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EuroSTAR
Monday 29 November to Thursday 2 December
Embedding a Passion for Quality across the Lifecycle
Geoff Thompson
Using case studies this presentation will look at how different testing can be when everyone has a reason to buy into quality, and how this positively builds people's perception of testing - taking testing from being seen as an overhead to becoming a valued and passionately adhered to stage of the project!
We will look at how a passion for quality should not just sit within the Test team, but how with the right incentives, testing can ensure this can be embedded at every stage of the lifecycle, together with showing the benefits that this approach can achieve.
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EuroSTAR
Monday 29 November to Thursday 2 December
A Pragmatic Approach to Improving your Testing Process
Clive Bates
Many test managers know they need to improve their processes, but don't know how to go about it. How do you understand the effectiveness of your current test process, and then how do you decide how you can move forward for quick wins, and long-term gains?
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Expo:QA
Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18 November
Testing, so many Problems but we have the Solutions don't we?
Geoff Thompson
As a profession we need to look at our common failures and understand why they happened and how we stop them happening again, and who knows maybe we will find the testing silver bullet?
This presentation will provide an overview of the common problems testers face today (problem patterns) from various perspectives.
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ASTA
Monday 18 October
TMMi - How are we doing as an Industry?
Geoff Thompson
The concept of a Test Maturity Model was originally presented way back in 1999 by the Institute of Illinois, it wasn't until 2005 however that the Software Testing Industry decided to look at this in more detail, and consider how it could help improve what we do.
In early 2008 the TMMi Foundation was created as a non profit organisation with the overall goal of developing, and managing the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi). This international team has been developing the TMMi Model and establishing the controls and processes around any assessment based upon the model ensuring the model is brought up to date and is relevant to today's organisations.
This presentation will provide an overview of the TMMi Foundation and the TMMi Model, but will focus on a recent survey of over 100 companies, that indicates the state of the nation for software testing worldwide.
We will look at all areas of the test process and discuss what the results actually mean, and what we need to do to smarten what we do in the weaker areas.
This will be augmented with some real life experiences from the speaker (the Chairman of the TMMi Management Executive).
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UK Software Metrics Association
Thursday 14 October
Test Process Improvement; Measurement is Critical to Success!
Brian Wells
To be more efficient, effective and competitive, organisations need to understand the capabilities of their development, test and quality processes. Using experience and analysis the presenter will review the benefits of process improvement and specifically the benefits that can be obtained by reviewing and improving how we test using the TMMi model. We will also look at how measurement supports TMMi.
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The Agile Business Conference
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 October
Barefoot Testing in an Agile World
Stevan Zivanovic
This is a very practical session to encourage and train the audience in:
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EuroSTAR Stockholm
Thursday 3 December
Top Ten Quality Tips for Agile
Stevan Zivanovic
Based on the presenter's practical experience of delivering successful testing services within Agile projects, this presentation identifies 10 actions that can be easily implemented to improve the quality of the end solution.
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EuroSTAR Stockholm
Tuesday 1 December
If Only We Could Make Them Listen
Geoff Thompson
If we don't give the right information, we can't expect anyone to listen! In 2008, EuroSTAR looked at the future of software testing, for 2009 this presentation will look at REAL issues we are experiencing NOW that will, if not resolved, have long term implications on our credibility into the future.
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STC 2009 Bangalore
Thursday 19 November
TMMi - Preventing Defects and Reducing Cost
Brian Wells
Test Maturity Model Integrated (TMMi) is an industry standard reference model for evaluating the capability of, primarily, test and test-related quality processes within an organisation. It also identifies improvement in other quality related process areas within the SDLC.
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EuroSTAR Webinar
Tuesday 10th November
Taking the Risk of Failure out of Process Improvement
Geoff Thompson
Geoff has managed many process improvement projects and can safely say that it is a significant risk to put yourself in a position of championing/managing change without any structure surrounding where you are, where you want to get to and what the benefits are. Within Software Testing this seems more apparent than Geoff has seen in many other IT disciplines. Far too many test improvement projects fail to deliver any benefit, or at least any benefit outside of testing, in most instances with better planning and structure they could have been real successes.
Unicom
4 November
Overview and benefits of the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi)
Martin Adcock
There are many models that focus on helping organisations improve their software engineering. We will look specifically at the background to the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi) and why Management are adopting it as a standard for assessing test maturity at a project, department or organisational level. Using the easy to understand output I will show how it helps identify process strengths and weaknesses as well as the most important areas of improvement and the tangible benefits that can be expected.
Annual UKSMA Conference
15 October 2009
The 20th Annual United Kingdom Software Metrics Association (UKSMA) Conference will be held in Central London.
The conference affords the opportunity to share experiences, ideas, case studies, and strategies for widening the relevance, appeal and benefit of measurement to the management of software development and maintenance.
