I present at A4Q WC because long after the pandemic is gone, computer defects will still be alive. The software quality “show” must never stop. This conference is important to me because it offers a worldwide tribune with renowned experts in the field of QC/QA. The perfect setup to spread the message.
Olivier Denoo
What a year! Sitting in the home office for so much longer than we could have imagined. The A4Q World Congress is our answer to the global pandemic. You get high quality workshops and a chance to network in our online Conference Hall – all for free! A4Q is a group of volunteers who love to finally bring the software quality community together again. Meet you all virtually in April!
Werner Henschelchen
As the program chair of the A4Q World Congress I am very proud that we have some of the best speakers from around the world. We will have over 90 presentations from over 80 top speakers in 7 languages. This makes the event one of the biggest international online conference on Software Quality!
Stephan Goericke
Software Quality is important – in a constantly changing and increasingly interconnected world and also in times of Corona. At the A4Q World Congress we have the wonderful opportunity to meet in an online conference, learn about new topics in quality assurance and test, meet experts, network and exchange experiences. I am proud that GTB is part of this worldwide community.
Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
Tilo Linz
Speaker: Tilo Linz
Company: imbus AG
Position: Co-Founder
Title of presentation: Testing Autonomous Systems
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The development of autonomous vehicles is currently being promoted massively under very high investments. The railway industry, shipbuilding, aircraft industry, and robot construction are also working on further developing their products (trains, ships, drones, robots, etc.) into self-driving or autonomous systems.
This speech discusses the question in which principle aspects the testing of autonomous systems differs from the testing of software-based systems of today’s character and gives some suggestions for the further development of test approaches adequate for autonomous systems.
Bio:
Tilo Linz is board member and co-founder of imbus AG, a leading German solution provider for software testing, and is deeply involved in software testing and quality assurance for more than 25 years. As a founding member and chairman of the German Testing Board and a founding member of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board, he has played a major role in shaping and advancing education and training in this specialist area on a national and international level. Tilo is also the author of the books Software Testing Foundations and Testing in Scrum (both published by Rocky Nook).
Gualtiero Bazzana
Speaker: Gualtiero Bazzana
Company: ALTEN Group
Position: Executive Vice President
Title of presentation: The Value of ISTQB® Certification
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The value and ROI of ISTQB® certifications are interesting to be analyzed in a context of rapid evolutions of the competences and career paths.
The speech hast he goal to analyze the subject both at personal and company level by means of the data resulting from ISTQB® Surveys as well as from pragmatic experiences.
Bio:
Gualtiero Bazzana has been working in the IT domain and specifically on Quality related aspects for many years.
He has served as ISTQB® President for two mandates.
He is currently Executive Vice President for ALTEN Group.
Olivier Denoo
Speaker: Olivier Denoo
Company: ps_testware SAS
Position: Vice-president
First PresentationTitle of presentation: Mon IA sera-t-elle éthique ou pathétique?
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: French
Abstract:
L’IA fait de plus en plus partie de notre vie, que nous le voulions ou non, que nous le sachions ou non.
Les systèmes basés sur l’IA scrutent déjà nos données pour nous profiler et nous offrir les meilleurs produits et services… en théorie du moins.
En se nourrissant du Big Data, les solutions commerciales d’IA deviennent une aide pour déterminer les risques que nous prenons ou ceux que nous constituons pour autrui ; elles influencent le coût de nos primes d’assurance, impactent des décisions judiciaires, influent sur notre conduite, nos examen médicaux, nos résultats scolaires ou d’examen, nos entretiens d’embauche, déterminent le rendement des employés et bien plus encore…
Oui, mais si elles venaient à échouer? Quel est notre rôle en tant qu’IT-ers et QA-ers d’un point de vue éthique?
Bio:
Depuis deux ans, Olivier est le président de l’ISTQB. Il est aussi le président du CFTL – le comité Français des tests logiciels – dont le but est de promouvoir la qualité logicielle en France au travers de divers schémas de certification, comme ceux proposés par l’ISTQB (test logiciel), ou encore IREB (ingénierie des exigences), TMMi (audit) ou encore IQBBA (analyse métier).
Il est également le vice-président de ps_testware SAS, une ESN spécialisée dans le conseil et la formation en qualité logicielle.
Depuis plus de 20 ans il prend part en tant qu’orateur à de nombreuses conférences internationales telles que Test-IT Africa; SQA-days; BA-days; JFIE; TestWarez; ReQuest, SEETEST; STF; Iqnite; JFTL; JMTL; JTTL; Analyst-days; Quality Week; Eurostar; Dasia.
Second PresentationTitle of presentation: AI: Ethical or Pathetic?
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: English
Abstract:
AI is becoming more and more a part of our life, whether we like it or not, whether we know it or not.
AI-based systems are already scrutinizing our data to profile us and offer the best or more suitable products and services to us…in theory at least.
Feeding from big data, commercial AI solutions become a helper to determine the risk we take or the risk we might be for others; they interfere with your insurance fees, court decisions, driving, medical checkup, school results, job interviews, employee performance and school or exam results…
But what if they fail? What is the role we must play, as IT-ers and QA-ers from an ethical perspective?
Bio:
Olivier is the VP of ps_testware SAS, the French subsidiary of ps_testware group. His role is to develop business, recruit the local expert team, build sustainable partnerships, promote software testing and quality.
He is also involved in auditing test projects and organizations and provides high-level consultancy and support.
Olivier is, since May 2019, the president of the ISTQB.
Olivier is also the President of the CFTL – the French ISTQB Board.
For 20 years he is an international speaker who spoke at Test-IT Africa; SQA-days; BA-days; JFIE; TestWarez; SEETEST; STF; Iqnite; JFTL; JMTL; JTTL; Analyst-days; Quality Week; Eurostar; Dasia…
He’s also actively participating in the development of new certification schemes, like IQBBA (Business Analysis), IREB (requirements engineering) or IBUQ (usability).
Bruno Legeard
Speaker: Bruno Legeard
Company: Université de Franche-Comté
Position: Professor of Software Engineering
Title of Presentation: L’IA au service des tests: Créer et maintenir les tests automatisés par apprentissage automatique sur les traces d’exécution
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Cette conférence montre de manière pratique comment utiliser les traces d’exécution pour analyser les parcours utilisateurs avec des technique de Machine Learning, identifier les besoins de tests de régression, et produire automatiquement les scripts de test automatisés pertinents pour la couverture des parcours utilisateurs.
Bio:
Bruno est Professeur de Génie Logiciel à l’Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté. Il est spécialiste des tests logiciels en Agile et des techniques d’IA appliquées aux tests. Il est aussi co-fondateur de la société Smartesting, et auteurs de plusieurs ouvrages sur les pratiques des tests. Au sein du CFTL, il contribue à l’organisation de la Journée Française des Tests et il a animé plusieurs groupes de traivail ISTQB (dont récemment le groupe « Acceptance Testing »).
Corne Kruger
Speaker: Corne Kruger
Company: Impimpi Technologies
Position: Chief Executive Officer
Title of presentation: Management Metrics – how to manage virtual environments
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Corné is the founder and President of the South African Software Testing Qualifications Board. Since the establishment of the SASTQB eight years ago, she has introduced the ISTQB and IREB certification to the South African testing industry, achieved recognition for ISTQB accredited training providers, ISTQB partnership for organizations and promotes software testing as a professional career for South Africa and abroad. Corné has recently being selected as the chair for the ISTQB TBOK working group.
Corné is the founder and CEO of Impimpi Technologies and has over 27 years of experience in Software Engineering within the financial, manufacturing, mining, transport and medical industry. She has written various articles and also acts as a program committee member for various international testing conferences. She believes that the success of software testing is embedded in establishing fundamental testing best practices based on international standards and effective communication to highlight the business value of software testing. Corné holds the degree of B.Sc. (HED) and owns the ISEB Practitioner, IREB Certified Requirements Engineering as well as the Quality Assurance Management Professional (QAMP) Certifications.
Stefan Sturm
Speaker: Stefan Sturm
Company: IREB GmbH
Position: Managing Director
Title of presentation: Applied Requirements Engineering
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The presentation introduces the new aspects of the CPRE Foundation Level 3.0 and highlights how they support increased project success in any project setup – may it be agile or waterfall.
Bio:
Stefan Sturm has been in the field of software and system development for almost 30 years. His career path covered business analyst, requirements engineer, software architect, project lead to the definition of systems and development processes to create these systems.
From 1999 to 2011 Stefan was Managing Director of a software company located in Karlsruhe, Germany. With his team, he designed individual software applications for global players as well as for small companies in many different industrial sectors.
In 2011 he was appointed as Managing Director of IREB GmbH the operating company of International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) e.V. In this position, he is responsible for all the numerous activities resulting from the worldwide growing success of the CPRE certificate.
Benjamin Timmermans
Speaker: Benjamin Timmermans
Company: Improve Quality Services
Position: Account Manager Training
Title of presentation: Een trainer in coronatijd. En daarna.
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: Dutch
Abstract:
Tijdens deze presentatie wil ik mijn ervaringen als trainer delen die ik heb opgedaan toen corona zijn intrede deed. Hoe succesvol verliep de transitie van het klaslokaal naar het virtuele klaslokaal? Wat ging er goed? Wat heb ik geleerd? Wat kan er wel en wat kan er niet in een virtueel klaslokaal? Uiteraard neem ik ook de ervaringen van ‘mijn’ cursisten mee. Tot slot neem ik ook een kijkje naar de toekomst.
Bio:
Sinds 1998 werkzaam in de IT op het gebied van Kwaliteit in IT. In deze tijd ervaring opgedaan in de detachering en consultancy in zowel het informatiedomein als het embedded domein. Gedurende ruim 20 jaar ervaring met het opleiden en trainen van mensen in binnen- en buitenland op het gebied van Kwaliteit in IT, Requirements engineering en Testen (geaccrediteerd voor diverse ISTQB trainingen op zowel Foundation, Advanced als Expert level). Daarnaast ook werkzaam als consultant op het gebied van het ontwikkelen van opleidingen en opleidingsprogramma’s.
Rik Marselis
Speaker: Rik Marselis
Company: Sogeti
Position: Principal Quality Consultant
Title of presentation: WORKSHOP “TMAP: Quality engineering”
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Business people want IT people to continuously deliver quality at speed to deliver business value. The “TMAP body of knowledge for quality engineering” supports the people involved in today’s high-performance IT delivery (such as Agile, Scrum, DevOps) in creating fit-for-purpose solutions and using testing to gather information (based on indicators) about quality and risks.
This practical hands-on workshop gives you a preview of some subjects from the TMAP certification training courses.
This 3-hour workshop starts with the concept of “built-in quality” and how the VOICE model and the quality engineering topics support cross-functional IT delivery teams. Then you will practice with some code coverage types for unit testing and how mutation testing can improve the test set. In the second half of the workshop you will practice the “path testing” test design technique and experience how you can achieve a relatively small set of test cases with a good coverage. You will use a practical excel-template to work out these test cases.
Target audience:
All people that work in Agile, Scrum, DevOps or “scaled agile” environments.
Bio:
Rik Marselis is principal quality consultant at Sogeti in the Netherlands. He is a well-appreciated presenter, trainer, author, consultant and coach who supported many organizations and people in improving their quality engineering practice by providing useful tools & checklists, practical support and having in-depth discussions. His presentations are always appreciated for their liveliness, his ability to keep the talks serious but light, and his use of practical examples with humorous comparisons.
Rik is a fellow of Sogeti’s R&D network SogetiLabs. These R&D activities result in presentations, books, white-papers, articles, podcasts and blogs about IT in general and quality engineering in particular. In 2020 his latest TMAP book “Quality for DevOps teams” was presented.
Amanda Logue
Speaker: Amanda Logue
Company: BMM Testlabs
Position: Senior Test Manager
Title of presentation: Software Testing in the Gambling Industry
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: English
Abstract:
With over 400 jurisdictions world wide gambling industry games have many rules and regulations they must comply with. These rules impact operating systems, hardware, software, mathematics and visual and auditory functionality. Testing to ensure the games comply with all the jurisdictional rules the game will be played in follows many of the foundation level testing practices but expand in other areas such as compliance testing, return to player calculation testing and player perspective testing.
In this presentation attendees will learn about:
– the different types of gambling,
– the key concepts in the gambling industry,
– the role of an independent test lab and regulatory commissions,
– the test phases within the gambling industry,
– becoming a certified gambling industry tester.
Bio:
Amanda Logue is a highly successful Senior test manager who has defined organizational test policy, selected and implemented appropriate test strategies and assessed test coverage and proposed best practices to meet BMM’s Quality Assurance (QA) testing business objectives and quality goals for multiple clients.
At BMM, Amanda serves as an expert in all areas of gambling QA. She has successfully run Class II, Class III, VLT, remote and online gaming, and lottery QA projects.
Amanda is also the Director of Marketing for the Canadian Software Testing Board, the Vice-Chair of the Testing Body of Knowledge working group of ISTQB, and the co-author of the Gambling Industry Tester Syllabus.
Relevant Specialized Experience:
- 20 years of experience in both software development and Quality Assurance
- Over 7 years of successful gambling execution around the globe
- Amanda holds the certifications of CTFL, CTFL-AT, CTFL-GT, CTAL-TA and CTAL-TM
Paul Gerrard
Speaker: Paul Gerrard
Company: Gerrard Consulting
Position: Principal
Title of presentation: Thinking Your Way Out of Big Testing Problems
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: English
Bio:
Paul Gerrard is a consultant, teacher, author, webmaster, programmer, tester, conference speaker, rowing coach and publisher. He has conducted consulting assignments in all aspects of software testing and quality assurance, specialising in test assurance. He has presented keynote talks and tutorials at testing conferences across Europe, the USA, Australia, South Africa and occasionally won awards for them.
Educated at the universities of Oxford and Imperial College London, he is a Principal of Gerrard Consulting Limited and the host of the Technology Leadership Forum. He was the Programme Chair for the 2014 EuroSTAR conference in Dublin and for several other conferences in the last decade.
In 2010 he won the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award and in 2013 he won the inaugural TESTA Lifetime Achievement Award. He won the ISTQB Testing Excellence Award in 2018.
He is author of the Test Skills Framework – a future skills framework for software testers.
Askar Aituov
Speaker: Askar Aituov
Company: CenterTOC
Position: Founder
Title of presentation: IQBBA – сертифицированный бизнес-аналитик базового уровня. Преимущества сертификации и обратая связь с IT-специалистами по преподаваемым программам
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
- Overview of IQBBA CFLBA certification program and exam process.
- Success stories of students: a. Enter to IT industry via business analysis courses. b. From machinery manager to Facebook employee. c. Project manager turned BA, and Information Systems scholar.
- Feedback on IQBBA syllabus from students: Strong framework. Certain highlighted skills are less relevant. Relationships with Data science/product management is not covered, while the market demand business analysts to be able to work with data scientists & product managers.
- Proposals to consider and update of the syllabus with system analytics and data science methods and tools.
Bio:
Founder of Centertoc.kz (IT educational center in Kazakhstan),
CoFounding R&D advisor at ClickLog.io (Deep tech startup in Estonia), Visiting researcher at
Singularity University (San Francisco) and Tallinn Technology University.
Fadi Aizouky
Speaker: Fadi Aizouky
Company: Acial
Position: Expert outils de tests
Title of presentation: Tester et intégration continue
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: French
Abstract:
L’intégration continue est un ensemble de pratiques utilisées en génie logiciel consistant à intégrer les changements apportés au code informatique de façon continuelle. Cette intégration nécessite d’appliquer une variété de tests (tests unitaires, tests fonctionnels, tests d’intégration, …) garantissant la qualité du code livré et la non-régression sur les fonctionnalités existantes. Tester en continue et automatiser ses tests devient donc une étape essentielle dans la mise en place d’une chaine d’intégration continue
Bio:
Fadi Aizouky, ayant 18 ans d’expérience dans les outillages et méthodes des tests ainsi qu’en automatisation, il est actuellement rattaché à la FAC d’Acial et effectuant des missions d’audit, conseil et formation
Yeison Arias Castrillón
Speaker: Yeison Ferney Arias Castrillón
Company: Choucair Testing
Position: Arquitecto de Automatización
Title of presentation: Selenium: mitos y realidades
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 21:00
Language: Spanish
We have found in IT industry and even in Quality Assurement sector, there are many misconceptions about Selenium capabilities and programming languages you can work with Selenium. Therefore with this presentation, we want to address briefly some of these topics providing the attendants a better vision of Selenium and encouraging them to embrace this tool for their further automation projects.
Hemos comprobado que en la industria de las TI, e incluso en el sector del aseguramiento de la calidad, existen muchos conceptos erróneos sobre las capacidades de Selenium y los lenguajes de programación con los que se puede trabajar. Por ello, con esta presentación, queremos abordar brevemente algunos de estos temas proporcionando a los asistentes una mejor visión de Selenium y animándoles a adoptar esta herramienta para sus futuros proyectos de automatización.
Bio:
Ingeniero de Sistemas con Especialización en Gerencia de Proyectos de la EIA. Desde 2008 trabaja en proyectos de pruebas de software en 2009 se incorpora el equipo de Automatización de Choucair con responsabilidades de modelado implementación y operación. Como Arquitecto de Automatización desde 2018, se ocupa de la estrategia técnica del proyecto, buscando viabilidad y eficiencia.
Dedica gran parte de su tiempo a investigar buenas prácticas para la mejora y fortalecimiento de la capacidad de automatización de pruebas.
Harold Ardila Anaya
Speaker: Harold Ardila Anaya
Company: Choucair Testing
Position: Arquitecto de Automatización
Title of presentation: Selenium: mitos y realidades
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 21:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
We have found in IT industry and even in Quality Assurement sector, there are many misconceptions about Selenium capabilities and programming languages you can work with Selenium. Therefore with this presentation, we want to address briefly some of these topics providing the attendants a better vision of Selenium and encouraging them to embrace this tool for their further automation projects.
Hemos comprobado que en la industria de las TI, e incluso en el sector del aseguramiento de la calidad, existen muchos conceptos erróneos sobre las capacidades de Selenium y los lenguajes de programación con los que se puede trabajar. Por ello, con esta presentación, queremos abordar brevemente algunos de estos temas proporcionando a los asistentes una mejor visión de Selenium y animándoles a adoptar esta herramienta para sus futuros proyectos de automatización.
Bio:
Ingeniero de Sistems egresado de la Universidad Industrial de Santander, Tester certificado en Selenium con experiencia en control de calidad del software.
Con conocimientos sobre desarrollo de software e investigacón, se ha desempeñado como automatizador implementando y liderando diferente proyectos de pruebas para el sector bancario y logístico. Hace parte de Choucair Testing desde 2018, es apasionado por la tecnología y la música sinfónica.
Emna Ayadi
Speaker: Emna Ayadi
Company: Primatec Engineering
Position: Test Coach
Title of presentation: Tester au-delà de votre projet
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Les “Testeurs” d’aujourd’hui veulent apprendre de nouvelles techniques,
de nouvelles méthodes de test, explorer plus d’applications dans différents domaines d’activité.
