Pascal Dufour

codecentric

A tester and ScrumMaster at codecentric, Pascal Dufour has a passion for agile projects where he implements pragmatic test strategies combining agile and context-driven testing. Pascal has more than ten years of experience at large international companies with different types of testing from embedded software to system integration. Enthusiastic and creative, he tries to make testing more fun, making his work visual and as simple as possible. Pascal helps team members improve their efforts in Scrum emphasizing ethics, commitment, and transparency. Motivating people to use a dynamic approach to testing, he believes teams should contain all disciplines and work together to create solutions. Pascal maintains a blog on pascaldufour.nl.

Speaker Presentations

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 1:45pm

Test Techniques

Think Different: Visualization Tools for Testers

Traditional processes have required testers to create a large amount of documentation in the form of test plans, test cases, and test reports. It’s time to think differently. Creating test artifacts in the “old school” textual style takes too much time away from actual testing. Besides, text is boring and uses only the left side of your brain. Visual images—charts, graphs, and diagrams—engage your right brain for more thinking power. The old saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” is really true!