Following this talk, please see instructors for copies of these slides
James Bach & Jon Bach
Software Engineering at Socialtext Matt Heusser
Intro to Rapid Software Testing Michael Bolton
How To Fake a Test Project James Bach
The High Cost of Manual Testing: Why Automation is No Longer Optional Linda Hayes
What Have You Noticed Lately? Building Awareness in Testers Michael Bolton
Top Ten Tendencies That Trap Testers for Management Jon Bach
CMMI: Level 0 to Level 4 in Less Than Three Years Jan Fish
Empirical Evaluation of Exploratory Testing Effectiveness Bj Rollison
The Two Futures of Testing Michael Bolton
Measure Quality on the Way In, Not Just On the Way Out
and Measure Quality on the Way In, Not Just On the Way Out Spreadsheet
Jan Fish
GUI Automation - Steps for Success Bj Rollison
CSI Parallels for Bug Investigation Jon Bach
Testing the user-centric web: Patterns, Practices, Paradigms and How Would You Test This? Matt Heusser
GUI Automation - Steps for Success Bj Rollison

Futuretest Track

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
Performance Testing: Cloud Computing's Killer App Dan Bartow
A Case Study in Rapid Test Management:
Following this talk, please see instructors for copies of these slides
James Bach & Jon Bach
Software Engineering at Socialtext Matt Heusser
The Two Futures of Testing Michael Bolton
CSI Parallels for Bug Investigation Jon Bach
Testing the user-centric web: Patterns, Practices, Paradigms and How Would You Test This? Matt Heusser

Keynote Presentations

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
The Dangers of the Normalization of Deivance:
A Lesson in Leadership for the Test & QA Profession
Mike Mullane
Testing Lessons Learned from The Astronauts Michael Bolton

General Sessions

Topic (Give us Session Feedback) Instructor
Testing Outside the Bachs: No course materials for this talk James Bach & Jon Bach
Speed Geeking: No course materials for this talk Matt Heusser