Certains d’entre nous trouvent que quitter son organisation peut aider à développer plus de compétences en tant que testeur en intégrant des nouveaux projets, en traitant de nouveaux outils, de nouveaux langages… Nous ne pouvons pas ignorer le fait que chaque changement peut être bénéfique et ouvre de nouveaux horizons.
Dans cette présentation, vous allez explorer plein de nouvelles choses du quotidien en dehors de votre périmètre projet et qui peuvent améliorer vos capacités.
Il est important de briser votre quotidien et d’y ajouter de nouvelles choses comme les jeux dédiés aux tests ou bien la création des communautés de pratique et encore plus!
Venez apprendre différentes activités que vous pouvez faire en dehors de vos heures de travail et qui peuvent faire de vous un meilleur testeur.
Le seul critère pour participer est d’être généreux pour partager et recevoir des autres.
Dans cette session, vous apprendrez :
- Différentes activités qui renforcent les communautés de tests
- Les compétences nécessaires pour le testeur moderne
- Comment apprendre de votre quotidien et l’appliquer dans le domaine des tests
- L’utilisation des jeux liés aux tests et développement logiciels et quelques exemples
Bio:
Passionnée par le test logiciel, Emna a cinq ans d’expérience dans différents projets combinés entre des rôles de test et de coaching. Emna organise aussi des meetups au sein de la communauté Ministry of testing Sfax et est co-autrice du livre “21st century skills for testers” avec Ard Kramer.
Son blog : https://emnaayadi.com
Aditya Mirza Bahari
Speaker: Aditya Mirza Bahari
Company: Indonesia Software Testing Board (IDSTB)
Position: President
Title of presentation: The Benefits of Shift Left Testing for Agile Team
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 08:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Agile Team could be small / Big, and it always demanding fast, accurate and efficient ways to test & deliver the features to the user.
This Presentation will talk about The plan, cost & Benefits of the Shift Left Testing Approach for the Agile Team. and how it can make your testing process easier and more efficient.
Bio:
Aditya Mirza is a software testing enthusiast, test engineering manager and the president of The Indonesia Software Testing Board.
Graham Bath
Speaker: Graham Bath
Company: German Testing Board e. V.
Position: Member
Title of presentation: Keynote: The Next Generation Tester: Meeting the Challenges of a Changing IT World
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: English
Abstract:
This presentation looks at the future of the professional software tester and how it must adapt to the demands placed on it by a wide range of technological and business factors. By developing an outline for a “Next Generation (NG) Tester” the presentation reflects on the future skills set of the professional software tester. This must evolve by bringing testers closer to their stakeholders in their day-to-day work and enabling them to cope with changes in IT and project life-cycles. Without adapting to this demand, the tester as a profession runs the risk of losing its relevance!
The presentation starts by identifying the key developments in IT which satisfy the demands of business for shorter delivery cycles, better cost effectiveness and increased flexibility. These changes enable business to stay competitive and include significant advances in the digitalization of Industry (“Internet of Things”), increased use of mobile solutions and the adoption of robotics and AI/Knowledge-based concepts. In addition to the technology-driven factors, different ways of working such as Agile and DevOps have been steadily adopted as development life-cycle models. Each of these factors is described and the impact on testing outlined.
In its response to these issues, testing requires increased levels of test automation supported by frameworks and integrated tool sets, the modelling of requirements for “seemless” test automation (Model-Based Testing) and the adoption of test processes which are better aligned to Agile and DevOps development life-cycle models.
Examples are given for each of these aspects based on the presenter’s insights into the current-day practices being adopted by industry.
The testing community (be it at overall industry level or within the organization or project) must now agree on what it considers to be good testing practice. This will have an impact (amongst others) on test processes, testing strategies and the tester’s contribution to quality engineering. It will also require the definition of an expanded skill set for the proposed NG Tester role which builds on the current tester role. A summary of this skill set is provided to support these discussions.
The presentation concludes with some suggestions on how the adoption of new skills can be enabled. This focusses not only on training and certification possibilities, but also on the overall approach we should consider in helping people make the transition to NG Tester.
Bio:
Graham is a long-standing member of the German Testing Board as is a frequent presenter and tutorial provider at conferences around the world. Graham is the ISTQB Working Group chair for the Specialist Level Certified Tester qualification and co-authored books on the subject of Usability Testing and Test Analysis. He currently applies over 35 years of testing experience to support customers with consultancy, training and test process improvements.
Sebastian Bauer
Speaker: Sebastian Bauer
Company: imbus AG
Position: Berater und Teamkoordinator
Title of presentation: Test von Barrierefreiheit
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Durch die zunehmende Digitalisierung ist die Barrierefreiheit von digitalen Anwendungen für die Teilhabe aller Menschen essenziell! Aber auch Menschen ohne Einschränkungen profitieren von digitaler Barrierefreiheit.
Digitale Angebote sind grundsätzlich unabhängig von verwendeter Hard- und Software, physischen oder kognitiven Einschränken und der Sprache für alle Menschen nutzbar. Dafür gibt es allerdings einige Anforderungen zu beachten. Im europäischen Wirtschaftsraum ist die digitale Barrierefreiheit durch Gesetze und Normen geregelt, welche in Deutschland durch das Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz (BGG) und die Barrierefreie-Informationstechnik Verordnung (BITV) umgesetzt werden.
Doch was genau bedeutet Barrierefreiheit für digitale Angebote? Und wie werden diese entwickelt und getestet?
Bio:
Sebastian Bauer ist ausgebildeter Fachinformatiker, ISTQB Certified Tester im Advanced Level und Bachelor of Business Administration. Seit 2012 ist er für die imbus AG im Bereich Softwarequalitätssicherung tätig. In dieser Zeit hat er unter anderem Projekte im nicht-funktionalen Umfeld in verschiedenen Branchen als Projektleiter geführt. Außerdem ist er Berater für das Testmanagement-Werkzeug TestBench. In dieser Funktion ist er in den letzten Jahren auf mehreren Konferenzen als Speaker aufgetreten.
Seit 2018 ist er als Berater und Teamkoordinator im Bereich digitale Barrierefreiheit im Einsatz und hat in dieser Rolle unter anderem Projekte für große Bundes- und Landesbehörden geleitet.
Lovelesh Beeharry
Speaker: Lovelesh Beeharry
Company: MSTQB
Position: President
Title of presentation: Flexible Selenium Test Automation Framework
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The talk session will be about how we can unlock the potential of automation testing using a keyword-driven automation test framework based on Selenium Engine. We will also discuss how we implemented automation testing at iQera IO and how we opened the tool to manual testers. We will also shed light on a pseudo programming language that we created and will discuss how it is making our test cases flexible at the same time reducing effort on test data maintenance on automation tests.
Bio:
With over 11 years of experience in software quality assurance, I had the opportunity to learn a lot about manual, automation, performance and security testing.
I am passionate about using automation tools to their fullest and firmly believe that such tools will lead the future software testing market.
I am the founder and currently serving as the President of MSTQB (Mauritian Software Testing Qualifications Board) which is the Mauritian chapter for ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board).
I am currently leading a small team of automation test engineers at iQera IO and appreciate learning every day from professionals around me.
Being also an ISTQB trainer, I enjoy coaching students and professionals to achieve their ISTQB certificate.
Jürgen Beniermann
Speaker: Jürgen Beniermann
Company: Sogeti Deutschland GmbH
Position: Trainingsleitung QA & Softwaretest
Title of presentation: Agiles Entwickeln und Testen – ein Widerspruch?
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deloyment, Testen im agilen Team, Unittest – überall begegnet man “dem Test”. Aber was heißt das eigentlich – “der Test” ? Im Rahmen dieses Vortrages wollen wir einige Themen vorstellen, die auch einem Entwickler in den verschiedenen Projekten zum Thema Test begegnen werden und zeigen wie man als Entwickler die Qualität von Code und Architektur verbessern kann. Aber oft fehlt die nötige Test-Expertise im Entwicklungsteam. Abhilfe schafft hier der brandneue und an praktischen Codierungsaufgaben orientierte Kurs „Testing Foundations for Developers“ (A4Q-TF4D) eine Kooperation von A4Q mit dem GTB.
Bio:
Jürgen Beniermann ist Managing Consultant bei der Sogeti Deutschland GmbH und leitet dort die Trainingsabteilung. Nach dem Studium hat er als Entwickler seine berufliche Laufbahn begonnen und dabei sehr schnell das Thema Qualitätssicherung für sich entdeckt. Die gesammelte Erfahrung aus über 25 Jahren IT nutzt er, um sie in seinen Trainings weiterzugeben und legt er besonderen Fokus auf Praxisnähe und Interaktion. Des Weiteren ist er im GTB aktiv um auch hier seine Erfahrung im Testen und Trainer einzubringen.
Title of presentation: WORKSHOP: Testing Foundation for Developers
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, testing in the agile team, Unittest – everywhere one meets “the test”. But what does that actually mean – “the test”? In this lecture, we want to introduce some topics that a developer will also encounter in the various projects on the topic of testing and show how developers can improve the quality of code and architecture. But often the necessary test expertise is missing in the development team. The brand-new course “Testing Foundations for Developers” (A4Q-TF4D), a cooperation between A4Q and the GTB, provides a remedy here.
Bio:
Jürgen Beniermann is Managing Consultant at Sogeti Deutschland GmbH and heads the training department there. After completing his studies, he began his professional career as a developer and very quickly discovered the topic of quality assurance for himself. He uses the experience he has gained in more than 25 years of IT to pass it on in his training courses and places particular emphasis on practical relevance and interaction. Furthermore, he is active in the GTB to contribute his experience in testing and training.
Adriana Benitez
Speaker: Adriana Benitez
Company: EXUS
Position: Quality assurance Engineer
Title of presentation: ¿Cuál es el futuro de Selenium Webdriver / Python?
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
En el campo de las pruebas de software, Selenium se ha vuelto muy popular por todas las razones que conocemos y el futuro de esta herramienta parece intacto. La razón es porque todos los beneficios que obtenemos al usar Selenium, no se encuentra en otras herramientas.
Como Selenium es un marco de código abierto, se puede utilizar de forma totalmente gratuita.
Selenium admite varios lenguajes de programación como Java, Ruby, Python, C #, PHP.
Selenium es una herramienta muy poderosa para la automatización y Python es un lenguaje simple y fácil que está siendo muy popular en esta área, pero ¿cuál será su futuro?.
Bio:
Ingeniero en Sistemas Computacionales con Master en Comunicaciones Móviles en la Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya, cuento con algunas certificaciones como: Scrum Master y CTFL-ISTQB. Mi experiencia en Testing es de hace aproximadamente 8 años, análisis, diseño, ejecución y análisis de los resultados han sido las tareas básicas en los últimos años, dentro de cada fase del ciclo de pruebas utilizo herramientas como por ejemplo: JIRA, Postman, Fiddler, Selenium… etc. He trabajado con equipos a nivel internacional desempeñándome como tester, test lead y test manager. Actualmente me encuentro laborando en una empresa que desarrolla programas para el sector bancario donde el Testing desempeña un papel fundamental.
Sophy Brunoy
Speaker: Sophy Brunoy
Company: Orange
Position: Ingénieur Robotique
Title of presentation: Automatisation – Des robots pour tester les objets connectés?
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: French
Abstract:
17.5% : la croissance annuelle du marché des objets connectés dans le monde, on estime qu’en 2025 chaque être humain en possèdera 20 différents. Pour proposer un objet fiable, les entreprises doivent le tester tout au long de sa fabrication. C’est à ce niveau que nous intervenons pour effectuer des tests End 2 End. Bien qu’il existe de nombreuses solutions pour automatiser les tests sur mobiles et tablettes, aucun consensus n’existe pour interagir en parallèle avec l’objet connecté. Comment traiter ce cas de figure ? Doit-on simuler l’objet lui-même ou les actions réalisées sur celui-ci ? Nous avons opté pour la création de robot réalisant ces interactions, voici notre retour d’expérience.
Bio:
Ingénieure systèmes d’information depuis peu, j’ai découvert les métiers du tests en même temps que ma passion pour la robotique lors de mon stage de fin d’études. Je travaille au quotidien sur l’automatisation de tests et sur l’amélioration de nos robots.
Stan Buehne
Speaker: Stan Buehne
Company: IREB GmbH
Position: Deputy Managing Director
Title of presentation: Digital Design Professional: craft with digital material
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Until now, analytical skills have been the key for understanding companies and their business processes in order to optimize them with support from IT. Today, however, technology is increasingly driving completely new, innovative services and entirely new business models, which are subsumed under the buzzword: digital transformation. To support this kind of digitalization, you need additional design and technical skills as well as the ability to understand digital business models and to guide teams to design the best digital solution. To meet this need, IREB has launched a new certification – the Digital Design Professional – in close collaboration with recognized experts in traditional product design, digitization experts from industry, and universities.
In addition to design and technology (digital material), the qualification as a digital design professional also includes relevant cross-cutting competencies that foster the understanding of economic and social aspects in order to design the digital solution as a whole and to be able to control the entire building process of the digital solution from a design perspective.
Bio:
Stan Bühne is the Vice Managing Director of IREB GmbH. Stan has 15 years of experience in requirements engineering, business analysis and project management. Before joining IREB he worked for different Consulting companies and was responsible for various IT and transformation projects.
Francisco Castillo Chen
Speaker: Francisco Castillo Chen
Company: NOVACOMP
Position: Automation Architect
Title of presentation: Aplicación de la Inteligencia Artificial en el testing manual y automatizado
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
Para su estado actual de desarrollo, tecnologico,industrial y de negocio, todavia existen algunos retos importantes en la aplicacion de la Inteligencia Artificial, al proceso de testing. Sin embargo, ya la Inteligencia artificial ha estado siendo aplicada, como apoyo en tareas circundantes y complementarias al testing y QA Management. Con este tipo de apoyo, mediante la aplicacion de la Inteligencia, es posible mejorar la efectividad y eficiencia en los procesos de testing.
In its current state of development, technological, industrial and bussiness related, there exists yet , many important challenges, in the application of AI, over the testing process. However, today AI have been being applied, as support on surrounding and complementary tasks, over the testing and Quality Assurance Processes. With that kind of support, trough the application of AI, effevtivity and efficience for testing processes, can be improved.
Bio:
In Spanish [-Gerente y arquitecto de soluciones de AI y Automatizacion
-Especialista en Inteligencia Artificial y Ciencia de Datos del Instotuto Tecnologico de Costa Rica
-Entre los primeros Latinoamericanos en obtener las certificacion Avanzadas de Ingenieria de Automatizacion y primero en latinoamerica en obtener
la certificacion de testing sobre inteligencias Artificial : A4Q AI and Software Testing)
-Amplia experiencia en Tecnologias en informacion e Ingenieria del software. Incluyendo Ingeniera de Automatizacion de pruebas y testing sobre Inteligencias, en el contexto
de metodologias Lean Agile(sAFE) aplicadas.] ,
In English [-AI/Automation Manager/Architect
-Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Specialist , Costa Rican Institute of Technology(TEC)
-Among the first Latin Americans obtaining the Advanced Certification for Test Automation Engineering. First Latin American to obtain the
A4Q AI Testing certification : A4Q AI and Software Testing
-Wide experience working on IT and Softwre Engineering. Including Test Automation Engineering and AI Testing, inside the context of applied Lean/Agile Metodologies]
Renzo Cerquozzi
Speaker: Renzo Cerquozzi
Company: UBS AG
Position: Program Test Manager
Title of presentation: Appium for mobile testing
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Testing in the mobile devices landscape is a challenging task. Come join us to see an overview of how Appium framework can help you to develop robust test suite runnable in a cross-platform environment.
Bio:
Computer scientist for more than 35 Years, experience in Industry and Banking as employee and contractor. Wide experience in software development, management, Requirement engineer. Real experience in many methodologies
Since almost 20 years in testing, starting as unit tester, continuing as system tester, test manager, test automation. Team member by Swiss Testing board (STB) and ISTQB (ViceChair Agile WG)
Alessandro Collino
Speaker: Alessandro Collino
Company: ALTEN Italia
Position: Software Testing Specialist
Title of presentation:
Testing Strategies for Microservice-based Web Applications in a DevOps framework
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: English
Abstract:
In recent years, the evolution of IT has spanned several dimensions: development process, application architecture, distribution and packaging, application infrastructure, and so on. Overall, this evolution allows us to exploit the so-called “shift-left” from the testing perspective. However, this opportunity can only be exploited by developing a testing strategy that actually addresses all the challenges posed by this evolution. During this talk, we will describe the main challenges for defining an effective “continuous” testing strategy for Microservice-based web applications within a DevOps framework and how to address those challenges. We will focus in particular on Microservices integration tests: in fact, the biggest complexity in a Microservice architecture is not within the individual Microservices, but in the way they interact with each other: traditional approaches (“broad integration”) do not work within the specified framework and more modern approaches are needed.
Bio:
Graduated in Computer Engineering at the Politecnico of Milano and with over 17 years of experience distributed in various sectors (Avionics, Telecommunications, Media, Insurance, etc.), my main interests concern the wide area of Software Testing. I currently work within the “Technical Direction” and “Academy” departments at ALTEN Italia. I am also co-founder and active member of ITA-STQB (the Italian chapter of ISTQB).
Jean-Luc Cossi
Speaker: Jean-Luc Cossi
Company: Qola
Position: Founder & CEO
Title of presentation: Les nouveaux enjeux du métier de testeur de logiciels
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Les entreprises adoptent sans cesse de nouveaux outils et approches pour un meilleur développement de leurs salariés, et ainsi produire au rythme de leurs clients: DevOps, Agile, Lean, Machine Learning, et bien d’autres. Face à ces évolutions constantes, les testeurs doivent maîtriser de nouvelles approches, mais aussi apprendre à se positionner différemment au sein de l’entreprise pour plus de valeur aux clients. Quels sont les nouveaux enjeux aujourd’hui pour les testeurs et comment se positioner?
Bio:
Jean-Luc est le fondateur et CEO de Qola (https://qola.io) qui aide les personnes à acquérir des compétences en qualité logicielle et résolution de problème. Expert du Lean Management pour le Digital, Jean-Luc est aussi un fondateur et le Président du West Africa Software Testing Board.
Jean-Baptiste Crouigneau
Speaker: Jean-Baptiste Crouigneau
Company: Progideo
Position: Chief Operating Officer
Title of presentation: DD en Démo
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Plutôt que de présenter, comme cela a souvent été très bien fait, la famille DD (TDD, BDD, ATDD, DDT, …), je propose de réaliser une courte démonstration en partant d’un exemple simple et en lui apportant quelques modifications pour montrer l’intérêt est l’efficacité de ces méthodes. « Des mots », donc, mais surtout des exemples pratiques.
Bio:
Consultant en test et qualité logicielle, fondateur du bureau de consulting Progideo, Formateur ISTQB et IREB, Auditeur accrédité TMMi, spécialisé en gestion des tests, amélioration des processus de test et automatisation des tests. Membre fondateur du CMTL (Comité Marocain des Tests Logiciels), membre de l’Exam Working Group de l’ISTQB et en charge des Local Chapters pour la Fondation TMMi.
