The appeal of Risk-Based Testing is clear: you don’t have the time or resources to run every possible test, so you only execute those tests which are most likely to help avoid damaging software defects. Makes sense, right? However, issues arise when risk metrics are assigned arbitrarily, based on assumptions made about how a poorly understood system should work. Tests must be measurable and generated on the basis of an informed understanding of how a system is most likely to be used. This session will set out just how this can be achieved in practice, offering a pioneering approach to defining empirical risk appetites using actual user behavior.Learn More
Huw Price
CA Technologies
Huw joined CA Technologies in 2015 as Vice President of Test Data Management, when specialist testing vendor Grid-Tools was acquired into the CA DevOps portfolio. During a 30 year career, Huw has gained a deep understanding of the challenges faced by modern organizations, and, with an understanding of the science of testing, how to solve them.
Prior to joining CA, Huw helped launch numerous innovative products which have re-cast the testing model. His first venture goes back to 1988, when he set up data archiving specialists, BitbyBit. He was soon joined by long-term partner, Paul Blundell, also now of CA Technologies. After BitbyBit was acquired, Huw and Paul co-founded data migration and application conversion firm, Move2Open.
In 2004, Grid-Tools Ltd was set up, and Huw quickly went about re-defining how large organizations approach their testing strategy. He helped oversee the development of the company’ flagship product, CA Test Data Manager (formerly Datamaker), pioneering a data-centric approach to testing, and later played a visionary role in the design, development, and release of CA Agile Requirements Designer (formerly Agile Designer).
Huw has spoken at numerous conferences and exhibitions, from Star East and QSIT’s STeP-IN in 2009, to the 2011 InfoSecurity show and the ISACA annual conference in 2012. He is currently on the industrial advisory board for the University of Wales, and has previously served as an advisor to King’s College London.