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In 2013, Keith Klain quit his job as Head of the Global Test Center at Barclays Investment Bank to start a test consulting business based on context-driven testing principles. Keith has spent the past two years wading through industry dogma, pitching new ideas about testing to clients, hiring—and firing—testers, and trying to turn context-driven testing into a viable commercial approach. Succeeding in such a setting requires a balance of practical approaches that can driving improvements against “sunk cost”... Learn More
Update: Register below before August 3, 2016 to gain access to the event on-demand
Wednesday, May 4 | 8:30am–5:30pm ET
and Thursday, May 5 | 8:30am–5:30pm ET
The STAREAST Virtual Conference will be streaming live on May 4-5 from Orlando, Florida. The Virtual Conference features presentations and interviews straight to your desktop—including the latest testing solutions and networking opportunities. Watch keynote sessions and industry technical presentations as they are happening live at STAREAST. The STAREAST Virtual Conference features live interviews with conference speakers. Plus, you are able to visit the virtual Expo and learn about the most recent solutions from top industry providers. Attendance is complimentary—so reserve your seat now. Or, view the full program details below.
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Wednesday, May 4
Open Source Test Automation: Riding the Second Wave
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 10:00am to 11:00am
After the first wave of open source test automation tools like Fitnesse and Watir, we are now in a stronger, second wave led by Selenium-based frameworks. This powerful swell, fueled by a major shift toward web-based applications on desktops and mobile devices, is changing how corporations tackle software test automation. Add in a desire to replace old-guard, commercial tools in favor of newer technology with lower costs, we may have a perfect storm. However, with different technologies come new challenges.... Learn More
Effective Testing and Automation with Visual Studio Team Services | Microsoft Industry Technical Presentation
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 11:30am to 12:15pm
Modern Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) requires integrated toolsets to manage software projects, from planning and development through testing and deployment with end-to-end traceability. A successful integration toolset includes a web-based interface, and features like test planning, creation, execution, and results. Many test options are supported including unit, manual, automated/UI, exploratory, and performance testing. Agile development demands frequent changes not only to applications but also to testing environments, so these integrated tools combine ALM, testing, and DevOps... Learn More
Testing in the Digital Age: Thrive in the New Now! | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Industry Technical Presentation
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 1:45pm to 2:30pm
Deliver amazing applications with speed, quality and scale. Industry analysts, software innovators, and technical evangelists all warned us it was coming. Some of us believed them, others doubted, but there's no denying that it’s here. The era of agile development, accelerated app delivery through DevOps, and the Internet of Things is upon us. As exciting as these advancements are, they pose real challenges for software development, testing, and operations teams. How do we accelerate applications to market without sacrificing quality? Modern QA engineers and developers must... Learn More
Effective and Efficient Mobile Testing in an Agile Environment | Keynote by Dynatrace Industry Technical Presentation
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 3:00pm to 3:45pm
If it were easy to produce high-quality mobile apps, everyone would be doing it. But mobile development is tough. Consumers expect constant enhancements and a great experience on an ever-growing variety of devices. Many mobile app development teams are turning to agile to meet the time-to-market and quality demands of their customers. But these same teams often focus on changing the development (coding) process, and neglect the testing. In this session, we’ll discuss and show real examples of how to best carry out the major phases of testing within the mobile agile process, including unit... Learn More
Lightning Strikes the Keynotes
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 4:15pm to 5:15pm
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... Learn More
Thursday, May 5
Telling Our Testing Stories
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 8:30am to 9:30am
As software practitioners focus on technology issues, we often find that our messages to management and the business are either not heard or are misinterpreted. And sometimes we do not hear the messages that they need us to hear. Isabel Evans examines our natural ability to tell stories and how everyone’s built-in receptiveness to narratives will help you communicate productively about testing and quality. Isabel looks at how we can tell our testing stories in a way that is appealing to our audience. That means thinking about the role of oral, written, and visual representations of testing... Learn More
Assuring Superior Customer Experience in the Digital Reimagination™ Era | TATA Consultancy Services Industry Technical Presentation
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 9:45am to 10:30am
In this era of Digital Reimagination™ where customer loyalty is fickle, organizations are compelled to deliver superior customer experience in order to stay relevant. In such a scenario, Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing functions need to assume greater importance, while delivering products and services to customers. They need to assure a seamless and superior customer experience each time, every time.
Join TCS and Comcast as they share insights on:
• The changing face of QA and Testing in the Digital Reimagination™ era (TCS)
• Levers to assure superior customer... Learn More
Workflow Automation | Pole To Win International Industry Technical Presentation
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 11:15am to 12:00pm
Now that there is a wider acceptance and adoption of the DevOps model of delivering software, test automation expectations have changed. We now have to implement delivery processes that improve upon agile tenets like speed and predictability while also providing visibility in system health as development happens in real time. The distributed nature of today's development teams working across multiple time zones also plays a role in this change. Wherever possible, it's imperative to automate from a workflow and communications standpoint as well as from an application standpoint. This... Learn More
Agile Testing: Don’t Just Talk About it! Start Doing it! | CA Technologies Industry Technical Presentation
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 1:30pm to 2:15pm
Just like agile development, agile testing is a key component of your continuous delivery plan. But what aspect of test in your software development lifecycle do you address first to make a difference? How do you improve application quality while increasing the speed of delivery? This lively session with Huw Price will answer these questions. You’ll learn about how you can generate test cases more quickly from existing requirements. You’ll come away with a better understanding of test automation, environment simulation, and test data management, all of which are necessary to meet the... Learn More
The Evolution of a Software Tester: From Novice to Practitioner
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 4:15pm to 5:15pm
Once upon a time, Dawn Haynes was a software tester. Now she’s most often found in the classroom, helping others tackle the same day-to-day challenges that she has encountered on projects for the past thirty years. Dawn now recognizes that, although she had great instincts about testing that initially made her incredibly clever and effective at breaking software, it’s been the subtle questions, mantras, and foibles she’s encountered throughout her career that demonstrate how wrong some of her testing ideas have been. Now, Dawn reflects on how committed she was to those fledgling assertions... Learn More