Davit Danelia
Speaker: Davit Danelia
Company: TBC Bank
Position: Test Automation Chapter Lead
Title of presentation: GeoSTQB Panel Discussion “Challenging Quality Engineering Practices”
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
There are several non-standard and challenging cases all over the world connected to test automation. Some of them may directly be connected to technical aspects, some of them not at all. Therefore our speakers will make impressive discussions to highlight the areas with top challenging cases.
Bio:
Davit has an extensive experience in coding and understanding the code written in different programming languages: Java, JavaScript, Python, have a proven ability in designing and creating automation frameworks and Test Cases for Web/Desktop based applications using: JUnit/TestNG, Selenium WebDriver /Selenide, TestComplete, Maven/Gradle, Node.Js – Protractor (Jasmine), Building tests with Mocha and Chai using wdio, Jmeter and SOAP UI for Stress and Performance Test Automation, Leading Team from 9 Test Automation Engineers In JSC TBC Bank and leading Automation of Business Internet Bank. Davit is Naale Elite Academy winner with 100% Grant on High School education in Israel; Bronze Medal (at the Israeli Robotics Competition, March, 2016) and High grade student at BTU (Business And Technology University) 3th course. In addition, he is a student of Stanford University in Artificial Intelligence: Deep Learning Course. He has participated in several start-up hackathons from the University of Business and Technology. Active Speaker through IT companies and events about Test Automation.
Yves Duchesne
Speaker: Yves Duchesne
Company: Acceis
Position: General Manager
Title of presentation: La sécurité applicative
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: French
Abstract:
- Définition état de l’art
- L’insécurité
- Les audits de sécurité
- Les stratégies d’audit
- Les référentiels
Bio:
Ingénieur en cybersécurité exerçant depuis dix ans et développeur chevronné, Yves Duchesne a acquis une bonne connaissance des technologies web et propose une expertise toute particulière dans le domaine de la sécurité applicative. Expert en sécurisation des applications web, il possède une grande expérience de l’audit, plus particulièrement de l’analyse de code source et du test d’intrusion. Responsable du module de sécurité applicative au sein du Master en Sécurité des Systèmes d’information de l’Université de Rennes 1 (ISTIC), il est également un formateur expérimenté.
Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
Speaker: Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
Company: German Testing Board e.V.
Position: Chairman
Title of presentation: ISTQB goes AI
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
Bio: TBD
Georg Ebner
Speaker: Georg Ebner
Company: Nagarro
Position: Agile Coach
Title of presentation: How to make running engaging remote meetings & workshops a breeze
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 08:00
Language: English
Abstract:
In this interactive session you‘ll meet Miro, our favorite whiteboard collaboration tool for teams of all sizes. Miro has been proven in the many brainstorm sessions, meetings and workshops we‘ve run for and with clients and internally. Working with Miro feels like working in the same room – yet everyone is sitting in their home office. Experience the endless possibilities of real-time collaboration, explore tangible uses cases to power your productivity and walk out with practical ideas you can apply in your daily work.
Bio:
As an Agile Coach, Change Agent, Team Facilitator and Scrum Master, Georg Ebner stands for intrinsically motivated change. By generating enthusiasm for continuous learning and improvement, implementing and scaling the agile way of working and fostering an agile mindset, he leads teams and organizations to greater productivity. He initiates change projects and guides companies on their journeys toward an adaptive, learning organization. Internally at Nagarro, as core member of the Agile Community, he promotes new work concepts, co-creates the Agile Portfolio and coaches non-IT teams in adopting agile thinking, methods and practices. Georg describes himself as ‘a servant and conscious leader’ with a strong agile thinking and a wide range of methodical and social skills. His vision: To create more value in a more human working environment and to make people awesome.
Joe Elledge
Speaker: Joe Elledge
Company: Expleo Academy
Position: Principal Consultant
Title of presentation: The value of the existing ISTQB TM course in today’s increasingly Agile world
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Joe Elledge is a tester and risk manager who has been working at Expleo for 23 years. He is an accredited trainer for iSQI and ISTQB certification courses with the Expleo Academy. Joe has worked with a variety of industries including Telecoms, Banking, Insurance, automotive and medical devices and in a variety of countries including UK, Ireland, Germany, India, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. This breadth of experience informs his view about the universality of testing principles.
Lyz Escalante Fernandez
Speaker: Lyz Escalante Fernandez
Company: Científicos Expertos en Competencias y Conductas
Position: Socia Fundadora
Title of presentation: Design Thinking como Herramienta de gestion
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language
Spanish
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Lyz Escalante es una apasionada del desarrollo humano en las Organizaciones. Estuvo cerca de 24 años administrando talento en varias empresas y ahora es una emprendedora dedicada a diseñar modelos de competencias que permitan a las empresas lograr sus objetivos estratégicos. Socióloga de Profesión y con una maestria en Desarrollo Organizacional, Lyz ha sido reconocida como Ejecutiva influyente para directivos y gerentes en México en la plataforma LinkedIn este 2020 y fue seleccionada como Top Voice 2019 en Latinoamerica, debido a la constancia dedicada en sus publicaciones en temas de coaching, marca personal y modelos de competencias, y a la atención brindada a sus seguidores.
A través de su firma ha logrado resultados positivos en más de 30 organizaciones que han confiado sus modelos de competencias y mandos medios en sus manos.
Papuna Gagnidze
Speaker: Papuna Gagnidze
Company: Toptal
Position: QAOps / DevOps Engineer
Title of presentation: GeoSTQB Panel Discussion “Challenging Quality Engineering Practices”
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
There are several non-standard and challenging cases all over the world connected to test automation. Some of them may directly be connected to technical aspects, some of them not at all. Therefore our speakers will make impressive discussions to highlight the areas with top challenging cases.
Bio:
Papuna is a QA automation/DevOps engineer with Linux system administration and network engineering background. He has experience as a team lead in an agency environment working on end-to-end tests, designing architecture, and implementing highly scalable systems using Dockerized microservices. Throughout his career, he has worked on mobile banking apps, cloud management platforms, navigation apps, and event management software.
Konrad Gomulski
Speaker: Konrad Gomulski
Company: AmberTeam Testing
Position: Test Automation Engineer / Trainer
Title of presentation: Full Stack Tester
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
W świecie projektów IT od dawna znane jest pojęcie Full Stack Developera, człowieka-orkiestry dysponującego umiejętnościami, które pozwolą mu w pojedynkę zbudować całą aplikację od A do Z. Ale co z testami?
W trakcie prezentacji sp©óbujemy się zastanowić, czy jest taka potrzebne, a przede wszystkim czy to w ogóle możliwe, aby zostać Full Stack Testerem, oraz jakie kompetencje powinna posiadać taka osoba, aby móc z dumą nosić “FST” na piersi.
In the world of IT projects, the term Full Stack Developer has long been known. A man-orchestra with the skills to single-handedly build an entire application from A to Z. But what about testing?
During the presentation we will try to consider whether it is necessary and, above all, whether it is at all possible to become a Full Stack Tester, and what competences such a person should have in order to proudly wear the “FST” on his/her chest.
Bio:
Tester oprogramowania, inżynier automatyzacji testów, trener, prelegent, organizator, członek SJSI. Miał okazję brać udział w procesie testowym w różnych (głównie międzynarodowych) projektach, również poza granicami kraju, przerabiając praktycznie każdy poziom piramidy testowej. Miał przyjemność pracować z zespołami developerskimi z kilkunastu różnych krajów (czasem w tym samym momencie). Główną tematyką, jaką się zajmuje jest Python i szeroko rozumiana automatyzacja. Brał udział jako prelegent w wielu mniejszych lub większych spotkaniach środowiska testerskiego, czego zwieńczeniem było wystąpienie na TestWarez 2019. Czynnie zaangażowany w organizację wspomnianego TestWarez’a oraz wszystkich edycji ConSelenium. Oprócz krótkich form, prowadzi też warsztaty oraz szkolenia narzędziowe i techniczne. W wolnych chwilach pasjonat oraz instruktor jazdy na łyżwach oraz rolkach, koszykarz z doskoku, fan polskich gór oraz miłośnik dobrej fantastyki.
Software tester, test automation engineer, trainer, speaker, conference organizer, Polish Testing Board member (Stowarzyszenie Jakości Systemów Informatycznych). He participated in testing processes in various projects (mainly international, also abroad), working on practically every level of the testing pyramid. Cooperated with development teams from several different countries (sometimes at the same time). The main topics he deals with are Python and broadly defined automation. He has participated as a speaker in many smaller or larger meetings of the testing community, where one of the most important speeches was at TestWarez in 2019. Involved in the organisation of the aforementioned Testwarez conference as well as the Conselenium conference, which he has supported in all editions. Apart from short forms, he also leads workshops, tools and technical training. In his free time a passionate and an instructor of skating and rollerblading, a basketball player from time to time, a fan of Polish mountains and a lover of good fantasy.
Christian Graf
Speaker: Christian Graf
Company: QASTA
Position: Data Coaching
Title of Presentation: The ‘Need-to-Know’ on Cyber Security – a Lifecycle Approach
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: English
Abstract:
It is a well-known fact that adequate security cannot be patched-in but must be built into a product. Activities that ensure product security therefore must not only accompany the entire life cycle of that product, they also must precede it. Training of project staff in security should be completed before product development starts. Anyone who plays a key-role in the project must at least know the basics of how to develop systems with an adequate level of security. Better even, if anybody also knows how to perform role- and project-phase-specific security tasks. The A4Q Security Essentials syllabus therefore follows a life cycle approach in teaching IT-security.
The presentation addresses the general and role-specific ‘need-to-knows’ on secure development for a typical software project and gives an overview on how these are addressed in the A4Q Security Essentials syllabus and training materials.
Bio:
Dipl.-Math. Christian Alexander Graf, born in 1970, lectures in statistics and cyber security in the industry and at various universities. He is involved in curricula-development and is a co-author of ‘Basiswissen Sicherheitstests’ – a german standard textbook on security testing.
Hari Gurumoorthi
Speaker: Hari Krishnan Gurumoorthi
Company: DevOn
Position: Principal Consultant
Title of presentation: Workshop: Crossing DevOps Chasm – Why DevOps Initiatives fail and the capabilities adapted by high performing organizations
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CEST): 10:00
Language: English
Abstract:
DevOps has crossed the chasm, and many organizations across different industries have adopted DevOps is one form or the other as a panacea to digital transformation. As per the accelerate State of DevOps 2019 report, high performing companies who are successful in software delivery and operational performance „start with the foundations and then adopt a continuous improvement mindset by identifying unique constraints (or a set of constraints). Once these constraints to longer hold them back, repeat the process.“
Our Certified DevOps portfolio provides the breadth of knowledge and best practices currently applied by high performing organizations to build the software delivery and operational performance capability holistically. This portfolio helps to understand key challenges and drivers for DevOps adoption, principles, and practices to be used throughout the journey, and the capabilities that would remove the constraints and continuously improve the value delivery.
Bio: TBD
Marc Hage Chahine
Speaker: Marc Hage Chahine
Company: Altran
Position: Expert méthode et outils
Title of presentation: Comment prédire les anomalies?
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Plus les bugs sont découverts tard plus ils coûtent cher. Le meilleur moment pour les corriger est donc avant leur apparition en arrivant à prédire leur présence.
Cette présentation se base sur des expérimentations et concepts connus et utilisés par différentes sciences afin de s’en inspirer pour les adapter au monde du test logiciel.
Bio:
Passionné de test logiciel depuis 10 ans.
- Ingénieur test logiciel applications mobiles chez Orange (2012 – 2014)
- Ingénieur test agile chez Amadeus (2014 – 2016)
- Ingénieur automatisation test IHM web chez Air France (2016)
- Depuis 2017 Product Owner et testeur chez Orange
- Key member ITQ (2017 – 2021) (audits, étude d’outils, animation de conférences…)
- Architecte Expert méthode et outils chez Altran (depuis 2021)
Créateur du blog « La taverne du testeur »
Auteur du livre « Tout sur le test logiciel »
Coordinateur du livre « Les tests logiciel en Agile » édité par le CFTL ».
Matthias Hamburg
Speaker: Matthias Hamburg
Company: German Testing Board e.V.
Position: Member
Title of presentation: Der Glaubenskrieg um die Testautomatisierung
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Mit fortschreitender Technologie mehren sich die Erfolgsberichte über Testautomatisierung. DevOps und Continuous Delivery setzen fast ausschließlich auf automatisierte Tests, die vor jedem Deployment durchgeführt werden. Andererseits setzen Protagonisten des explorativen Testens entgegen, dass nur die kreative menschliche Arbeit das Wort „Testen“ verdient, und jede Art von Automatisierung einen kreativen Prozess unmöglich macht.
Die Autoren schauen genauer hin, was beim dynamischen Testen mit welchem Aufwand automatisiert werden kann und welchen Nutzen das bringt. Sie betrachten die Kosten und Nutzen einer Automatisierung der Testdurchführung allein, dann den Mehrwert einer Ausdehnung auf die vorangehende Testrealisierung und schließlich auf den Testentwurf. Die Kosten werden durch die dazugehörigen Schichten der Testautomatisierungsarchitektur visualisiert. Die Autoren gehen dabei auch darauf ein, welche Orientierung die Lehrpläne und das Glossar von ISTQB® dazu geben. Schließlich gehen sie auf die Streitfrage ein, ob die Testautomatisierung eine neue Wunderlösung („silver bullet“) oder ein Irrglaube ist. Wer im Glaubenskrieg Recht behält und warum Fred Brooks‘ Prognose wieder einmal zutrifft, erfahren Sie im Vortrag.
Bio:
Dr. Matthias Hamburg war bis zu seiner Pensionierung im September 2019 Managing Consultant bei der Sogeti Deutschland GmbH. Seine fachlichen Schwerpunkte sind bei der Testanalyse, Testmanagement und Testprozessverbesserung. Im German Testing Board (GTB) engagiert er sich weiterhin ehrenamtlich. Als Leiter der GTB-Arbeitsgruppe Glossar gibt er das ISTQB®/GTB Standardglossar der Testbegriffe heraus. Darüber hinaus leitet er beim International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB®) die Glossary Working Group und die Advanced Test Analyst Task Force.
Berit Hatten
Speaker: Berit Hatten
Company: Experis Ciber AS
Position: Chief Consultant Test Manager
Title of presentation: Correspondent letter from the battlefield of agile testing
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The presentation will share real-life experiences from the agile testing profession on delivering valuable products according to the business needs with the right quality.
The speech focuses on some core agile main principles and shares real life project experiences of agile practices and consequences of not doing agile properly.
This as seen from a test professional point of view. Examples of mitigations will be shared and explained.
Bio:
Berit Hatten completed a master’s degree at the University of Oslo in Computer Sciences 1991. She has been working on Quality Assurance, Test Strategies, Test Management, Testing, and Quality and Test process improvements for many organizations over more than 25 years.
The experiences are gained across businesses covering Shipping, Telecom, Business Administration, Health Care, Banking, and more.
Main interests and major experiences: well working functionality including long value chains of systems-of-systems and business critical projects.
Starting 2008, Berit has performed testing and test management based on variants of agile approaches.
Additional engagements: Test faculty manager of Experis Norway, Committee member of the Norwegian Testing Board of ISTQB.
Georg Haupt
Speaker: Georg Haupt
Company: oose Innovative Informatik eG
Position: Quality Evangelist und Coach
Title of presentation: Tiefkühlpizza, Softwaretesten und der Mann im Mond – Wie die NASA mich für eine Qualitätsworkshop-Methode inspirierte
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre entwickelte die NASA eine Methode zur Sicherstellung von Lebensmittelqualität. Diese Methode inspirierte mich zu einem Workshop, der über Teamgrenzen hinweg, gemeinsam einen Blick auf die Qualität unseres Produktes wirft.
In meinem Vortrag zeige ich Ihnen wie ich als gelernter Koch instinktiv Methoden der Lebensmittelhygiene anwendet. In der Rolle als Qualitätsmanager führte ich Workshops durch, die unseren Entwicklungsprozess entscheidend veränderten – mit Methoden aus der Gastronomie.
Die Gefahrenanalyse der kritische Kontrollpunkte nach HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) ist bis heute eine gesetzlich vorgeschriebene Methode in der Lebensmittelindustrie und Gastronomie, um die Qualität (Hygiene) von Lebensmittel-Produkten sicherzustellen. Diese Methode war der Ausgangspunkt für den Prozessanalyse-Workshop Quality Storming. Der, für Softwareentwicklung erdacht, die in den Jahren immer mehr verbessert wurde.
Ich zeige Ihnen wie Sie mit drei verschiedenen Quality Storming-Varianten die Hygiene ihrer Entwicklungsprozesse entscheidend verbessern können. Wir schauen gemeinsam, warum permanente Temperaturkontrollen von Tiefkühlpizza die gleichen Ziele haben wie Softwaretests in der Entwicklung: Die Qualität des Produkts!
Bio:
Als Quality Evangelist lautet mein Motto: „Aus der Praxis für die Praxis!“ Denn als Test- und Qualitäts-Management-Experte blicke ich auf 20 Jahre praktische Erfahrung für sowohl agile als auch klassische Soft- und Hardwaretests zurück. Weitere Schwerpunkte sind für mich: Test-Automatisierung, Test-Analyse sowie Security-Tests. Hierbei liegt mir besonders teamübergreifende und agile Qualitätssicherung am Herzen.
Ich lege hohen Wert auf eine ausgewogene Mischung aus manuellen, explorativen und automatisierten Tests. Das Entwickeln und Etablieren von Testmethoden und Prozessen ist für mich langjährige Praxis. Darüber hinaus biete ich Ihnen praktische Erfahrung in der Einführung von teamübergreifenden Test- und Testmanagementwerkzeugen und Prozessen.
Privat bin ich ein experimentell verspielter Smart Home-Technikfreak. Und dazu seit über 25 Jahren als DJ, Webradiomoderator und Cineast unterwegs. Aber nichts ist schöner als ein anständiger Wein mit der Familie, entweder bei einem guten Film im Heimkino oder beim Brettspiel.
Grzegorz Holak
Speaker: Grzegorz Holak
Company: Sii Poland
Position: Test Development Engineer
Title of presentation: Full Stack Tester
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
W świecie projektów IT od dawna znane jest pojęcie Full Stack Developera, człowieka-orkiestry dysponującego umiejętnościami, które pozwolą mu w pojedynkę zbudować całą aplikację od A do Z. Ale co z testami?
W trakcie prezentacji sp©óbujemy się zastanowić, czy jest taka potrzebne, a przede wszystkim czy to w ogóle możliwe, aby zostać Full Stack Testerem, oraz jakie kompetencje powinna posiadać taka osoba, aby móc z dumą nosić “FST” na piersi.
In the world of IT projects, the term Full Stack Developer has long been known. A man-orchestra with the skills to single-handedly build an entire application from A to Z. But what about testing?
During the presentation we will try to consider whether it is necessary and, above all, whether it is at all possible to become a Full Stack Tester, and what competences such a person should have in order to proudly wear the “FST” on his/her chest.
