People and Teams

Tutorials

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Mon, 05/04/2015 - 8:30am

Have you ever needed a way to measure your leadership IQ? Or been in a performance review where the majority of time was spent discussing your need to improve as a leader? If you have ever wondered what your core leadership competencies are and how to build on and improve them, Jennifer Bonine shares a toolkit to help you do just that.

Concurrent Sessions

W1 When Testers Feel Left Out in the Cold

Hans Buwalda, LogiGear

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 11:30am

When you're responsible for testing, it's almost a given that you will find yourself in a situation in which you feel alone and out in the cold. Management’s commitment for testing might be lacking, your colleagues in the project might be ignoring you, your team members might lack motivation, or the automated testing you had planned is more complicated and difficult than you anticipated. You feel you can't test enough, and you will be blamed for post-release quality problems.

W5 Unleashing the Creative Mind of the Test Engineer

Audrey Marak, AmerisourceBergen Corporation

Wed, 05/06/2015 - 11:30am

Do we each have a natural capacity for creativity? Can creativity be learned or enhanced? How do we ignite inventiveness? To be competitive in today’s world, it’s important to creatively respond to unanticipated challenges, make new connections, and adapt and continually improve. The good news is that our brains are built for creative problem solving, and it’s easy to discover and enhance our natural inventiveness.