The theme of the conference this year, New Directions in Software Measurement, is wide ranging to reflect the increasingly diverse nature of software measurement and changes in the software development community.
Brian Wells, Principal Experimentus Consultant will present: "Test Process Improvement - Measurement is Critical to Success!"
Abstract: To be more efficient, effective and competitive, organisations need to understand the capabilities of their development, test and quality processes. Using experience and analysis the presenter will review the benefits of process improvement and specifically the benefits that can be obtained by reviewing and improving how we test using the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi). We will also look at how measurement supports TMMi.
Test Process improvement is a significant project in its own right and as such needs to be managed in a way that ensures that the right changes are made and the benefit is realised. Once you have identified what needs to change and how, how do you see that the changes are delivering benefit? You need to measure before, during and after change is implemented! A cornerstone for effective change is measurement.
Often this is using the toolbox of measurement practices coupled to the requirement of the organisation to introduce a structured measurement programme into an organisation and assisting organisations to effectively analyse and use this data for all dynamic and historical data analysis and presentation needs.
During the presentation, we will look at how change and the potential benefits of change are indentified and using cases studies, see how measurement was implemented and the developing data collateral used to demonstrate realisation of these benefits and how this was very influential in ensuring effective, long-term change occurred.
IBM Rational Software Conference
12 - 13 October
Testing - A Risk Mitigation Process
Mike Doel
Testing represents a significant part of the development budget and poor test processes can often lead to out of control spending and poor software quality. One of the main reasons that we test is to mitigate product risk. Testing achieves this in the dynamic sense by providing a measurement of software quality, or in the static sense by the review of requirements, specifications or software code. So if testing is a risk mitigation process it is imperative that the test activity should be driven by the analysis of the risks. This presentation outlines the principles of Risk Based Testing and describes uncomplicated techniques which can be used to introduce RBT to any test process, with minimal impact on the development project. Finally the presentation describes the additional benefits which are realised when using RBT.
IBM Rational Software Conference
12 - 13 October
Assessing Test Process Capability using TMMi
Brian Wells
The Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi) is rapidly growing in use throughout the world. It has been developed to complement the existing CMMI framework. Its growing popularity is based upon it being the only independent test process measurement method, and the simple presentation of maturity levels that it provides. The independent TMMi Foundation initiative has been established with the sole intent of elaborating the TMMi standard reference model and developing a standard TMMi assessment and certification method, with the aim of enabling the standard's consistent deployment and the collection of industry metrics. This presentation outlines the origins of the TMMi standard reference model and an overview of its structure and content, how it supports Software Engineering capability models and explains the benefits of TMMi and why it is needed: including how the TMMi model can be used to assist in identifying and implementing a structured test process improvement road map.
SQC Conference
5 October 2009
The Truth Uncovered!
Brian Wells
Are your test and test-related quality processes efficient and effective? Should you care? In the final quarter of 2008, Experimentus initiated a world-wide survey allowing organisations to submit data to anonymously allow us to evaluate industry level test process maturity against the Test Maturity Model integrated (TMMi) model.
The analysis of the first quarter's data (Q4, 2008) of over 100 organisations from many different industry sectors will be presented. This will provide a picture of test process maturity and does contain interesting surprises! To provide additional background to the survey results, the presentation will give an overview of the TMMi model and how it can be used to assist in identifying and implementing a structured test process improvement road map supported by examples from client engagements. It will also outline that effective measurement is very important before, during and as part of the ongoing process of improvement.
20 May 2009
Hosted by Geoff Thompson & Brian Wells of Experimentus
At the Royal Automobile Club, 89 Pall Mall, London
Over the decades there have been many process improvement models, including SPICE, CMM and CMM(I). These models focus on helping organisations improve their overall software engineering process capabilities, but don't cover testing and software quality processes in sufficient detail. This is where the Testing Maturity Model integrated (TMMi) can help
Workshop Overview
The aim of this workshop is to provide background and to help the attendees understand how to deliver qualitative and quantitative process improvements using the TMMi model. It explains in detail what TMMi is, and why it is different from other models.
To help understand the benefits of the TMMi model, the day will also include a quick assessment which will provide an indicative view of where within the 5 levels of TMMi, each attendees company, project or team is currently positioned. Throughout the day we will relate our experiences from the delivery of numerous Experimentus TMMi assessments and provide practical remedies and strategies to make an effective difference.
Finally there is a review of a recent TMMi survey undertaken by Experimentus to obtain a view of the trends in the software testing industry today.
ANZTB Test 2009 Conference
23 - 25 March 2009
Hosted by the Australian and New Zealand Testing Board (ANZTB), the ANZTB Test 2009 Conference is your chance to listen to some of the world's leading software testing experts.