Bio:
Od początku swojej testerskiej przygody nakierowany na techniczne aspekty jakości oprogramowania. Uczestnik wielu, zarówno polskich, jak i międzynarodowych, projektów. Poszukujący najlepszych praktyk, zainteresowany usprawnianiem procesów. Aktualnie zajmuje się automatyzacją (Java, Kotlin, czasem też Python) oraz testami wydajności. Swoim doświadczeniem i wiedzą dzieli się zarówno jako prelegent na lokalnych MeetUpach testerskich, jak również prowadząc szkolenia i warsztaty techniczne. Aktywnie zaangażowany w organizację konferencji branżowych (TestWarez, ConSelenium). Certyfikowany w obszarze automatyzacji testów, technicznej analizy, selenium i innych (ISTQB: TAE, TTA, TA, TM, CTFL, CTFL Agile, CTFL Acceptance Tester; A4Q CST FL). Obecnie wiceprezes Stowarzyszenia Jakości Systemów Informatycznych, biorący czynny udział w rozwoju środowiska testerskiego w Polsce i za granicą. Prywatnie miłośnik kotów, fan grzebania w sprzęcie komputerowym oraz zapalony kibic Widzewa.
From the beginning of his testing adventure he was focused on the technical aspects of software quality. Participant of many polish and international projects. He is looking for best practices, interested in process improvement. Currently deals with automation (Java, Kotlin, also Python) and performance tests. He shares his experience and knowledge as a speaker at local Test MeetUps and also by conducting training courses and technical workshops. Actively involved in the organisation of industry conferences (TestWarez, ConSelenium). Certified in test automation, technical analysis, selenium and others (ISTQB: TAE, TTA, TA, TM, CTFL, CTFL Agile, Acceptance Tester; A4Q CST FL). Currently a Vice-president of the Polish Testing Board, actively participating in the development of the testing environment in Poland and abroad. Privately a cat lover, a fan of modifying computers hardware and a Widzew football fan.
Leanne Howard
Speaker: Leanne Howard
Company: Planit Testing
Position: Global Business Agility Practice Director
Title of presentation: Agile, where have all the Test Managers gone?
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: English
Abstract:
With the increasing move towards greater business agility, particularly over the last year when it became almost mandatory, there has been a shift in the role of the Test Manager and arguably all testing roles. Some frameworks do not even mention testing roles.
- No longer is it just the test professionals that do testing
- No longer do we just discover defects, but we do practices that prevent them happening (shift left)
- No longer are we the “quality police” but the whole team that has responsibility for quality
So what are we doing? This is a great opportunity for Test Managers (and all test professionals) to grow their competencies and learn new skills. Rather than looking vertically for career growth, add specialist skills that make you more cross functional. Yes there are roles for us, but they look different.
Bio:
Leanne is a specialist in the implementation of practical better ways of working (BWOW), with a strong focus on quality, customer delight and accelerating delivery based on a business agility mindset. She has always valued the “lightweight” approaches favouring pragmatic, outcome-focussed working with a predisposition towards just-in-time effort which has helped her build the Planit Business Agility Practice community globally.
Leanne has gained a unique insight into the issues and frustrations that beset teams and individuals implementing or seeking to uplift agile practices internationally. With 30+ years in the industry Leanne has built up an extensive toolkit which can adapt to any context. Ethics and Integrity is part of her core beliefs and values, aligning with the Agile manifesto. Continuously learning and collaboratively sharing her knowledge so that others benefit from this wide experience by succeeding first time.
Leanne is a supportive leader that people gravitate to, are excited to learn from and work with. She empathises with the team whilst giving value to the organisation, leading everyone on a journey of growth. She helps the team to succeed in their goals, challenging them to optimise whilst being their professional best friend. Most importantly having fun whilst working. Leanne volunteers her free time go give back to her profession and to foster better harmony and alignment between the various bodies of knowledge. She is a member of the Australian Standards Committee: TMMi Foundation: a board member of ANZTB and sits on several working groups for ISTQB. Leanne is active in the wider agile and testing communities writing published articles and speaking at international conferences to share her craft.
Leanne was particularly honoured to receive the ICT Woman of the Year (NSW) award from her peers, as well as other industry awards.
Juraj Húska
Speaker: Juraj Húska
Company: UBS AG
Position: Software Developer
Title of presentation: Appium for mobile testing
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Testing in the mobile devices landscape is a challenging task. Come join us to see an overview of how Appium framework can help you to develop robust test suite runnable in a cross-platform environment.
Bio:
A software developer with a test engineering background, bringing 10 years experience in big enterprises (Red Hat, NetSuite, UBS) as well as in startups with a great passion for automated testing.
Iosif Itkin
Speaker: Iosif Itkin
Company: Exactpro
Position: Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Presentation 1
Title of presentation: Operational Resilience in Financial Market Infrastructures
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: English
Abstract of presentation 1:
Exactpro provides independent software testing services for mission critical technology that underpins global financial markets – exchanges and clearing houses. Half of the top 20 global exchange groups on all continents around the globe rely on processes, platforms and people from Exactpro to improve their quality and reliability. The company has spent the last 11 years studying operational resilience in this crucial sector. The presentation will outline the key principles for software testing of the systems that process hundreds of millions of orders per day with roundtrip latencies below one hundred microseconds.
Presentation 2
Title of presentation: Учебный курс: Build Software to Test Software
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 9:00
Language: Russian
Abstract of presentation 2:
The growing complexity of the software around us requires additional educational content targeted at the next generation of software testers. The Laboratory of Software Testing of the Tomsk Polytechnic University and Exactpro are trying to address the need with a new course that will eventually become a part of a special track. The course focuses on automation in testing complex distributed platforms and, especially, on applying High Volume Automated Testing (HiVAT).
The key topics of the course:
– Is it a good idea to reinvent the wheel and create your own test tools?
– Can testability be a bad thing?
– Does one need test tool diversity?
– What is the appropriate level of the testing tools autonomy?
– Do we need to test the test tools?
The course will rely on an open source th2 platform for practice. This presentation will describe the sources of inspiration for the course, including ISTQB syllabi, context driven school position papers and the authors’ own experience.
Bio:
Iosif is co-founder and co-CEO of Exactpro, a specialist firm focused on functional and non-functional testing for market infrastructures. Founded in 2009 with ten core specialists on board, Exactpro now employs over 550 specialists. In May 2015 – January 2018, Exactpro was part of the Technology Services division of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). In January 2018, the founders of Exactpro completed a management buyout from LSEG.
Iosif manages business development and research in the field of high-load trading systems reliability. He is actively involved in delivering strategic software testing initiatives. Iosif has organized several industry conferences, including EXTENT — a Software Testing and Trading Technology Trends Conference. He frequently speaks at FinTech events worldwide.
Iosif started his professional career in 2000 as a software engineer in a US-based software development company. For seven years, he worked as a Team Lead and a Technology Architect on projects for a number of US companies. In 2006, Iosif joined a company providing QA services in the financial sector. His extensive software development experience helped him to establish a Performance Testing Department specialising in testing high load trading systems. As a Technical Lead, Iosif was responsible for developing testing tools and implementing technical solutions for a number of leading exchanges and global investment banks. Iosif’s experience also includes managing a consulting practice focused on advanced execution systems. As VP of Technology, he was responsible for implementing testing solutions on a number of complex projects for customers all around the globe.
Elmar Jürgens
Speaker: Elmar Jürgens
Company: CQSE GmbH
Position: Gründer und Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung
Title of presentation: Test Intelligence: Lücken schließen und überflüssige Tests entfernen, um mehr Fehler in weniger Zeit zu finden
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Viele Teams müssen immer mehr Funktionalität in immer weniger Zeit testen. Historisch gewachsene Test-Suites stoßen dabei oft an ihre Grenzen, da sie gleichzeitig Zuviel und Zuwenig testen. Zuviel, da sie Tests enthalten, die Kosten erzeugen, aber kaum Mehrwert gegenüber ähnlichen Tests bieten. Zuwenig, da trotzdem wichtige Funktionalität ungetestet bleibt.
Im Vortrag stelle ich Analysetechniken vor, um diese Probleme im eigenen System aufzuzeigen. Historienanalyse des Versionskontrollsystems zeigt, wo in der Vergangenheit im System am meisten Fehler aufgetreten sind. Test-Gap-Analyse deckt auf, welche Code-Änderungen noch ungetestet sind. Und Pareto-Test-Analysen identifizieren die Tests, die das schlechteste Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnis haben.
Im Vortrag zeige ich zu den Analysen die zugrundeliegenden Forschungsarbeiten und unsere Erfahrungen im Einsatz in der Praxis.
Bio:
Dr. Elmar Juergens hat über statische Codeanalyse promoviert und für seine Doktorarbeit den Software-Engineering-Preis der Ernst Denert-Stiftung erhalten. Er ist Mitgründer der CQSE GmbH und begleitet seit zehn Jahren Teams bei der Verbesserung ihrer Qualitätssicherungs- und Testprozesse. Juergens spricht regelmäßig auf Forschungs- und Industriekonferenzen und wurde für seine Vorträge mehrfach ausgezeichnet. Elmar Jürgens wurde 2015 zum Junior Fellow der Gesellschaft für Informatik ernannt.
Kari Kakkonen
Speaker: Kari Kakkonen
Company: Knowit Solutions Oy
Position: Lead Consultant & Director
Title of presentation: Encouraging children into software testing
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The presentation explains that we should get children to start with software testing because otherwise we only get coding skills started at an early age, and as we know, software testing is also needed. Then we discuss how children learn. What kind of measures can be used: playing, remembering, identifying with, exploring. Then I present one solution, my fantasy book about software testing for children. This book was released in Finnish in 2020 and will be release in English shortly. I go through some examples of how fantasy can represent software testing: dragons are defects, knights are developers and testers… I will also describe my journey of writing and publishing a testing book for children – something unique.
There is also a 5-minute part that discusses different defects people have experienced and transform them into dragons. Everyone gets to draw a dragon/defect.
Society needs these IT and testing skills. There is a persistent lack of both programming and testing skills on the job market. As one solution, we need to make software testing skills available to children, too. This will have positive long-term impact on availability of testing skills. So, we need to bring software testing into the attention of children, who are interested in code. If they get into coding, their better understanding of testing will help them to be better developers. They also might become software testers, adding into the honorable profession of software testers.
For some children, and adults, too, the software testing may be their best, most viable way into the fascinating world of information technology. They should have solid software testing skills. It all starts with awareness and understanding of software testing.
After this presentation, the participants will have a thirst to spread knowledge of testing to children, starting with the Creative Commons licensed presentation based on the book, or the book itself.
I will share the presentation to everyone. I’ll also share some extracts of the book to everyone and promise a book prize for the most active participant (to be sent when the book is published).
Bio:
Mr. Kari Kakkonen has M.Sc. in from Aalto University (aalto.fi). He has also studied in University of Wisconsin-Madison (wisc.edu) in United States. He has ISTQB Expert Level Test Management Full, Agile Tester, Test Automation Engineer, Scrum Master, SAFe and DASA DevOps certificates, and works mostly with agile testing, lean, test automation, DevOps and AI. He has in testing since 1996.
Kari Kakkonen is author and CEO of Dragons Out Oy, creating a fantasy book to teach software testing to children. Kari Kakkonen is working in Finland at Knowit (knowit.fi), which is a Nordic ICT services company known for testing consultancy and software development, and other innovative ICT related services.
Kari is Secretary of ISTQB (istqb.org), Treasurer of Finnish Software Testing Board FiSTB (fistb.fi), Kari has been included in IT–magazine “Tivi” 100 most influential people listing. Kari is co-author of Agile Testing Foundations –book.
Kari is a singer, snowboarder, kayaker, husband and dad.
Jérôme Khoualed
Speaker: Jérôme Khoualed
Company: Altran
Position: Ingénieur Conseil Testing
Title of presentation: Présentation du nouveau syllabus IREB CPRE Niveau Fondation 3.0
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Cette présentation a pour but de communiquer les différences entre la version 2.2. et la nouvelle version 3.0 du syllabus IREB CPRE Niveau Fondation 3.0 sous forme de nouveauté (9 principes, prise en compte du contexte, etc.) ou de restructuration des informations.
Cette version 3.0 déjà disponible en Allemand et en Anglais va être mise à disposition prochainement en Français.
Bio:
Avec près de vingt ans d’expérience dans l’Ingénierie des Exigences et les tests, Jérôme Khoualed développe l’offre d’ingénierie des exigences et des outils d’ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) au sein de son entreprise CAPGEMINI.
Il accompagne les clients dans la mise en œuvre de l’industrialisation des solutions d’ingénierie des exigences et de tests.
Igor Khrol
Speaker: Igor Khrol
Company: Automattic
Position: Data Engineer
Title of presentation: Тестирование искусственного интеллекта: с какой стороны подступиться?
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
Testing community is discussing how machine learning can find bugs and replace testers. Meanwhile, the reality is more boring and not so futuristic. Engineers are releasing machine learning and artificial intelligence services that should be tested. Based on real experience of delivering such products I want to share how different such testing is from regular solutions and what are possible problems. We’ll go through:
- metrics used to measure the quality of the solution
- what specifics bugs can be observed there
- and set of tips and tricks that will help you to save time and money during ML systems development
Bio:
I’m a software engineer with a strong math background. More than 13 years of industry experience in different scale companies on various roles: engineer, team/tech lead, manager, consultant, trainer. Currently I’m Team Lead in the Data department at Automattic. My main areas of interest are quality assurance, data engineering and machine learning. Main languages (tech stacks) are Scala and Python. Meanwhile I have also experience in Ruby, C#, Java, JavaScript and can easily write code there as well.
Sammy Kolluru
Speaker: Sammy Kolluru
Company: Imbus Canada
Position: Managing Director
Title of presentation: Collaborating automation and manual test in the Modern Agile World.
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 21:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Agile may sometimes use to denote any kind of “dynamic” or “unstructured” way of working with others. But, this term more commonly suggests a focused yet rapidly iterative software process that follows the principles of agile manifesto.
However, in the modern world of agile testing and automation, the scope of the application testing is diversified in factors such as, complex business scenarios, complex data structure, multiple test deployment environments, Test execution environments (Cross browser, cross platform, cross device etc.), communication and notification among geographically distributed agile teams etc. This factors mostly effecting the rapid delivery of agile principles.
The presentation is designed for new or seasoned software developers and testers to understand how agile testers could collaborate together with DevOps to help resolve most of the rapid delivery challenges. The main features of the ecosystem covers modern automation requirements such as Social tools, Continuous integration, on-demand Test management and environment provisioning, Cross device and Browser on cloud.
Bio:
Sammy Kolluru brings over 15+ years of rich experience in the Agile Software Testing and Quality Assurance with proven track record of leadership and commitment to delivering quality software with his unique perspective; effectiveness, efficiency, measurement, visibility.
Sammy is the Managing Director of imbus Canada Corporation, specialist in software quality assurance and testing. He served as the member of the Agile Working Group Committee at the International Software Testing and Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and the Board of Directors at the Canadian Software Testing Board. Sammy holds a degree in Engineering and Business Management and provided his expertise to DELL, Sitel, Eloqua, Oracle and Woodbridge.
Tomasz Konieczny
Speaker: Tomasz Konieczny
Company:Independent Consultant
Position: Quality Engineer
Title of presentation: Ewolucja podejść do jakości w rozwoju oprogramowania
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
Proces wytwarzania oprogramowania ewoluował znacząco w ciągu ostatnich lat. Dążenie do jak najszybszego dostarczania wartości biznesowej, oraz wypuszczania nowych funkcjonalności coraz szybciej, wymusiło zmiany na wielu płaszczyznach – zarówno procesowych, jak i typowo technicznych. Pojawiło się również wiele nowych wyzwań w obszarze jakości – w końcu jak pogodzić wysoką szybkość wytwarzania oprogramowania z jakością? W czasie prezentacji pokażę, dlaczego klasyczne podejścia przestają już wystarczać, oraz w jakich kierunkach można pójść w przyszłości.
Bio:
Test Architect interesujący się szerokim zakresem zagadnień związanych z jakością, a szczególnie architekturą testów oraz infrastrukturą. Zwolennik metodyki DevOps. Aktywnie dzieli się wiedzą, występował jako prelegent na kilkudziesięciu międzynarodowych i ogólnopolskich konferencjach.
Andrey Konushin
Speaker: Andrey Konushin
Company: Knowledge Department Russia
Position: Managing Director
Title of presentation: Программа подготовки ISTQB для тестировщика игр
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
Russian:
Потребность в программе обучения тестировщика игр
Возможность реализовать профессиональные амбиции
Построение процесса разработки программы обучения в RSTQB
Бизнес-выгоды программы обучения тестировщика игр
English:
The need of Game Tester syllabus
Possibilities to implement professional ambitions
Building the process of syllabus development at RSTQB
Business outcomes of Game Tester syllabus
Bio:
Russian:
Андрей имеет более 15 лет опыта в сфере обеспечения качества ПО. Начав на позиции инженера-тестировщика в аутсорсинговой компании, позже он занимал позицию руководителя департамента обеспечения качества ПО в крупной международной компании по разработке банковского ПО. Последние 4 года Андрей занимает также позицию руководителя программы проектов в компании БСЦ Мск.
С 2004 по 2020 Андрей разработал и читал курс по тестированию ПО и связанных дисциплин в ВлГУ.
Председатель RSTQB.
English:
Andrey has more than 15 years of experience in software QA, started as test engineer in outsourcing software company then took the position of Head of QA Department in an international banking software development company. For last 4 years Andrey is a program manager at BSC Msc.
From 2004 till 2020 Andrey was a founder and senior lecturer of Software Testing and related disciplines at Vladimir State University.
President of RSTQB.
Elke Mai
Speaker: Elke Mai
Company: German Testing Board e.V.
Position: Member
Title of presentation: Agiles Entwickeln und Testen – ein Widerspruch?
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: German
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Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deloyment, Testen im agilen Team, Unittest – überall begegnet man “dem Test”. Aber was heißt das eigentlich – “der Test” ? Im Rahmen dieses Vortrages wollen wir einige Themen vorstellen, die auch einem Entwickler in den verschiedenen Projekten zum Thema Test begegnen werden und zeigen wie man als Entwickler die Qualität von Code und Architektur verbessern kann.
Aber oft fehlt die nötige Test-Expertise im Entwicklungsteam. Abhilfe schafft hier der brandneue und an praktischen Codierungsaufgaben orientierte Kurs „Testing Foundations for Developers“ (A4Q-TF4D) eine Kooperation von A4Q mit dem GTB.
Bio:
Elke Mai ist Enabler und Unterstützer für Fachbereiche und IT-Abteilungen im Testmanagement. Sie blickt zurück auf jahrzehntelange Erfahrung in Umsetzungsprojekten in den drei deutschen Banksektoren. Durch die Mitarbeit im GTB kann sie Impulse setzen. Als Teilnehmerin von Seminaren und Konferenzen sucht sie aktiv den Austausch zum Thema Softwarequalität und Softwaretest. Für sie ist der Testprozess ein lebendiger Prozess, der von der Zusammenarbeit der Beteiligten lebt.
WORKSHOP: Testing Foundation for Developers
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, testing in the agile team, Unittest – everywhere one meets “the test”. But what does that actually mean – “the test”? In this lecture, we want to introduce some topics that a developer will also encounter in the various projects on the topic of testing and show how developers can improve the quality of code and architecture.
