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Testing, so many Problems - but we have the Solutions don't we?

Sir Humphrey Davy said “The most important of my discoveries have been suggested by my failures.”

This is as true today as it was when Sir Humphrey said it. I have been working in the test process improvement field for many years and see the same issues coming up time after time. For example, I see testers blaming everyone else for the issues they have with requirements but not doing anything to get the issues resolved. I see many test teams arriving on a project and they seem to start from a blank sheet of paper each time, repeating every error and taking all the same risks as they have always done, it’s as if they never learn or want to learn.

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:
• Outside the test project looking in
• Test Organisation
• Test Management
• Test Environment
• Test Design and execution
• Test Automation
alongside some suggestions for how to avoid them in the future.

Over the last 20 years Geoff has an excellent track record in Test Management and Process Improvement. He is particularly passionate about Test Process Improvement.

In 1997 he started working with ISEB developing the original Software Testing Foundation syllabus and exams; he then managed the development of the original Software Testing Practitioner syllabus and exam in 2002.

Geoff initiated the ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) and until recently was the UK representative to the board. He chairs the UK Testing Board.

He is a founder member and Chairman of the TMMi Foundation Management Executive (see www.tmmifoundation.org.uk), He is also the Vice Chairman and Treasurer of the BCS SIGiST (Specialist Group in Software Testing).

Geoff is a popular international speaker on all things testing.
He is also co-author of the biggest selling testing book on www.amazon.co.uk – Software Testing - An ISEB Foundation.

He won the 2008 European Testing Excellence award for his work in the field of testing.

Geoff Thompson is presenting at the Expo-QA conference in Madrid, Spain from 16th to 18th November 2010.

Find more details on the expo-QA website http://www.expoqa.com/en/conference-programa.php