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Embedding a Passion for Quality across the Lifecycle - we just love Testers!

So many times I hear testers stating that the requirements, or the developers or the configuration management have let them down – too many times to recall - and then the self same testers start asking to extend the testing time (I recently worked on a project where the tester was, without any plan or thought, asking for 12, yes 12, cycles of testing!). Is it any wonder that the project sees testing as an overhead rather than a really valued part of the lifecycle, adding real value!

Intriguingly I see the same issues in both Agile and structured projects!

What I don’t hear enough of is testers looking at the lifecycle and suggesting how to reduce testing by understanding the risks and pushing for improvements in requirements capture, development or configuration management. It’s been a big issue for years but with the arrival of the outsourcing of testing and the rise of the business need for fixed price testing contract, the need to get the quality right before testing is paramount in enabling test to be efficient and effective.

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 an overhead to a becoming 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.

Presentation Format: Track or Key Note
Target Audience: Intermediate
Presentation Key Points:
1. What drives the need for better quality from the whole lifecycle?
2. Harnessing that drive for the benefit of testing
3. Practical tips to help everyone become more passionate about testing and quality
Type of Talk: experience/ practitioner

Geoff has a real passion for the right software testing. He is a founder member of the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB), is currently the Chairman of The UK Testing Board. He co-authored the BCS book Software Testing - An ISEB foundation. In 2008 Geoff won the European Testing Excellence Award. He is a popular speaker having recently delivered keynote presentations in India and Australia as well as being a regular speaker at EuroSTAR and the BCS SIGiST.

Presentation References:
This presentation is based upon real life experiences in improving quality across the lifecycle.

Geoff Thompson is presenting at the EuroSTAR conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from 29th to 2nd December 2010.
Find more details on the website: http://www.eurostarconferences.com/