Software Test & Performance Conference

Conference Program

STPCon Fall 2009 Program Agenda

The Software Test & Performance Conference offers in-depth full-day and multi-day training classes, as well as one-hour technical sessions in our core conference. You can register to take a single training class, attend just the core conference, or both.





• Complete Conference Schedule

• Schedule at a Glance

• Keynotes and General Sessions

  • Colonel Mike Mullane - NASA, Astronaut, Retired
    Keynote: Thursday, October 22nd - 8:45am
    "The Dangers of the Normalization of Deviance: A Lesson in Leadership for the
    Test & QA Profession"
    

     

  • Michael Bolton - Consultant, DevelopSense
    Keynote: Thursday, October 22nd - 1:00pm
    "Testing Lessons Learned from the Astronauts"
    

     

  • Matt Heusser - Technical Staff, Socialtext
    Interactive General Session: Friday, October 23rd - 8:45am
    "Speed Geeking"
    

     

  • Jonathan & James Bach - Founding Member, Context-Driven School of Testing
    Interactive General Session: Friday, October 23rd - 1:00pm
    "Testing Outside the Bachs"
    

     

• Three-day Training Courses

  • Agile Testing Course
    Bob Galen - Director of Product Development & Agile Architect, ChannelAdvisor
    Eric Pugh
    "Agile and High-speed Software Testing Techniques"
    "Setup and Testing with Continuous Integration"
    "A Test Leadership Guide to Going Agile"
    

     

  • Test Automation Course
    Rob Walsh - President & Manager of Application Development, EnvisionWare
    Eric Pugh
    "First Steps to Test Automation"
    "Next Steps to Test Automation: Combining Tools Free and Easy"
    "Setup and Testing with Continuous Integration"
    

     

• One-day Workshops

  • Performance Workshop
    James Bach - Founding Member, Context-Driven School of Testing
    Scott Barber - CTO of PerfTestPlus & Executive Director, Association for Software Testing (AST)
    Dan Bartow - Senior Manager of Performance Engineering, Intuit, Inc.
    Ross Collard - Consultant and Founder, Collard & Company
    Dan Downing - VP and GM of Testing Services, Mentora
    "Easy, Low-Cost Ways to Test Performance and Raise Testing ROI"
    "Performance Testing Innovations: What Works and What Doesn't"
    "Focus on Performance: An LAWST-Inspired Discussion"
    

     

  • Management Workshop
    Rex Black - President and Principal Consultant, RBCS, Inc.
    Bob Carpenter - Vice President of R&D, CA
    "Test Management: A Risk-Based Approach"
    

     

• Core Conference Sessions

  • Agile Testing Track
  • Test Automation Track
  • Performance Track
  • Test Management Track
  • FutureTest™ Track

   

• Expo Plus Package

  • STPCon Welcome Reception on Wednesday, October 21st
  • The Dangers of the Normalization of Deviance: A Lesson in Leadership for the Test & QA Profession with Colonel Mike Mullane, NASA, Astronaut, Retired
  • Testing Lessons Learned from the Astronauts with Michael Bolton, Consultant, DevelopSense

   

STPCon 2009 Faculty

The Software Test & Performance Conference offers the highest quality content presented by the industry’s most knowledgeable and well-respected test professionals and practitioners. At STPCon, you’ll learn testing and management techniques that you can apply immediately in your organization.

STPCon’s experienced faculty of test industry experts and practitioners consistently receive high rankings from our attendees. They are leading experts who understand software testing and performance management and are willing to share methodologies, tips, and tricks of the trade to help you improve the effectiveness of your team’s software testing/QA and performance-management processes.

This year's faculty includes:

James Bach - Founding Member, Context-Driven School of Testing
Jon Bach
Scott Barber - CTO of PerfTestPlus & Executive Director, Association for Software Testing (AST)
Daniel Bartow - Senior Manager of Performance Engineering, Intuit, Inc.
Steve Berczuk - Engineer, Humedica
Rex Black - President and Principal Consultant, RBCS, Inc.
Michael Bolton - Consultant, DevelopSense
Bob Carpenter - Vice President of R&D, CA
Ross Collard - Consultant and Founder, Collard & Company
Dan Downing - VP and GM of Testing Services, Mentora
Michael Dwyer - Principal Agile Coach, BigVisible Solutions
Jan Fish - Manager of test and process improvement, Philips Lifeline
Bob Galen - Director of Product Development and Agile Architect,ChannelAdvisor
Matt Heusser - Technical Staff, Socialtext & Contributing Editor, Software Test and Performance Magazine
Linda Hayes - Industry speaker and award-winning author on software quality
Douglas Hoffman - ASQ Fellow
Eric Pugh
Bj Rollison - Test Architect, Microsoft Engineering Excellence group
Robert Walsh - President & Manager of Application Development, EnvisionWare