But often the necessary test expertise is missing in the development team. The brand-new course “Testing Foundations for Developers” (A4Q-TF4D), a cooperation between A4Q and the GTB, provides a remedy here.
Sebastian Małyska
Speaker: Sebastian Małyska
Company: Smart Coders s.c.
Position: Quality Assurance Engineer
Title of presentation: Skills that are required for testers, nowadays
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The speaker would like to invite you for some journey through the tester career path. Unlike the other talks, he would use his own context as an example. At the end of the talk, he would challenge the question of what will be the next critical skill for testers in the upcoming time.
The topics that would be confronted are the T-shape model vs full-stack tester and testing in our cloud-driven world.
Bio:
Education and specialisation in telecommunications and electronics. 18 years of experience in various projects, mostly in the QA field. Manual tester, automation engineer, QA lead, QA Manager, head of a small team of testers. Currently in the process of transformation to Agile and/or DevOps activities. My favourite programming language is Python.
The President of the Polish Testing Board, and the founder of the Bydgoszcz local QA meetup called ŁuczniczQA. Member of the programme committee at several conferences. Speaker at a few others. Involved in TestWarez (the biggest Polish conference) since 2010 – initially as its co-organiser, later as a member or lead of its programme committee. Chair of Marketing Work Group in the ISTQB.
Privately, the husband of Justyna and the father of Sara.
Ecaterina Irina Manole
Speaker: Ecaterina Irina Manole
Company: Kanri Solution
Position: CEO & Founder
Title of presentation: Put agility in your projects from the beginning – Agile Business Analysis
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The Agile word lives with us and impacts us for some years already. From different flavors, to success and not so successful trials of doing things agile, the need of doing agile the right way is rising in any industry. Adding agile in a project starts with Agile Business Analysis. As a business analyst, one is a first contact with all the stakeholders of the project. So let’s see the knowledge and the right tools one needs to make this a personal and business success story.
Bio:
Having a constant eye over the bigger picture, I started my carrier as a developer, migrated to testing.
Went from traditional project management for 7+ years to agile for 5+ years, and grew from team member to team lead.
Gathering 12+ years experience in different industries, from automotive, rail transport, aviation, to VoIP and Web solutions, 5+ years of coaching and team management and 3+ years of teaching.
Passionate about people motivation, team efficiency, systems productivity and business growth, I continue learning and practicing in different industries, broadening and deepening my knowledges, with a constant focus on the quality of my work and on the positive impact on the business.
Maryna Manulik
Speaker: Maryna Manulik
Company: Amazon
Position: Business Intelligence Engineer
Title of presentation: How to become a BI Analyst
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language: English
Abstract:
What Does a Business Intelligence Analyst Do?
Steps to become a business intelligence analyst
What skills/knowledge required?
Bio:
Business Intelligence Analyst, Seattle USA AMAZON BI Analyst with 8+ years of experience in Business Intelligence specializing in system architecture design, development, and implementation of Enterprise Business Intelligence applications.
Damien Mathieu
Speaker: Damien Mathieu
Company: Orange
Position: Expert Solutions
Title of presentation: Automatisation – Des robots pour tester les objets connectés ?
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: French
Abstract:
17.5% : la croissance annuelle du marché des objets connectés dans le monde, on estime qu’en 2025 chaque être humain en possèdera 20 différents. Pour proposer un objet fiable, les entreprises doivent le tester tout au long de sa fabrication. C’est à ce niveau que nous intervenons pour effectuer des tests End 2 End. Bien qu’il existe de nombreuses solutions pour automatiser les tests sur mobiles et tablettes, aucun consensus n’existe pour interagir en parallèle avec l’objet connecté. Comment traiter ce cas de figure ? Doit-on simuler l’objet lui-même ou les actions réalisées sur celui-ci ? Nous avons opté pour la création de robot réalisant ces interactions, voici notre retour d’expérience.
Bio:
Dans le test depuis bientôt 15 ans, j’assure les fonctions de testeur, gestionnaire de test, consultant ou formateur selon le contexte. Certifié ISTQB Advanced, j’ai eu l’occasion d’aider de nombreux collègues à se préparer aux certifications. Je m’intéresse plus particulièrement à l’évolution des méthodes de test, de leur outillage et de leur automatisation.
Oleg Mikolaychik
Speaker: Oleg Mikolaychik
Company: DAR
Position: Head UX/UI of Product Design
Title of presentation: Дизайн-спринт как инструмент дизайн мышления. Как вовлечь всех и получить то, что нужно
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
Experience of implementing the “Design Sprint” methodology in teams and why it is effective.
Planning and facilitating the process. How to get maximum results in a short period of time.
Pros and cons of this approach.
Design sprint as a tool for fast decision validation.
Bio:
I’m from Belarus, currently living in Malaysia, and working remotely in one of the leading IT companies of Kazakhstan – DAR – as Head of UX/UI department. My career in design started at the time when I was the head of the Design department of Urban Development project in Venezuela. At that moment I was dedicated to construction design. Back to Minsk, I was involved in the merchandising project designing the offline user experience for buyers in real stores. The provided solutions allowed the customer stores to increase the revenue up to 30%. And finally, I switched completely to IT design and worked with several US-based companies of different branches, including CRM platforms, medicine, insurance, education, advertising. Currently I’m also sharing my knowledge and experience as a trainer of the professional UX/UI course at IT-Academy in Belarus.
Mitko Mitev
Speaker: Mitko Mitev
Company: Quality House
Position: CEO & Founder
Title of presentation: 10 signs your testing is not enough
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 21:00
Language: English
Abstract:
“I guess we have all experience the situation I am going to describe briefly to you. You and your team give your best to test a software product, work a lot of overtime and think of elaborate ways to test it and yet, in the end, when it goes live your expectations of great quality are not met? The product that is now live turns out to be a failure rather than the success you expected. Your reputation is ruined and you feel guilty and not quite the professional you thought you were. We all try to find the mistakes in ourselves – you review the process, the test cases, the documentation and your actions, trying to figure out what you did wrong?
Believe me, It is not always up to you and to your team when a product fails. The signs your testing is not enough are numerous and difficult to be found and yet, every professional must be aware of those pitfalls. Though diverse, there are around 10 frequently seen reasons why your testing is not enough.
I will briefly describe some of the most frequent I have encountered during my career. Hope you enjoy the presentation and find it useful.”
Bio:
With more than 30 years of experience in the software quality assurance and more than 20 years as a Project and Test Manager, Mitko Mitev is one of the leading software test experts in South East Europe. He dedicated his professional life to the promotion of the Quality Assurance and Test Engineer professions, particularly in the South East Europe. Being a part of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and President of the South East European Testing Board (SEETB) Mitko has been actively participating in their efforts for setting, improving and popularizing international standards in the Software Quality field. Mitko is also the Chief Editor of the Quality Matters magazine, distributed internationally with focus on the best leading practices and new trends in the area. His commitment to the promotion of the software quality is also demonstrated by taking the role of the Chair of the SEETEST Conferences and participation in other software quality assurance conferences(SQA Conferences, Testing Stage, Informatica 2018, etc.). All his talks made a great impression on the public and provoked a lot of questions and debates. As a result of that, he also prepared articles with more detailed information about the topics he chose to present during the conferences. As a result, he is now also focused on writing, updating and improving course materials, books and articles that will enable everybody to learn more about the field of the software testing. Along with that, he is the owner of an outsourcing and consultancy company in Bulgaria – Quality House – market leader in offering highly professional independent testing services.
Kasia Morawska
Speaker: Kasia Morawska
Company: LifeFlow
Position: Test Manager
Title of presentation: Overwhelmed by the rules – testing medical software contra audit
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
Few years ago I decided to take a job as Test Manager in medical industry. Starting from scratch,
I had to figure it out how to organize testing and be able to positively go through certification audit. Documenting everything, detailed work, working in extra hours to achieve the goal – did the QA team effort paid off?
Was it a failure or a success? I would like to share with you the journey we took.
Bio:
Test manager with more than 10 years of experience in IT who enjoys being a part of complex projects and loves challenges. Her biggest passion is working with people who have never tested before, she is an active supporter of beginners in testing,
Some time ago she decided to try setting up and managing tests in medical industry. She has never liked being limited with rules and regulations, but it looked like an interesing challenge to try something new, out of her comfort zone.
After work her passion is horseriding. She also loves travelling and meeting new people.
Blanca Moreno
Speaker: Blanca Moreno
Company: QA Minds Lab
Position: Managing Director
Title of presentation: Rutas de aprendizaje en automatización
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
- “Rutas de aprendizaje en automatización
- Las necesidades de la industria por tener un software libre de errores sumado a una estrategia de velocidad empuja la necesidad de contar con más especialistas en automatización que ayuden a resolver los retos a los que se enfrentan las empresas. En esta charla hablaremos de esas rutas de aprendizaje y conocimientos que se deberian ir adquiriendo para lograr aprender a automatizar de una forma escalable.
Bio:
Specialist in pattern analysis (problems), software development processes, testing and operational risks in strategic project implementation. She has worked for Oracle, TCS, Interlub Group, GEPP, & helping other Consultancies companies in defining/implementing security systems and quality culture, spreading continuous improvement and accelerating the testing and quality of its technological processes.
Computer systems engineer specializing in networks, graduated from ITCG and more than 16 years of experience in the area of IT projects, currently working for QA Minds Lab. She is leading the QA Minds community where best practices in software quality are promoted.
She collaborates with tech companies, technical communities, universities, and incubators to develop more young women in STEM areas and entrepreneurship.
Alfonsina Morgavi
Speaker: Alfonsina Morgavi
Company: QActions System
Position: Co-fundadora
Title of presentation: Tmmi, el camino hacia la eficiencia de las pruebas
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
Al aplicar el modelo TMMI, una organización podrá mejorar su proceso de prueba, lo que tendrá un impacto positivo en la eficiencia y eficacia de sus actividades de prueba.
El TMMi no es solo un modelo teórico, sino un conjunto de procesos bien definidos basados en las mejores prácticas. Si bien el modelo es fácil de entender, su aplicación en una organización no es tan simple, requiere un cambio cultural para lo cual es fundamental el apoyo y liderazgo de la gerencia.
Bio:
Mi nombre es Alfonsina Morgavi, desde hace aproximadamente 25 años me dedico al aseguramiento y control de calidad de software. Estoy certificada como Ingeniera certificada por el Quality Assurance Institute. Desde mis comienzos en la especialidad he armado y desarrollado equipos de Testing. Actualmente, soy Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer / Socia fundadora de QActions y Representante por Argentina ante el comité Hispanic America Testing Qualification Board HASTQB.
Soy habitual oradora en Congresos Nacionales e Internacionales y la responsable de gestionar la innovación en el corto, mediano y largo plazo. También me desempeño como colaboradoraen la Comisión de Calidad de Software en la CESSI, y colaboradora en la Comisión de Normas de Calidad de Software en el Instituto IRAM y soy TMMI Foundation Member.
Nina Mürschberger
Speaker: Nina Mürschberger
Company: Method Park Holding AG
Position: Software-Entwickler
Title of presentation: Der flatternde Weg zur Testautomatisierung für plattform-unabhängige Apps
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Cross-Plattform-Apps stellen Tester und Entwickler vor die große Herausforderung, den unterschiedlichen Software-Plattformen, einer Vielzahl an Endgeräten und verschiedenster eingesetzter Hardware Herr zu werden. Wie kann die App auf unterschiedlichen Endgeräten und verschiedenen Plattformen getestet werden? Wie groß ist der Testaufwand? Verdoppelt er sich pro Endgerät? Und welche Tools bieten sich zum Testen in der Praxis an?
Dieser Vortrag stellt eine mögliche Lösung speziell für das Flutter Framework vor: das automatisierte Testen von Flutter-Apps nach dem Prinzip von Behavior Driven Development (BDD). Das neue Framework zur Cross-Plattform-Entwicklung vereinfacht dank seiner flexiblen, plattform-unabhängigen Compilerstruktur die Entwicklung auf unterschiedlichen Plattformen und bietet praktische Testwerkzeuge an. Der Vortrag zeigt, wie es möglich ist, eine App mit wenig Test- und Implementierungsaufwand automatisiert zu testen.
Bio:
Nina Mürschberger ist Software Engineer bei Method Park. Nach ihrem Studium der Medizintechnik an der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg widmet sie sich dem Thema Testen von Mobile Apps auf neuartigen Plattformen. Ihre Schwerpunkte sind Behavior Driven Design und Cross-Plattform-Entwicklung, wie z.B. mit Flutter.
Merlin Ngouagna
Speaker: Merlin Ngouagna
Company: Acceis
Position: Ingénieur / Auditeur en Cybersécurité
Title of presentation: Panorama de l’Univers Mobile en 2021
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: French
Abstract:
État des lieux de l’univers mobile aujourd’hui et des nouvelles transformations technologiques à venir.
Crise sanitaire oblige, le mythe de la transformation digitale est devenu une nécessité pour les entreprises. Adoption massive du télétravail, boom des plateformes en ligne ou encore enseignement à distance, les applications mobiles continuent à y jouer un rôle essentiel.
Et 2021 ne devrait pas faire exception à cette tendance.
Arrêtons-nous un moment pour faire un état des lieux de la situation aujourd’hui et effleurer à demi-mot les nouvelles transformations technologiques à venir. (Extrait du journaldunet.com)
Bio:
Merlin a commencé sa carrière professionnelle comme Spécifieur / Automaticien de test avec le MBT (Tests basés sur les modèles) pour progresser ensuite vers des métiers transverses au test.
De toutes les passerelles qui existent entre les métiers du test et les autres métiers de l’IT, il a eu un faible pour la Cybersécurité.
Merlin travaille à ACCEIS en tant qu’Ingénieur / Auditeur en Cybersécurité.
Ses missions en Cyber et en Test : Audit, Conseil, Accompagnement, Méthode, Formation, Technique, Outillage.
Il aime découvrir, apprendre et partager. Il consacre pour cela une partie de son temps libre à enseigner en université/école et à publier du contenu sur les réseaux sociaux.
Matheux de formation initiale avant d’entreprendre une carrière d’ingénieur, il s’intéresse à l’IA/ML/DL pour renforcer les compétences acquises à ce jour, dans la Cyber en particulier.
Emmanuel Nocet
Speaker: Emmanuel Nocet
Company: OPEN
Position: Responsable cellule Expertises Techniques
Title of presentation: Tests automatisés et tests de performances : leurs points communs, leurs différences, comment les associer
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Bien que partageant quelques points communs, les tests fonctionnels automatisés et les tests de performances présentent des différences majeures.
Durant cette session, je vous détaillerai les particularités de ces 2 types de tests, et vous propose de découvrir pourquoi et comment les associer.
Je répondrai notamment aux questions suivantes:
Peut-on réutiliser nos tests fonctionnels automatisés pour mener des tests de charge?
Comment évaluer précisément la dégradation de l’expérience utilisateur lors d’un pic de charge?
Bio:
Responsable de la cellule Expertises Techniques du centre de services Testing d’Open, je conseille et accompagne des équipes à la mise en place de tests fonctionnels automatisés et de tests de performances.
Je suis également formateur Selenium (automatisation de tests) et Neoload (tests de performances).
Alfredo Ordoñez
Speaker: Alfredo Ordóñez Casanova
Company: Quality Data S.A
Position: Director QA
Title of presentation: ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager: Off-Road, SUV, Híbrido o Deportivo?
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
En la charla se describe las principales características de un Test Manager y cómo se puede desempeñar eficientemente en diferentes tipos de proyectos haciendo un paralelo con los diferentes tipos de automóviles.
Bio:
Ingeniero de Sistemas Especialista en Gerencia de Tecnología y certificado en PMP Project Management Professional, ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager, ISTQB CTFL, IREB Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering, SEI Certified PSP Developer, ITIL Foundations y Scrum Fundamentals Certified. Experiencia de más de 13 años en planeación, diseño, ejecución, evaluación y control de proyectos de aseguramiento de calidad de software y construcción e implementación de metodologías de pruebas con base en los lineamientos del ISTQB, IREB, PMI y Scrum. Valor agregado en afianzamiento y potencialización de Equipos. Actualmente, Director de QA en Quality Data S.A.
Debra Paul
Speaker: Debra Paul
Company: Assist KD
Position: Managing Director
Title of presentation: Delivering service, co-creating value
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: English
Abstract:
This presentation considers the relevance of approaches such as service thinking and design thinking, and discusses their application within a business improvement context. The session explores the concept of ‘value’ to clarify the essence of this term and the due diligence needed to achieve value. Key takeaways are:
- The insights gained by thinking approaches
- The essence of a service view
- The value philosophy
- The application of design thinking within a service context
Bio:
Debra Paul is the Managing Director of Assist Knowledge Development Ltd, a training and consultancy company specialising in business analysis and business change. Debra co-authored the publications, Business Analysis, Agile and Business Analysis, Business Analysis Techniques and Delivering Business Analysis. Debra is a keen advocate of service science and design thinking, and developed the Business Analysis Service Framework during her doctoral research.
Debra is a regular speaker at business seminars and IS industry events. She has delivered keynote presentations at conferences, is a founder member of the BA Manager Forum and was the chief architect of the Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis.
Youen Péron
Speaker: Youen Péron
Company: CGI France
Position: Architecte technique
Title of presentation: Génération de données de tests avec CGI-LINO & CGI-PIMO
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Les données de test sont souvent les oubliées des projets et ce n’est qu’on moment de réaliser le test que le testeur recherche le jeu de test déjà présent dans la base qui pourra être utilisé pour valider un scénario.
Cette méthode implique beaucoup de mauvaises pratiques :
- Recopie des données de production sur les environnements de test
- Impossibilité de rejouer un scénario avec les mêmes données dans les mêmes conditions
- Opérations manuelles pour préparer un jeu de donnée
Lino et Pimo sont deux outils Open Source (GPLv3) pour synthétiser automatiquement des données à partir de règle fonctionnelle et les injecter dans un environnement.
Bio:
Youen Péron est architecte technique à CGI France. Suite à plusieurs expériences de testeur intégrateur pour EDF et Pôle Emploi, il initie en 2019 la solution CGI LINO & PIMO et participe activement à sa creation.
Helmut Pichler
Speaker: Helmut Pichler
Company: Nagarro
Position: Principle Consultant QA
Title of presentation: How to make running engaging remote meetings & workshops a breeze
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 08:00
Language: English
Abstract:
In this interactive session you‘ll meet Miro, our favorite whiteboard collaboration tool for teams of all sizes. Miro has been proven in the many brainstorm sessions, meetings and workshops we‘ve run for and with clients and internally. Working with Miro feels like working in the same room – yet everyone is sitting in their home office. Experience the endless possibilities of real-time collaboration, explore tangible uses cases to power your productivity and walk out with practical ideas you can apply in your daily work.
Bio:
During his long career, Helmut has given presentations on software testing at numerous conferences. He is a passionate trainer and responsible for the entire training programme at Nagarro. He is the co-author of the book Agile Testing and a veteran in the international tester community. Due to the ever-growing need to convert in-person training sessions to remote sessions, Helmut frequently conducts deep-dive workshops into collaborative tools. He enjoys passing on his experience, especially as it relates to emerging technology. In addition, he is president of the Austrian Testing Board (the ISTQB® representative in Austria), which is responsible for software testing certifications.