The conference will feature keynote speeches by Geoff Thompson - Chair UK Testing Board and Vipul Kocher - President Indian Testing Board as well as presentations from local specialists
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Testing Experience - Belgium Testing Day
23 February 2009
Geoff Thompson will present "Software Failures - Can we learn from them?" where he argues that by analysing the causes of software disasters we can provide valuable lessons for both future development and future testing activities. A number of case histories of real-world software disasters are investigated - both humorous and tragic - to provide an insight into how and why software systems fail.
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EuroSTAR 2008
10-13 November 2008
The European conference on Software Testing Analysis and Review will take place in The Hague, Netherlands. The theme of this year's conference is ‘The future of software testing' where Geoff Thompson will present a session titled ‘why do we bother with test strategies?'
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Test 2008 - Test Excellence Through Speed & Technology, India
13 - 16 October 2008
Test 2008 is the first conference being organized by PureConferences in India, this year's theme is Agility in Testing. The event will provide a platform for international and national test professionals to interact and participate.
As a keynote speaker, Geoff Thompson will join presenters from the USA, France, Sweden, Canada, Italy, The Netherlands and India who will deliver keynotes, tutorials, and papers during the conference.
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SQC Software & Systems Quality Conference UK
30th September - 1st October 2008
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South East European Testing Conference (SEETEST)
2-3 July 2008
The first ever conference to be held in South East Europe in the area of Software Testing and Software Quality Management will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria. Geoff Thompson will present a half day tutorial on the subject, Software Testing Essentials.
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The International Software & Systems Quality Conference
20 May 2008
Europe's number one meeting place for experts in software quality management and testing, this time in Geneva, Switzerland.
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SQC Software & Systems Quality Conference International - Germany
15th - 18th April 2008
Since its inception in 1996, the conference is now welcoming over 800 attendees to the Conference Centre Dusseldorf, Germany. The three-day event will include presentations, keynote speeches, workshops and an evening event. Geoff Thompson will present ‘A history of the ISTQB' in conjunction with a workshop on the Value of Qualifications.
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Test Management Summit
30th January 2008
Geoff Thompson presents ‘Process Improvement - Part of the Test Manager's Role?'. The event will be held at the Institute of Directors in London.
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British Computer Society (BCS) Specialist Interest Group in Software Testing (SIGiST)
13 December 2007
The event will be held in London.
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EuroSTAR - Stockholm
3-6 December 2007
Brian Wells presents a case study on ‘Realistic Test Process Improvement by Professionals'. Geoff Thompson and Graham Thomas will host an interactive session in the evening: Test The EuroSTAR Nations.
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SQC Software & Systems Quality Conference UK
2-3 October 2007
Targeting Testing Professionals specifically, Test/Development/Project and Programme Managers, Geoff Thompson and Brian Wells present a case study from HBOS -TMMi® the Model in Practice.
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Experimentus hosts second city networking event and whisky tasting
26 September 2007
The superb response following the first event in June has prompted Experimentus to host a second at The Whisky Shop in Paternoster Square.
Geoff Thompson has been invited to present at the SIGiST in Israel
10-11 July 2007
This year's four-day Conference includes the following topics: Test Management, Testing Techniques, Test Methodology, Test Process Improvement, Test Design, Test Metrics Performance and Load Test Automation Risk Based Testing, Special Sessions.
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An evening of networking and whisky tasting in the City
28 June 2007
Set within the contemporary surroundings of The Whisky Shop, Experimentus is hosting an intimate and unique event, giving business and IT professionals the opportunity to network and learn more about the fascinating history and amazing world of whisky.
BCS SiGIST - Testing - a Risky Business?
13 June 2007
Geoff Thompson and Brian Hambling presenting ‘ISEB/ISTQB Advanced explained'.
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SQS Software & Systems Quality Conference UK
4th October 2006
Geoff Thompson presents ‘Test Process Improvement - How to make it work' and Brian Wells is involved in the ‘Test Process Improvement - Three points of view' debating panel also taking place on the 4th October.
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STeP-IN Summit
18-21 January 2006
Brian Wells presents on TMM and measurement.
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EuroSTAR - Copenhagen
28th November to 1st December 2005
Geoff Thompson presents the ‘The V Model - adding real value' and later on, Brian Wells presents on ‘Metrics and Measurement'.
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SQC Software & Systems Quality Conference UK
27th - 28th September 2005
Geoff Thompson presenting an interactive workshop on TMMi® with Erik Van Veenendaal.
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BCS SiGIST
21st June 2005
Geoff Thompson is presenting on ‘Failure Analysis and the expert tester'.
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BCS SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) - London 17th June 2005
Geoff Thompson is presenting on ‘Failure Analysis and the expert tester'
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EuroSTAR delegates have marked the Experimentus presentation at the Stockholm conference as ‘Outstanding' rating it an average score of 8.17 out of 10.
Watch Geoff Thompson's presentation from December's EuroSTAR conference.
