K1

Amanda Lewis
Google Cloud

KEYNOTE | Happy Teams, Happy Users: The State of DevOps

Why do we need to transform? Or improve? Why should we “DevOps”? We know that technology drives value and innovation in every organization. High-performing technology teams focus on capabilities that maintain happy users and happy teams. These teams focus on not only technical capabilities, but process, measurement, and cultural capabilities. While there is no easy button for maintaining, improving, or transforming a high-performing technology team, the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) multi-year research program uses behavioral science to validate the most effective and efficient ways to develop and deliver software. Maintaining happy users and happy teams is a journey. We will discuss the key findings from the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report and learn how you and your team can use the research program to transform into a high-performing technology team.

W1

Agile Teams & Leadership*

A Team is Virtual, Their Fears are Real. Time for a Team Reboot!

Dana Pylayeva, Agile Play Consulting LLC

W5

Agile Development & Testing*

Dungeons & Dragons: Becoming the Hero of the Sprint3.+6+

Tara Walton, Provar

ITP 1

Industry Technical Presentation

We’ll Fix it in Production and Other Things I Used to Say Before Joining QA

Tricentis

ITP 3

Industry Technical Presentation

ZAPTEST: The Ultimate Software Automation Solution

ZAPTEST

W9

Agile/DevOps Transformations*

Harnessing the Current of C-Level Engagement and Corporate Sponsorship to Attain Superhero Level Invincibility

M. Peri Cope, TAB Bank

W12

Tools & Automation*

Automated Continuous Compliance Testing in the Cloud Age

Michael Lund, Novo Nordisk

ITP 4

Industry Technical Presentation

Open Source Developers are Security's New Front Line

Sonatype

ITP 6

Industry Technical Presentation

Accessible Automated Testing: Empower Everyone to Test Salesforce & Beyond

Copado

B1

Bonus Session

DORA Metrics: We've Been Using Them Wrong

LinearB

K2

Charlotte Chang
Industrial Logic

KEYNOTE | Creating Systems of Compassion

Look…the way we’re working isn’t working. At best, people act with chaotic complacency. At worst, they are punished for creative problem-solving and critical thinking. This results in burnout, anxiety, depression, apathy, helplessness, and hopelessness. In short, not for humans. The path forward? Together, we can nudge towards a System of Compassion - a system that focuses on humanizing people, empathetic leadership, and work that matters. Doing awesome work requires accepting and executing in a business landscape that’s in constant flux. Customers and employees are evolving, and businesses aren’t keeping up. This requires strong, empathetic leadership that re-humanizes people. Future leaders need to amplify humanity, provide optionality, calibrate talent, and round out people’s needs. Being this kind of leader starts with you - your needs, your opportunities, and your compassion. Louder, this time for the folks in the back…the way we’re working isn’t working!!! Our businesses, organizations, departments, teams, and people cannot innovate, adapt, or evolve. Today’s leadership and organizational norms limit peoples’ ability to make valuable contributions. But, we are at an inflection point where we each have a choice. The future holds promise!

W14

Agile Practices*

Taking Great Measures - Quit Measuring and Start Influencing

Amanda Palovcsik, CUNA Mutual Group

W16

DevOps Practices*

Industrial DevOps: Responding to Misconceptions

Suzette Johnson, NGC

ITP 7

Industry Technical Presentation

Completing the Promise of CI/CD with Continuous Merge

LinearB

ITP 9

Industry Technical Presentation

How to Build a Great GitHub Action Experience

Octopus Deploy

K3

Alison Wade
TechWell Corp.

KEYNOTE | Lightning Strikes the Keynotes

Throughout the years, Lightning Talks have been a popular part of the STAR conferences. If you’re not familiar with the concept, Lightning Talks consists of a series of five-minute talks by different speakers within one presentation period. Lightning Talks are the opportunity for speakers to deliver their single biggest bang-for-the-buck idea in a rapid-fire presentation. And now, lightning has struck the STAR keynotes. Some of the best-known experts in testing will step up to the podium and give you their best shot of lightning. Get multiple keynote presentations for the price of one—and have some fun at the same time.

K4

Cindy Peterson
Peerless Partners

KEYNOTE | Work (and Life)–One Big Experiment in Agility

If the recent pandemic has taught us anything, it is that we need to continuously adapt. But how can we, as individuals, each impact the trajectory of our team, project, and larger organization? How can we “walk the walk” of being more agile? In this talk, Cindy will share how anyone can start an experimentation movement, within their own team, function, or personal life! We will practice building hypotheses and how to design experiments that are “safe to try”. You’ll build your own experiments to try with your organization. We’ll also touch on methods to scale experiments as new ways of working gain traction across the org.

T3

Agile/DevOps Transformations*

Tips for Executing your First Agile Transformation

Sheyinka Harry, QualityWorks Consulting Group

T4

DevOps Practices*

Languishing with Laggards - Moving from Dead Ops to DevOps

Jason Davis, Cisco Systems

ITP 10

Industry Technical Presentation

Shaping C-Suite Perception of Engineering With Data & Metrics

Propelo

T8

Agile Practices*

Highly Regulated Industries - Are Agile Approaches Even Possible?

John Halberstadt, LitheSpeed

T11

Agile Development & Testing*

The Chaotic Approach to Modern Testing

Carlos Gomez, KPMG LLP

ITP 12

Industry Technical Presentation

Taking the Entire NFL and Asking Them To Play Rugby - The Scaled Agile Transformation of TD Bank

TD Bank

T14

Agile Practices*

Supercharge Your Jira Quick Filters

Ryler Hockenbury, Mastercard

T18

Tools & Automation*

Why QA Automation Fails in Agile and How to Make it Succeed

Bryan Butler, Leadr

ITP 14

Industry Technical Presentation

Eliminating Silos in Scrum: How to Avoid a Major Agile Failure

Coveros