Michael Pilaeten
Speaker: Michael Pilaeten
Company: CTG
Position: Learning & Development Manager
Title of presentation: 7 vermijdbare fouten binnen Agile en DevOps teams
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: Dutch
Abstract:
De afgelopen jaren schakel(d)en team massaal over naar een agile of DevOps approach. Deze transities en transformaties kwamen met een hoop expliciete en impliciete verwachtingen, die vaak (nog) niet ten volle ingelost zijn. Deze presentatie gaat dieper in op een aantal onderliggende problemen waarom sommige transformaties niet de verhoopte successen brengen en hoe agile teams zelf actie kunnen ondernemen om sneller kwaliteitsvolle producten te ontwikkelen.
Bio:
I Breaking the system, helping to rebuild it and providing advice and guidance how to avoid problems. That is me in a nutshell. With 17 years of experience in test consultancy in a variety of environments, I have seen the best (and worst) in software development. In my current role as Learning & Development Manager, I’m responsible for guiding our consultants, partners and customers on their personal and professional path towards excellence. I’m chair of the ISTQB Agile workgroup and international keynote speaker (United Kingdom, France, Spain, Peru, Russia, Latvia, Denmark, Armenia, Romania, Belgium, Holland, Luxemburg, …)
Matthias Pruksch
Speaker: Matthias Pruksch
Company: sepp.med GmbH
Position: IT Architekt
Title of presentation: Networking Session: Qualitätssicherung von Deep Learning Systemen – Austausch von Erfahrungen und Lösungsansätzen
Place: Virtual Congress Hall – GTB Lounge
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CEST): 13:30 – 14:00 and 17:30 – 18:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Auf “Künstlicher Intelligenz” (KI) basierende Systeme, liegen im Trend, was insbesondere den gewaltigen Fortschritten in der Bild- und Sprachverarbeitung von Deep Learning Systemen geschuldet ist.
Für den Einsatz in sicherheitskritischen oder regulierten Bereichen, wie der Medizintechnik, wird ein Nachweis der Funktion im vollständig angedachten Einsatzbereich (Intended Use) gefordert, was einige schwer zu beantwortende Fragen aufwirft nach:
- Umfang und Qualität der annotierten Daten,
- Validität der Ergebnisse,
- Generalisierbarkeit im Anwendungsbereich,
- Umgang mit Fehlern.
Nach einer kurzen Einführung freue ich mich auf eine rege Diskussion dieser und weiterer Fragen, in der ich gerne unsere Ansätze und Erfahrungen zur Datenqualität einbringe.
Bio:
Matthias Pruksch ist bei sepp.med der Ansprechpartner für Entwicklung und Qualitätssicherung von IoT-Systemen, ist Mitautor des Lehrplans zum “ASQF Certified Professional for IoT” und ist technischer Projektleiter des Förderprojekts DigiValMed. Bevor er 2006 zu sepp.med kam, war er in verschiedenen Start-Up Unternehmen tätig, wo er neben der Entwicklung von Medizinprodukten für die Augenheilkunde, auch für die Qualitätssicherung einer massiv parallelen Data Warehouse Applikation verantwortlich war.
Tomasz Prus
Speaker: Tomasz Prus
Company: Atlassian
Position: Content Design Manager
Title of presentation: Improve your documentation processes with ITCQF
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: English
Abstract:
We live in a world of information where knowledge management and technical communication (TechComm) are essential. No matter which industry, software or hardware, content creation is at the center of product development. Even though many organizations realize the value of documentation, we see plenty of them struggling with various content challenges.
This talk will emphasize the importance of standardization in the technical communication field based on the ITCQF certification program. We will present a use-case scenario from the software industry. You will discover how to build or improve every step of your content creation process, choose the right documentation types for your audience, select the best tools for your ecosystem, and how ITCQF can help you in this journey.
Bio:
Tomasz is an experienced content design manager, passionate about creating content that solves real user problems. His background spans technical writing, content strategy, content design, documentation management, and publication. Over the last 12 years, while working at companies such as Atlassian, Unit4 and Nokia, Tomasz has built high-performing content teams. He holds a Master’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Wroclaw University of Technology. Outside of thinking about content, Tomek is a lover of good food, good wine, and good coffee.
Francis Renoncet
Speaker: Francis Renoncet
Company: EGL
Position: Trainer
Title of presentation: Business Analyst : Le métier, la certification
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Cette présentation portera sur le métier de Business Analyst, et la certification affiliée du même nom, portée par l’IQBBA. Le Business Analyst aide les entreprises à définir et implémenter la solution optimale pour couvrir leurs besoins-métier compte tenu d’une série de contraintes (calendrier, budget, réglementations, compétences, IT, etc). Nous aborderons la mission principale d’un Business Analyst, ses activités, pour ensuite faire un panorama des multiples rôles dans les entreprises qui couvrent cette fonction. Suite à ce portrait-métier détaillé, une présentation de la certification IQBBA est prévue, avec notamment le schéma de certification ainsi que quelques données chiffrées.
Bio:
Francis RENONCET bénéficie de plus de 30 années d’expérience dans le monde du conseil, de la formation et de l’IT et est associé fondateur de EGL, première société Française à être accréditée pour dispenser les formations certifiantes ISTQB, IREB, IQBBA, A4Q depuis 2008 ; à ce titre plus de 8500 personnes ont obtenu une certification chez EGL.
Eric Riou du Cosquer
Speaker: Eric Riou du Cosquer
Company: Certilog
Position: Lead Assessor TMMi
Title of presentation 1: TMMi pour évaluer et rentabiliser les activités de test de l’entreprise
Day of presentation 1: 15 April 2021
Time (CET) 1: 15:00
Abstract 1:
Composante incontournable de la qualité, le test logiciel représente un coût important. Vos développeurs sont bons ? Vos testeurs sont bons ? Qu’en est-il de l’efficacité et de la rentabilité de l’organisation des activités de test sur vos projets en mode Agile ou Séquentiel ? Cette présentation vous fera vivre les différentes étapes d’une évaluation TMMi qui permet d’évaluer, d’améliorer et de certifier l’ensemble d’une organisation IT pour ses activités de test.
Title of presentation 2: Syllabus ISTQB Fondation, que nous réserve la nouvelle version?
Day of presentation 2: 15 April 2021
Time (CET) 2: 17:00
Abstract 2:
La certification ISTQB Niveau Fondation est reconnue dans le monde entier comme LE prérequis incontournable pour rejoindre le domaine du test et y progresser. Les modes de développement changent et l’Agilité est maintenant prédominante. Comment l’ISTQB va-t-elle faire évoluer son niveau Fondation ? la réponse dans cette présentation par le responsable du groupe de travail ISTQB Fondation!
Title of presentation 3: ISTQB Foundation Level Syllabus : what will the next version look like?
Day of presentation 3: 15 April 2021
Time (CET) 3: 14:00
Language: French, English
Abstract 3:
The ISTQB Foundation Level Certification is recognized all over the world as THE prerequisite to join the Software Testing area and pursue a career in it. The development practices are constantly evolving and the Agile development models are now mainstream. How is the ISTQB Foundation level going to change? The answer in this presentation by the ISTQB Foundation Level Working Group chair.
Bio:
French:
Avec environ 20 ans d’implication dans des projets informatiques, en tant que développeur, testeur, chef de projet et test, Eric intervient désormais sur de grands projets informatiques afin de contribuer concrètement à leur succès en s’assurant que les activités QA & Test sont gérées et mises en œuvre de manière professionnelle, à tous les niveaux, par toutes les parties prenantes.
L’audit, le conseil et la formation sont ses principales activités pour améliorer les processus globaux d’analyse commerciale, d’ingénierie des exigences et de test avec un seul objectif en tête: une meilleure qualité des logiciels et des systèmes d’information en répondant aux exigences du gérant d’entreprise et en satisfaisant les utilisateurs finaux.
Eric est aussi :
- Certifié IQBBA et IREB
- Certifié ISTQB Niveau Avancé Complet et ancien secrétaire général de l’ISTQB
- Évaluateur principal et formateur accrédité TMMi
- Ancien président du bureau national français de l’ISTQB
- Président du groupe de travail ISTQB Niveau Fondation
English:
With about 20 years of involvement in IT projects, as a developer, tester, project and test manager, Eric is now operating on large IT projects in order to contribute concretely to their success by ensuring that the QA & Test activities are professionally managed and implemented at all levels, by all stakeholders.
Audit, Consulting and Training are his main activities to improve the overall Business Analysis, Requirement Engineering & Testing processes with a single goal in mind: a better quality for Software and Information systems by meeting the requirements of the Business Owner and keeping final users happy.
Eric is also
- IQBBA and IREB certified
- ISTQB Full Advanced Level Certified and, a former General Secretary of the ISTQB
- TMMi Accredited Lead Assessor and Trainer
- Past President of the French ISTQB national board
- Chair of the ISTQB Foundation Level Working Group
Lloyd Roden
Speaker: Lloyd Roden
Company: Lloyd Roden Consultancy Ltd
Position: Test manager and consultant
Title of presentation: The Reality Distortion Field of Testing
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The Reality Distortion Field (RDF) was a term coined by Bud Tribble at Apple Computers in 1981 to describe Steve Job’s charisma and its effect on the developers working on the Macintosh project. The RDF was said to be Steve Job’s ability to convince himself and others to believe almost anything with a mix of charm, charisma, bravado, marketing, appeasement and persistence. RDF is said to distort an audience’s sense of proportion and scales of difficulties and made them believe that the task in hand was possible.
When it comes to testing we have this RDF all around us from managers to so called “experts” saying things like:
- We can and should automate everything
- We can be much more effective and productive when we work on multiple projects
- We need to provide lots of evidence to demonstrate the thoroughness of our testing
- Testers need to become developers
- There is a need for good test estimates
If we say things for long enough and with enough passion we convince ourselves and other people will eventually start to believe us even when indicators prove differently. There is a thin dividing line between “having a vision” and “being deluded”, “convincing others” and “conning others”. Hopefully this session will challenge what we believe to be right for us, to be able to think for ourselves and to be able to discern what is needed for us to be successful.
Bio:
With more than thirty five years in the software industry, I have worked as a Developer, Test Analyst and Test Manager for a variety of different organisations. From 1999 to 2011 I worked as a consultant/partner within Grove Consultants. In 2011 I set up Lloyd Roden Consultancy Ltd, an independent training and consultancy company specialising in software testing.
My passion is to enthuse, excite and inspire people in the area of software testing and I have enjoyed opportunities to speak at various conferences throughout the world including STAREAST, STARWEST, EuroSTAR, AsiaSTAR, Belgium Testing Days, Agile Testing Days and Better Software as well as Special Interest Groups in software testing in several countries.
I was privileged to be Programme Chair for both the tenth and eleventh EuroSTAR conferences and won the European Testing Excellence award in 2004.
Beka Rogava
Speaker: Beka Rogava
Company: TVmucho.com
Position: QA Automation Lead
Title of presentation: GeoSTQB Panel Discussion “Challenging Quality Engineering Practices”
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
There are several non-standard and challenging cases all over the world connected to test automation. Some of them may directly be connected to technical aspects, some of them not at all. Therefore our speakers will make impressive discussions to highlight the areas with top challenging cases.
Bio:
Beka is a quality assurance and automation engineer, having experience working with various domain web applications as an engineer and team lead, developing and designing E2E, API and performance tests, working with tool like jira, testrail.
Chris Rourke
Speaker: Chris Rourke
Company: User Vision
Position: CEO
Title of presentation: Applying Top Tasks to design a better user experience
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Understanding your users’ task priorities is essential to deliver a positive user experience with your website and other digital channels. However, the site content, design and user experience are often determined by internal assumptions and desires of the business rather than empirical evidence from the users. Top task management is a proven, evidence-based method that provides actionable information about what tasks your customers want to perform so that you can provide content and solutions based around their needs. The results are more relevant content that addresses the real needs of your users, improved findability and an improved overall experience. We’ll provide an overview of the process and examples of top tasks being applied.
Bio:
Chris is founder and CEO of User Vision, one of the UKs leading independent UX and service design consultancies. He has led many user research projects and applied that to improve interaction design and end-to-end user experience for clients worldwide and across finance, government, travel and many other sectors. He has provided training in UX and user centred design and is a UK National Expert for the UX Qualification Board (UXQB) which promotes the user-centred design process based on relevant standards. His personal UX passions are creating good navigation, promoting inclusive design and accessibility and ensuring solutions address user tasks.
Nadezhda Ruchanova
Speaker: Nadezhda Ruchanova
Company: BARU
Position: Owner and CEO
Title of presentation: Дизайн-мышление
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
Design Thinking step by step:
Design thinking is a process for creative problem solving.
In this case, we will understand how to use this approach in short-term prototyping.
Bio:
Upon graduating from BSUIR Nadezhda’s started her career as an ordinary programmer in a government organisation. Just a few years later she already led the largest national IT projects. Nadezhda acquired practical management experience in international companies (SAP, Prognoz), IT outsourcing companies (InventoLabs), cloud service provider (ActiveCloud), start-ups (STAARTER and BARU, Latvia).
Nadezhda is continuously improving her qualifications: she graduated from The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Belarus (Anti-crisis enterprise management) and the Stockholm School of Economics (Executive MBA program).
Nadezhda is PMP (PMI) and POPM SAFe certified. Since 2018 he lives and works in the European Union (Riga, Latvia).
Jan Sabak
Speaker: Jan Sabak
Company: AmberTeam Testing Owner
Position: Owner
Title of presentation: Growing a test framework
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
In the year 2019 I have helped to build and supervised further development of testing framework for the biggest Polish insurance price comparison websites. The initial goal of the framework was to run about 200 tests in 15 minutes. After a half a year of development the framework runs over 200 tests in 20 minutes. I would like to present a case study of this project and show how the framework was built. What stages it undergone and what design decisions have been made during the development process. On the other hand technical side of the framework is also quite interesting. The framework is built with Selenium, Python, Zalenium with Kubernetes in a cloud platform. Tests are run several times a day with CI tool. After each test run a self-contained HTML summary is sent to testers, test manager and project manager.
Bio:
Jan is a software quality assurance expert. For twenty five years he has been working on testing and quality of software and hardware. He holds MSc in Computer Science of Computer Science Department at Warsaw University of Technology. He built and managed Quality Assurance Departments in Matrix.pl, IMPAQ and Infovide. Currently he works on his own consulting company (AmberTeam Testing) which strives to assure peaceful sleep of CIOs and project managers through risk measurement and management. He is an active promoter of the knowledge and culture of the quality of software development. He is a President of the Revision Board of SJSI (Association for the Quality of Information Systems) aka ISTQB’s Polish Testing Board. He possesses seven ISTQB certificates as well as A4Q Selenium WebDriver certificate. He is an accredited trainer for ISTQB training courses. He is a co-author of “Agile Testing Foundations: An ISTQB Foundation Level Agile Tester guide” book. He presented at over 30 test conferences and meetups, mainly in Poland, but also in Malysia, Norway, Germany and Czech Republic. Jan also founded the biggest Polish testing conference – Testwarez, and Polish Selenium Conference – ConSelenium.
Alfredo Sánchez
Speaker: Alfredo Delgado Sánchez
Company: KION Group IT
Position: Arquitecto software
Title of presentation: Diseño de sistemas informáticos empleando DDD (Domain Driven Design o Diseño Impulsado por el Dominio)
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
Un método de diseño de sistemas informáticos bastante empleado hoy en día es DDD. En esta presentación usted conocerá los conceptos básicos de DDD y como emplearlos para diseñar un sistema informático complejo.
Bio:
Peruano de nacimiento, con nacionalidad alemana
Residente en Alemania desde el año 2000
Mas de 10 años de experiencia en Arquitectura de Software
Estudios superiores, curso, certificaciones
- Economista graduado en la Universidad Católica de Santa María, Arequipa, Perú
- Segunda especialización en Ingeniería de Sistemas por la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú
- Diplomado en Informática por la Universidad de Tarapacá, Arica, Chile
- Curso Superior en Ingeniería de Software por la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid y el Centro de Estudios Financieros, curso online
- Arquitecto Software certificado por iSAQB
Barış Sarıalioğlu
Speaker: Barış Sarıalioğlu
Company: TesterYou
Position: Managing Partner
Title of presentation: Being a Human Tester in a Digital World!
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language: English
Abstract:
The world is changing rapidly, technology advances in the blink of an eye, systems are getting more and more complex, and businesses need to ‘innovate’ to remain competitive in this challenging world. This brings out ’Software Tester 2.0′ model which defines the evolving role of a software tester in the era of Complexity, Digitalization (IoT, AI, AR/VR), Agility and User Centricity.
In this challenging era, customer needs are also changing rapidly. Therefore, companies should change the way they think, the way they initiate and manage the change in their organizations. They need to adapt to change, focus on strategy, value and innovation. For this reason, the role of Software Tester stands at the heart of the future success for companies. For the last few decades, software testing is one of the fastest growing market instruments in the IT world, so as test automation. As more and more complex applications go into production; traditional software testing approaches failed to fulfill the needs, consequently organizations are looking for smart and easy solutions to address their testing requirements, especially in the new era of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and User Experience (UX).
My session is designed to assist software testers to carry out paradigm shifts in their mindset about Software Testing and Software Tester’s role. The session will hopefully help attendees to set the practical standards for the future of software testing profession, with a special focus on User Centricity, User Experience (UX) and Usability Testing.
Bio:
Baris has around 20 years of experience as an information systems professional. He is highly experienced in DevOps, Agile, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Business Analysis, Usability, User Experience (UX), Quality Assurance and Software Testing.
Baris also has diverse experience spanning several industries, including telecommunications, defense, banking and finance, semiconductor manufacturing, and aviation. Based on this broad experience, he has been involved in several challenging projects and had the chance to work in several different countries, including Turkey, the United States, Russia, Germany, China, and Greece. He has written articles and papers on software development, quality assurance, and software testing, and he regularly attends international and national conferences as a speaker, panelist, moderator, and contributor. In 2013, he published his first book, Software Testing Tips, in which he shared his experiences and vision about various software testing issues. Later-wards in 2015, he published his second book, Mobile Testing Tips, where he addressed many important areas as; Mobile Testing Techniques, Mobile Testing Tools, Mobile Test Automation and Mobile Performance Testing.
Currently, he is the managing partner of TesterYou, where he holds the responsibilities of delivering test consultancy, outsourced test management, and software testing training.
Beka Sazuashvili
Speaker: Beka Sazuashvili
Company: Optimo
Position: Quality Assurance Team Lead
Title of presentation: GeoSTQB Panel Discussion “Challenging Quality Engineering Practices”
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
There are several non-standard and challenging cases all over the world connected to test automation. Some of them may directly be connected to technical aspects, some of them not at all. Therefore our speakers will make impressive discussions to highlight the areas with top challenging cases.
Bio:
Experienced Software Quality Assurance Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the online gambling & casinos industry, banking & real estate, e-commerce & stock management systems. Skilled in Automation Processes, SDLC & STLC, Bug Tracking, Test Management, Load & Stress Testing, API Testing, Performance Testing and Programming for automation. Experienced in Jira Software. Strong quality assurance professional with a Master of Computer Science from Tbilisi State University.
Martin Schneider
Speaker: Martin Schneider
Company: Fraunhofer-Institut für offene Kommunikationssysteme FOKUS
Position: Forschungsgruppenleiter Testen im Geschäftsbereich Quality Engineering
Title of presentation: Herausforderungen beim Einsatz von KI in sicherheitskritischen Produkten
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und insbesondere maschinelles Lernen (ML) haben im vergangenen Jahrzehnt einen bemerkenswerten Aufschwung durch die Verfügbarkeit von hinreichend großen Datenmengen und geeigneten Rechenkapazitäten, nicht nur in speziellen Rechenzentren, sondern auch in klassischen Computern und inzwischen sogar mobilen Endgeräten, erfahren. Dabei finden KI und ML in immer mehr Domänen ihren Weg in Produkte, und diese werden auch für sicherheitskritische Systeme entwickelt, um Innovationen wie bspw. das hoch-automatisierte Fahren zu ermöglichen. Diesem Einsatz stehen eine Reihe von Herausforderungen gegenüber, die sich aus der besonderen Funktionsweise von KI und ML ergeben, insbesondere aus der Abhängigkeit des Verhaltens einer KI-Komponenten von den verwendeten Daten. Am Fraunhofer-Institut für offene Kommunikationssysteme beschäftigen wir uns in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten mit dem Einsatz von KI, dessen Absicherung und mit Fragestellungen, die sich für eine Zertifizierung von KI ergeben. Das fehlende oder zumindest größtenteils unvollständige Verständnis für die Entscheidungsfindung von Algorithmen des maschinellen Lernens, insbesondere Deep Learning, stellt den Einsatz in regulierten Domänen vor die Frage, unter welchen Bedingungen ein Einsatz, bspw. im Luftfahrtsektor, möglich ist, und wie eine Prüfung von KI im Rahmen einer Zertifizierung aussehen könnte. Im Vortrag möchten wir auf die Herausforderungen bei der Zulassung von KI, die sich aus der gänzlich anderen Funktionsweise, und neue Konzepte für eine Zertifizierung von KI, wie bspw. Overarching Properties, vorstellen. Zudem werden wir einen speziellen Blick auf Security von KI werfen, die sich durch die Abhängigkeit von Daten mit neuen Angriffsarten, bspw. Adversarial Samples, und Sicherheitsrisiken, bspw. für den Datenschutz, konfrontiert sehen. Die Detektion derartiger Schwachstellen sowie ihre Mitigation sind aktuelle Forschungsfragen.
Bio:
Martin Schneider, Fraunhofer FOKUS, ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter und Gruppenleiter im Bereich Testen. Er beschäftigt sich seit vielen Jahren mit den Themen Security und Security Testing und in den letzten Jahren mehr und mehr auch im Kontext von KI. Er unterstützt in Projekten die Industrie und öffentliche Einrichtungen, u.a. das Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, und ist aktiv in verschiedenen Standardisierungsgremien wie dem DIN und der ETSI.
Natia Sirbiladze
Speaker: Natia Sirbiladze
Company: Exactpro Systems Georgia
Position: CEO
Title of presentation: GeoSTQB Panel Discussion “Challenging Quality Engineering Practices”
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: English
Abstract:
There are several non-standard and challenging cases all over the world connected to test automation. Some of them may directly be connected to technical aspects, some of them not at all. Therefore our speakers will make impressive discussions to highlight the areas with top challenging cases.
Bio:
She started her career as a business analyst and consultant working for various companies, including Ernst & Young. She continued as a Lead Analyst at the Ministry of Finance of Georgia. She then worked as an IT Business Consultant at the UNDP, where she was in charge of identifying the needs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ HR department for the employee Appraisal Module, investigating the existing IT systems and integration parts, and preparing prototypes and technical IT specifications. She then worked as an IT Project Manager for the TBC bank, led the bank’s mobile banking and digital wallet projects and worked as an analyst on the Redesign Internet Banking project. Natia holds a Master of Science degree in Information Systems from Tbilisi State University in Georgia and a Master of Science degree in Information Systems Technology and Management from The Viana do Castelo Polytechnic Institute (IPVC) in Portugal (Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo).
Natia current role in Exactpro is a CEO of the Tbilisi Branch. Her role spans various directions of developing the Exactpro branch in Georgia. Natia currently focuses on building stronger and bigger teams, monitoring and controlling all areas of activity of the branch, establishing and maintaining relations with universities, coordinating Georgia-based courses on Software Testing, managing events and webinars.
Natia has initiated and participated to establish an official representative board of ISTQB in Georgia called GeoSTQB. Now she is in charge of developing different directions inside the board and maintaining relations with external parties.
Radoslaw Smilgin
Speaker: Radoslaw Smilgin
Company: testerzy.pl
Position: Consultant, Trainer and Exploratory Tester
Title of presentation: Accessibility for all platforms and all people
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 08:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
Web Content Accessibility Guideline is not only for web. It works also for desktop and mobile apps, wearables and many others. But still it is only how to make software usable for people with disabilities. There are many trends to change the concept and think how to design better software for all which actually make software even more user friendly.
The presentation is devoted to show how build accessible any kind of software that every user can benefit from.
Bio:
An independent consultant and a trainer in the field of requirements engineering, software testing and quality assurance.
Creator and owner of the ‘testerzy.pl‘ website. The longest established (since 2006) blog and portal for polish testers.
For the last ten years he is a tutor of next generations of testers in Poland. His activities are devoted to teach young people how to become a (better) testers. Author of publications on software testing and QA including latest books for testing beginners “Zawód tester” and “Praktyka testowania”. Speaker at both Polish and foreign conferences: TestWarez, Free Test, CzechTest. etc and open local meetups.
The originator and organizer of TestingCup – Polish Championship in Software Testing.
Adam Leon Smith
Speaker: Adam Leon Smith
Company: Dragonfly
Position: CTO
Title of presentation: Where are we with AI and Quality?
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Adam will talk about the inherent quality and testing problems with AI systems, and the state of work on best practices.
Bio:
Adam Leon Smith is Chief Technology Officer of Dragonfly, a European consultancy, training and products firm that specialises in the intersection of AI and quality. Adam also runs regular training courses in testing, test automation and testing issues related to AI systems. In addition, he is the current Chair of the British Computer Society’s Special Interest Group in Software Testing, the biggest UK non-profit testing group. Adam is a Fellow of the British Computer Society, and a Director of ForHumanity, an independent oversight body auditing the use of emerging technology. He is a regular speaker at conferences and a resident podcaster for the Ministry of Testing. He also hosts a podcast about AI + Quality called Fuzzy Quality.
Jennifer Smith
Speaker: Jennifer Smith
Company: American Graphics Institute
Position: Vice President, Branding and UX Design
Title of presentation: Role of UX in developing quality apps
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Building quality applications requires understand users needs and objectives. This session provides a strategic overview of the user experience (UX) workflow, from research through visual design, which can be applied to the development process of any application. Discover how the UX process helps you make better decisions regarding the structure of your content, what features are included on screens, and where in the information architecture capabilities are accessed.
Bio:
Jennifer has a communication design background and founded American Graphics Institute over 23 years ago with the goal of empowering people to be confident in the design of all things. Over the years, she has had the opportunity to work closely with user experience and visual design teams from hundreds of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies to smaller organizations. She helps agencies, as well as internal teams, discover how to design both information and visual design in order to create successful experiences. Jennifer continues to take on projects and has designed websites, mobile apps, as well as systems, such as cash registers and IOT devices. Jennifer is also a 3X Microsoft MVP.
Jennifer Smith leads the User Experience design practice at American Graphics Institute. She teaches classes on UX, information architecture, mobile design, and related areas and leads a team of instructors and consultants. She provides UX consulting and training to firms and organizations across a wide spectrum of industries including insurance, financial services, education, business services, government agencies, and IOT device developers ranging in size from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. As an educator she helps teams utilize user-centered design processes, information architecture, and visual design to create successful experiences on apps, websites, and devices. Jennifer has served as designer in residence at Microsoft, assisting third-party app developers with UX, and has been named a Most Valuable Partner by Microsoft for three years for her contributions to UX design.
Victor Sokolovskiy
Speaker: Victor Sokolovskiy
Company: Code Space, LLC
Position: Co-Founder
Title of presentation 1: Lifelong learning – just marketing or working approach?
Day of presentation 1: 13 April 2021
Time (CET) 1: 13:00
Language 1: English
Add to CalendarTitle of presentation 2: Обучение на протяжении всей жизни – только маркетинг или работающая модель
Day of presentation 2: 14 April 2021
Time (CET) 2: 08:00
Language 2: Russian
Mostly all field experts are talking about lifelong learning, today without this approach is probably impossible to win the race for a good job workplace. Even more, accept an offer it is just a beginning, stay valuable for the company for a long period of time is much. So lifelong learning is only approach to stay demanded. In this talk I will share our know in implementation of lifelong learning service helps people to stay up to date with state of the are tech, approaches, get inspiration and finally learning all the time.
Abstract 2: В основном все отраслевые эксперты говорят об обучении на протяжении всей жизни, сегодня без такого подхода, наверное, невозможно выиграть гонку за хорошее рабочее место. Более того, принять предложение – это только начало, остаться ценным для компании на длительный период времени – это очень много. Поэтому обучение на протяжении всей жизни – это только подход, чтобы оставаться востребованным. В этой беседе я поделюсь с вами нашими знаниями о том, как внедрить услугу обучения на протяжении всей жизни, которая помогает людям быть в курсе состояния техники, подходов, получать вдохновение и, наконец, учиться все время.Bio:
Victor Sokolovskiy is a software testing professional with more than 20 year of experience in the IT, in different companies, many projects and challenging positions. He is the Cofounder at https://codespace.com.ua/ and https://commited.tech/, as well as the Cofounder at https://testingstage.com/. He is known as a software testing and education enthusiast.
Виктор Соколовский – профессионал в области тестирования программного обеспечения с более чем 20-летним опытом работы в IT, в различных компаниях, во многих проектах и на сложных должностях. Он является соучредителем https://codespace.com.ua/ и https://commited.tech/, а также соучредителем https://testingstage.com/. Он известен как энтузиаст в области тестирования программного обеспечения и образования.
Stefan Staal
Speaker: Stefan Staal
Company: Lasat Requirements
Position: Consultant, trainer and coach
Title of presentation: Requirements Engineering in een vernieuwd jasje!
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: Dutch
Abstract:
Zou jij aan iets nieuws beginnen zonder er eerst goed over na te denken? Ergens op af gaan als een kip zonder kop? Waarschijnlijk is je antwoord een stellig ‘Nee’.
Dat doe je thuis niet en in je dagelijks werk evenmin. Heb je te maken met de ontwikkeling van of verandering in (IT-)systemen, dan zijn de specificaties, ofwel de requirements, hét middel om grip te houden op die verandering. Requirements ondersteunen de ontwikkeling van een product of dienst in de richting die bij de business en de situatie past. Of je nu een Agile aanpak zoals Scrum of Kanban toepast, of een meer traditionele ontwikkeling volgt, in alle gevallen zijn duidelijke en door alle partijen onderschreven requirements de basis voor succes. Maar hoe kom je tot die duidelijke requirements? Op die vraag is gelukkig een helder antwoord.
In deze sessie lichten wij een tipje van de sluier op met een inkijk in het vakgebied van requirements engineering en de opleidingen die daarover beschikbaar zijn.
Wereldwijd zijn tienduizenden gecertificeerd op basis van het curriculum van de International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB). Met het onlangs vernieuwde Foundation Level is het uitwerken van professionele requirements voor iedere IT-er binnen handbereik. Schrijf je in en ontdek wat een IREB certificaat voor je kan betekenen.
Bio:
Stefan heeft ruim 25 jaar ervaring in de software ontwikkelingen en heeft hierin vele rollen bekleed. In al deze rollen werd hij gehinderd door onvolledige, onjuiste en continue veranderende requirements. Hij is zich hierin gaan verdiepen en inmiddels adviseert hij al jarenlang opdrachtgevers hoe om te gaan met requirements in een (continue) veranderende omgeving. Daarnaast draagt hij zijn passie uit door het geven van trainingen en workshop in requirements engineering en hoe requirements engineering in een agile omgeving toe te passen.
Stefan is reeds meerdere jaren actief bij IREB als Associate Member. Hij heeft meegeholpen met het IREB materiaal beschikbaar te maken voor de Nederlandse markt en is lid van de commissie die de IREB CPRE Foundation 3.0 heeft vormgegeven. Tevens is hij co-auteur van het boek Basiskennis Requirements. Verder heeft bijgedragen aan de vertaling van o.a. IREB CPRE Glossary, IREB CPRE Advanced Modeling.
Met zijn trainingsbureau geeft hij alle IREB CPRE Foundation en Advanced levels als IREB Recognized Training Provider en wordt hierbij bijgestaan door Hans van Loenhoud.
Kseniya Taktasheva
Speaker: Kseniya Taktasheva
Company: Fleetcor
Position: Head of QA in Russian department
Title of presentation: Как модель TMMI помогла нам улучшить качество разработки
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 10:00
Language: Russian
Abstract:
Russian:
Как модель TMMI помогла нам улучшить качество разработки.
- Какпревратить тестирование в хаос? Вредные советы от профессионалов.
2. Почему TMMI лучшая модель для безнадежных ситуаций?
3. Несколько способов преодолеть этап неконтролируемого тестирования
4. Внедряем качество на этапе разработки.
5. Подключаем DevOps
6. Измеряем среднюю температуру качества в компании
7. Выстраиваем стратегию перехода на следующую ступень TMMI
8. Подводим итоги.
English:
- How to turn testing into chaos? Harmful advice from professionals.
- Why is TMMI the best model for hopeless situations?
- Several ways to overcome the stage of uncontrolled testing
- Implementation the quality at the development stage.
- Connecting DevOps
- To measure the average quality temperature in the company
- Building a strategy for moving to the next stage of TMMI
- Summing up the results.
Bio:
Russian:
2016-2017 – Aplana(инженер-тестировщик)
2017-2018 – Новолабсистем(инженер-тестировщик)
2018-2019 – Fleetcor(ведущий специалист по тестированию)
C 2020 – Fleetcor(руководитель отдела тестирования в России)
Тестировала медицинский софт для НИИ скорой помощи им. Н.В. Склифосовского и НМИЦ ССХ им. А.Н. Бакулева
Восстанавливала тестовую документацию на проекте c 10-летней историей
Внедряю инструменты и практики CI/CD с нуля
Внедряю процессы в рамках модели TMMI
Член коллегии RSTQB
English:
Experience in testign of medical software for the N. V. Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Medicine and the A. N. Bakulev National Research Medical Center of the USSR
Experience in restoring of test documentation of a 10-years old project
Experience in implementation of processes within the TMMI model
Experience in implementation of CI/CD tools and practices from scratch
Member of RSTQB
Anthony Thibault
Speaker: Anthony Thibault
Company:Auto Entrepreneur
Position: Practice Manager Testing
Title of presentation: Comment améliorer la qualité des SI avec les tests agiles?
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: French
Chez les professionnels du test logiciel, les méthodes agiles connaissent un taux d’adoption de plus en plus massif de la part des entreprises. Malgré ce fort taux d’adoption, les sociétés françaises restent en retard par rapport à leurs consœurs étrangères et de nombreux challenges restent à relever, parmi lesquelles apparaissent « des difficultés à trouver des compétences pluridisciplinaires capable de concevoir, développer, tester, automatiser, et ayant des compétences métier », « une adoption des méthodes et techniques de tests agile encore timide », « un retard important dans la mise en œuvre de l’automatisation » et « la difficulté à diviser les activités de test entre plusieurs sites en méthodologie agile distribuée ».
C’est sur la base de mes retours d’expériences autour des pratiques de test agile, que je partage avec vous mon expertise pour répondre à ces défis lors de cette conférence.
Bio:
Ingénieur qualité logiciel diplômé de Polytech Angers, je m’investis depuis 2004 dans le domaine de l’assurance qualité logiciel, et occupe depuis plus de 10 ans des fonctions de Practice Manager. Passionné par le test logiciel, je me suis spécialisé dans le conseil en organisation des tests (méthodologies, outillages et industrialisation des tests), la montée en maturité des tests au sein des DSI et le management de projets à engagements de résultats. Fort d’une expérience pluridisciplinaire, et d’une expertise de haut niveau dans le métier du test, je structure et développe des offres de services sur le métier du test pour accompagner mes clients dans leurs projets de transformation, et dans la montée en maturité des organisations les plus complexes.
Zoé Thivet
Speaker: Zoé Thivet
Company: Testeum
Position: Ingénieur Test Logiciel
Title of presentation: Testers under test : les bugs mentaux des testeurs
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Axée sur le psychologie des tests, cette présentation interactive s’intéresse à un applicatif assez buggé : le cerveau des QA. Etablissons une liste de bugs afin de planifier leur correction… à moins que nous préférions les conserver!
Bio:
Zoé Thivet est spécialiste en qualité logicielle à Nouméa, où elle intervient sur des sujets tant fonctionnels que techniques auprès de multiples organisations calédoniennes. Elle poste régulièrement des articles sur le blog d’Hightest.
Alexis Todoskoff
Speaker: Alexis Todoskoff
Company: Polytech Angers
Position: Maître de Conférence
Title of presentation: La Qualité et Sûreté de Fonctionnement Logiciel : enjeux essentiels dans la conception et le fonctionnement des systems
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: French
Abstract:
Cette présentation se propose d’introduire les enjeux, les méthodes et outils de la Qualité et de la Sureté de fonctionnement Logiciel. Les compétences en qualité et sûreté de fonctionnement logiciel deviennent incontournables au regard de l’introduction du logiciel dans quasiment tous les systèmes. En effet, ces systèmes sont dorénavant soumis à des impératifs de qualité (Assurance Qualité, Contrôle Qualité…), mais également aux impératifs de sûreté de fonctionnement (fiabilité, sécurité, maintenabilité, disponibilité). En outre, le développement des logiciels doit maintenant s’effectuer dans de nombreux domaines conformément à des référentiels internationaux.
Bio:
Enseignant-chercheur depuis 1999 à Polytech Angers, école d’ingénieurs de l’Université d’Angers, je suis responsable de formations initiales à bac+5 (Ingénieur / Master) en Qualité Logiciel et Sûreté de Fonctionnement (> 800 alumni dans ces métiers). Depuis 2008, je dirige également les Relations École-Entreprises de Polytech Angers et coordonne les relations avec le réseau des ENSA, écoles d’ingénieurs au Maroc. Enfin, depuis 2016, je co-dirige le Master 2 ITVL Ingénierie du Test et Validation Logicielle, formation continue à distance co-diplômante avec l’Université de Besançon et Polytech Angers permettant de passer jusqu’à 7 certifications métiers (ISTQB, IREB) dont le partenaire métier principal est le CFTL (Comité Français des Tests Logiciels). Au niveau des relations avec les métiers, j’ai rejoins en 2010 le comité d’administration du CFTL. Depuis 2015, j’ai pris la responsabilité des Relations Extérieures (relations avec les formations universitaires en Qualitéì et Test Logiciel). Et depuis 2019, j’anime le groupe de travail Ingénierie des Exigences et la Journée Française de l’Ingénierie des Exigences (JFIE).
Ignacio Trejos Zelaya
Speaker: Ignacio Trejos Zelaya
Company: Universidad Cenfotec at Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Position: Professor
Title of presentation: Diseño de carreras informáticas con marcos disciplinares de competencias y de cualificaciones profesionales
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 22:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
Caracterizamos las brechas cualitativas de habilidades que inciden en la empleabilidad de graduados de carreras informáticas. Consideramos la escasez de talento informático en Latinoamérica y particularmente en Costa Rica. Establecemos la necesidad de colaboración entre la industria y universidades, que debe pasar por desarrollar un lenguaje común. El mutuo entendimiento permite definir los perfiles de las carreras y mejorar las descripciones de puestos de personal informático. Exponemos un proceso desarrollo curricular basado en principios educativos y de Ingeniería. Resumimos experiencias representativas de diseño curricular de carreras informáticas con marcos disciplinares, de competencias y certificaciones profesionales, con validaciones por la industria informática afincada en Costa Rica. Prospectamos sobre futuros ejercicios de diseño curricular de carreras informáticas.
English :
We characterize qualitative skill gaps that impact the employability of computing graduates. We consider the shortage of computing talent in Latin America and particularly in Costa Rica. We establish the need for collaboration between industry and universities, which must go through developing a common language. Mutual understanding enables defining educational and career profiles and improving job descriptions for computing staff. We present a curriculum development process based on educational and engineering principles. We summarize representative experiences of curricular design of higher education computing programs with disciplinary, competencies, and certificaton frameworks – all validated by the IT industry based in Costa Rica. We prospect on future curricular design exercises of higher education computing programs.
Bio:
Ingeniero en Computación del Tecnológico de Costa Rica, con dos maestrías y candidatura doctoral de la Universidad de Oxford (Reino Unido). Estudió Física, Matemáticas e Informática en Guatemala, donde ha trabajado como desarrollador de software por tres años.
Desde 1984 es Profesor de las carreras informáticas del Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC). Es cofundador y profesor de la Universidad Cenfotec, de la que fue su Rector hasta junio del 2017. Ha sido profesor invitado en varias universidades latinoamericanas. Colabora con el Club de Investicación Tecnológica desde 1989. Investigador en Lenguajes de programación e Ingeniería del Software.
Ha colaborado con el Consejo Hispanoamericano de Pruebas de software (HASTQB) y varias organizaciones nacionales e internacionales. Ignacio ha sido dedicado de graduaciones en el TEC y Cenfotec, becario del British Council y premiado por el CPIC y CAMTIC. Es miembro de asociaciones profesionales (ACM, IEEE, ASQ, CPIC, ISTQB) y cuenta con certificaciones profesionales en Ingeniería de calidad del software (ASQ) y en Pruebas de software (ISTQB).
Elena Treshcheva
Speaker: Elena Treshcheva
Position: Researcher, Publicity Chair
Title of presentation: Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 13:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Artificial intelligence is increasingly penetrating safety-critical functions in human lives, so it’s extremely important to ensure correctness and safety of their operation. Software testing plays a crucial role in AI technology evolution, and now it’s just the right time to develop this direction in both industry and academia. The 2021 IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge is an initiative which attracts young talent to the problem of adapting software testing methods and techniques to test complex intelligent systems. Being organized for the first time, this event provides interesting insights into both theory and practice of the AI & Testing synergy.
Bio:
Elena Treshcheva is a researcher focused on software testing and its intersection with emerging technologies, such as AI and distributed ledger technologies, and the Publicity Chair for the 2021 IEEE Autonomous Driving AI Test Challenge held as part of The Third IEEE International Conference On Artificial Intelligence Testing.
Her previous experience includes working as a QA analyst and then a researcher at Exactpro. In her work she was initially focused on post-trade systems and market data processing and storage, and later transitioned to the tasks related to the company’s research and business development strategy. She was also involved in speaking on behalf of Exactpro at both industrial and research conferences.
Prior to Exactpro, Elena worked as an associate professor in general and computational linguistics. During her university tenure, she additionally held the role of the Head of the Laboratory of Applied Linguistics, managing digital corpora projects.
Yaron Tsubery
Speaker: Yaron Tsubery
Company: Siemens
Position: Senior Management Consultant
Title of presentation: Devops and Testing
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 12:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Yaron Tsubery has been working in software since 1990, and has more than 20 years in the Software development, QA and Testing field as a Test Engineer, Customer Support Engineer, Testing TL, and Testing Manager, as well as Product Manager, Project Manager and Developer, before becoming the Senior Director of QA & Testing and PMO. Yaron is an IT executive with excessive experience in managing QA & Testing organizations conducting large-scale, complex, real-time system testing in various sectors: Telecom, Banking, IT and Medical Devices. In charge of planning and implementing control quality assurance systems and SDLCs, while using best practice industrial standards (e.g. CMMi, TMMi, ISO, TPI etc.). Preparing and leading a large international company in the Telecom industry through ISO 9001: 2000 certification. Management of large operations,both local and distributed outsourced teams in USA, India, Hungary and Singapore.
Yaron is the former President of ISTQB® (International Software Testing Qualifications Board and is also the President and founder of the ITCB® (Israeli Testing Certification Board). He is a member of IQAMF (Israeli QA Managers Forum) and SIGiST Israel.
Fernando Valera
Speaker: Fernando Valera
Company: Visure Solutions
Position: Co-founder & CTO
Title of presentation: Requirements Engineering
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 21:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Fernando Valera is part of the founding team of Visure Solutions and currently holds the position of CTO. He relocated to Silicon Valley in 2012, where he leads the development of innovative solutions for safety-critical and regulated environments, primarily in the space of requirements, test and risk management and product development. With more than 18 years experience in requirements management and entrepreneurship he works closely with customers worldwide to solve the needs of complex product delivery. Mr. Valera holds a Degree in Computer Engineering by the Complutense University of Madrid (2003). In 2010, he became a Certified Professional in Requirements Engineering (CPRE) by the German International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB) which entitles him to provide CPRE trainings worldwide, and in 2016 he successfully completed a degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Stanford University.
Jurian van de Laar
Speaker: Jurian van de Laar
Company: ASML
Position: Team Leader Test Factory
Title of presentation: Mijn eerste 20 jaren in software testen – geïnfecteerd door kwaliteit
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 17:00
Language: Dutch
Abstract:
In deze lastige tijden waarin we wereldwijd al meer dan een jaar geteisterd worden door het COVID-19 virus, is het tijd hoog tijd voor een enthousiast en positief verhaal over een hele andere infectie, namelijk door het kwaliteitsvirus. Terugkijkend op mijn loopbaan concludeer ik dat dit voor mij de rode draad is: mijn passie voor testen en kwaliteit.
In deze presentatie deel ik met jullie mijn belangrijkste ervaringen uit de afgelopen 20 jaar, aan de hand van een aantal wegwijzers die volgens mij ook karakteristiek zijn voor de ontwikkeling van het testvak. Maar ik zal ook een aantal mijlpalen noemen, die ik voor elke tester belangrijk vind om mee te nemen in de eigen ontwikkeling.
De relevantie van deze presentatie is dat uit mijn ervaringen, en parallel daaraan de ontwikkeling van het testvak, veel te halen valt om het testen vandaag de dag beter te kunnen plaatsen en begrijpen. Waarom was het bijvoorbeeld zo belangrijk om een certificaat te halen, en vinden we dat nog steeds? En: moeten we nu werken volgens een gestructureerd testproces of agile? Of juist met heuristieken? En wat is het verschil?
Kortom: wat valt er te leren uit 20 jaar test ervaring, maar ook: wat zijn de eisen die vandaag gesteld worden aan een goede, professionele en gekwalificeerde tester?
Bio:
Jurian van de Laar heeft sinds 1994 een ruime praktijkervaring opgedaan in software engineering, teamleiding, software kwaliteit en testen. Afgestudeerd in Computertechniek is hij begonnen als service engineer en software ontwikkelaar. Daarna is hij zich steeds meer gaan specialiseren in testen en kwaliteitsverbetering.
Jurian heeft als senior consultant bij Improve Quality Services verbeterprojecten begeleid bij o.a. Philips, InTraffic, TomTom, Triodos Bank en DHL. Gedurende die 9 jaren was hij ook docent van heel veel trainingen in procesverbetering, requirements engineering (IREB certificering) en natuurlijk in testen (ISTQB Foundation, Advanced en Expert levels).
Sinds 2014 is Jurian weer zelf in het testvak aan de slag gegaan. Eerst als test lead bij Philips Healthcare, daarna als staff test engineer bij Kulicke en Soffa en nu al weer bijna twee jaar bij ASML als teamleider.
Jurian heeft regelmatig gesproken op Nederlandse conferenties als TestNet en Bits&Chips, en ook internationaal, zoals EuroStar en Agile Testing Days. Hij is gecertificeerd professioneel Scrum Master en Product Owner en hij is vice voorzitter van BNTQB, de Belgisch/Nederlands afdeling van ISTQB.
Hans van Loenhoud
Speaker: Hans van Loenhoud
Company: Taraxacum
Position: Trainer, Coach, Consultant
Title of presentation: Requirements Engineering in een vernieuwd jasje!
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: Dutch
Abstract:
Zou jij aan iets nieuws beginnen zonder er eerst goed over na te denken? Ergens op af gaan als een kip zonder kop? Waarschijnlijk is je antwoord een stellig ‘Nee’.
Dat doe je thuis niet en in je dagelijks werk evenmin. Heb je te maken met de ontwikkeling van of verandering in (IT-)systemen, dan zijn de specificaties, ofwel de requirements, hét middel om grip te houden op die verandering. Requirements ondersteunen de ontwikkeling van een product of dienst in de richting die bij de business en de situatie past. Of je nu een Agile aanpak zoals Scrum of Kanban toepast, of een meer traditionele ontwikkeling volgt, in alle gevallen zijn duidelijke en door alle partijen onderschreven requirements de basis voor succes. Maar hoe kom je tot die duidelijke requirements? Op die vraag is gelukkig een helder antwoord.
In deze sessie lichten wij een tipje van de sluier op met een inkijk in het vakgebied van requirements engineering en de opleidingen die daarover beschikbaar zijn.
Wereldwijd zijn tienduizenden gecertificeerd op basis van het curriculum van de International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB). Met het onlangs vernieuwde Foundation Level is het uitwerken van professionele requirements voor iedere IT-er binnen handbereik. Schrijf je in en ontdek wat een IREB certificaat voor je kan betekenen.
Bio:
Hans van Loenhoud heeft een lange tocht door de IT-wereld gemaakt. Ooit begonnen als COBOL-programmeur was hij in allerlei rollen werkzaam in ontwikkelprojecten voor veel verschillende opdrachtgevers. Daarbij was hij altijd gespitst op de kwaliteitsaspecten ervan.
Software testen was een onderwerp dat steeds meer zijn belangstelling trok. Hans werd voorzitter (en is thans erelid) van TestNet, de Nederlandse vakvereniging voor software testers. Als tester raakte hij betrokken bij het geven van testopleidingen en verdiepte zich in requirements engineering. Immers, zonder goede requirements als uitgangspunt is professioneel software testen kansloos.
Tegenwoordig is Hans volop actief in de wereld van requirements engineering: hij geeft daarin bedrijfstrainingen en colleges aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Hans is vicevoorzitter van IREB® en lid van de werkgroep die het Foundation Level heeft vormgegeven.
Hans schreef verschillende boeken en artikelen, zowel over testen als over requirements, en is veelgevraagd spreker op (inter)nationale conferenties.
Erik Van Veenendaal
Speaker: Erik Van Veenendaal
Company: TMMi Foundation
Position: CEO
Title of presentation: TMMi, results from the world-wide user survey and how to get involved
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 16:00
Language: English
Abstract: TBD
The uptake of the Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi) shows a strong growth rate; it is now recognized by many as the world-wide standard for test process improvement. A brief overview is provided, with some practical examples, of the TMMi model and the way TMMi supports business-driven test process improvement. Together with their research partners, the TMMi Foundation has recently performed a world-wide user survey. During this presentation the most interesting results, e.g., on benefits and challenges, will be shared with the audience. The final part of this presentation is dedicated to showing how to get involved in the TMMi initiative, either as an individual or as an organization. Among others the TMMi career path for professional in the field, strongly linked to the ISTQB certification scheme, is presented.
Bio:
Erik van Veenendaal (www.erikvanveenendaal.nl) is a leading international consultant and trainer, and a recognized expert in the area of software testing. He is the author of a number of books and papers within the profession, one of the core developers of the TMap testing methodology and the TMMi test improvement model, and currently the CEO of the TMMi Foundation. Erik is a frequent keynote and tutorial speaker at international testing conferences. For his major contribution to the field of testing, Erik received the European Testing Excellence Award (2007) and the ISTQB International Testing Excellence Award (2015).
Robert Veloza
Speaker: Robert Veloza
Company: EUD, Egresados de la Universidad Distrital
Position: Trainer & Consultor
Title of presentation: Evolución de las amenazas en el software
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 19:00
Language: Spanish
Abstract:
Durante la presentación además de sensibilizar en la importancia de enfrentar correctamente las amenazas de software, se expondrán temas acerca de los diferentes tipos de ataques de software y sistemas informáticos que han existido en las últimas décadas, describiendo su evolución, y explicando de qué manera han afectado a las organizaciones.
Bio:
Ingenieros de sistemas, Especialista en Gerencia de Proyectos y Seguridad de la Información
CISSP | CEH | CHFI | CND | CEI | ESI | ISO 27001 LA | ISO 27032 LCM | ISO 22301 IA | CCSA |
Actual Trainer y Consultor de EUD en temas de Ciberseguridad, con experiencia en implementación de SGSI (Sistema de Gestión de Seguridad de la Información), Modelo de Seguridad y Privacidad de la Información, gestión de riesgos, Formulación y ejecución de planes de recuperación de desastres, Ethical Hacking, Análisis Forense, Incident Response y Gestión de Vulnerabilidades.
Systems Engineer, specialist in Telecommunications Project Management and Information Security.
CISSP | CEH | CHFI | CND | CEI | ESI | ISO 27001 LA | ISO 27032 LCM | ISO 22301 IA | CCSA |
Trainer and consultant of EUD specialized in Cybersecurity areas, with experience in implementation of ISMS (Information Security Management System), Information Security and Privacy Model, Risk Management, Ethical Hacking, Forensic Analysis, Incident Response and Vulnerability Management and disaster recovery plan.
Stephan Weissleder
Speaker: Stephan Weissleder
Company: German Testing Board e.V.
Position: Member
Title of presentation: Der Glaubenskrieg um die Testautomatisierung
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 15:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Mit fortschreitender Technologie mehren sich die Erfolgsberichte über Testautomatisierung. DevOps und Continuous Delivery setzen fast ausschließlich auf automatisierte Tests, die vor jedem Deployment durchgeführt werden. Andererseits setzen Protagonisten des explorativen Testens entgegen, dass nur die kreative menschliche Arbeit das Wort „Testen“ verdient, und jede Art von Automatisierung einen kreativen Prozess unmöglich macht.
Die Autoren schauen genauer hin, was beim dynamischen Testen mit welchem Aufwand automatisiert werden kann und welchen Nutzen das bringt. Sie betrachten die Kosten und Nutzen einer Automatisierung der Testdurchführung allein, dann den Mehrwert einer Ausdehnung auf die vorangehende Testrealisierung und schließlich auf den Testentwurf. Die Kosten werden durch die dazugehörigen Schichten der Testautomatisierungsarchitektur visualisiert. Die Autoren gehen dabei auch darauf ein, welche Orientierung die Lehrpläne und das Glossar von ISTQB® dazu geben. Schließlich gehen sie auf die Streitfrage ein, ob die Testautomatisierung eine neue Wunderlösung („silver bullet“) oder ein Irrglaube ist. Wer im Glaubenskrieg Recht behält und warum Fred Brooks‘ Prognose wieder einmal zutrifft, erfahren Sie im Vortrag.
Bio:
Nach seinem Studium und seiner Promotion zum Thema „Model-Based Testing“ war Stephan Weissleder 4 Jahre bei Fraunhofer FIRST und FOKUS tätig, zuletzt als Forschungsleiter Test. Seit dem 1.1.2014 arbeitet er bei der Thales Deutschland GmbH, erst als Testmanager und seit dem 1.12.2017 als Head of Integration & System Test und Test Automation Engineer.
Piotr Wicherski
Speaker: Piotr Wicherski
Company: Mobile Flag
Position: Expert Mobile QA Engineer
Title of presentation: Błędy popełniane przy testowaniu aplikacji mobilnych
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 11:00
Language: Polish
Abstract: TBD
Bio:
Expert Mobile QA Engineer – Mobile Flag. He is involved in the testing community a bit.
An accidentally certified software tester and a great enthusiast for all kinds of mobile devices and mobile operating systems. In the mobile world since 2008.
Previously worked for T-Mobile, Samsung R&D, Allegro, Applause, Netguru and many more. He has experience with mobile hardware, applications and operating systems.
The administrator of the “Testowanie Oprogramowania” group on Facebook. Apart from professional work, he actively supports organisations and activities to promote knowledge and good software quality practices, also a member of the Polish Software Testing Board.
Mentor, speaker and organiser at events like TestWarez, TestingCup and Agile & Automation Days. Lecturer for mobile applications testing at Vistula University in Warsaw.
Erhardt Wunderlich
Speaker: Erhardt Wunderlich
Company: ALSTOM
Position: Center of Expertise
Title of presentation: Agiles Entwickeln und Testen – ein Widerspruch?
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 14:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deloyment, Testen im agilen Team, Unittest – überall begegnet man “dem Test”. Aber was heißt das eigentlich – “der Test” ? Im Rahmen dieses Vortrages wollen wir einige Themen vorstellen, die auch einem Entwickler in den verschiedenen Projekten zum Thema Test begegnen werden und zeigen wie man als Entwickler die Qualität von Code und Architektur verbessern kann.
Aber oft fehlt die nötige Test-Expertise im Entwicklungsteam. Abhilfe schafft hier der brandneue und an praktischen Codierungsaufgaben orientierte Kurs „Testing Foundations for Developers“ (A4Q-TF4D) eine Kooperation von A4Q mit dem GTB.
Bio:
Herr Dr. Erhardt Wunderlich arbeitet seit dem 1. März 2021 bei Alstom im Center of Expertise an dem Thema Tools and Processes. In der Zeit von Oktober 2010 bis Februar 2021 war er bei der Bombardier Transportation GmbH beschäftigt und leitete von 2019 bis Februar 2021 die funktionalen Fahrzeugtests am Standort Hennigsdorf. In der Zeit von 2007 bis 2010 war er Leiter des Testcenters der BDT AG in Rottweil. Bis 1999 arbeitete er bei der ALCATEL Deutschland in der Softwareentwicklung für Testsoftware. Von 1999 bis 2002 war er Teamleiter einer Softwaretestgruppe bei der ALCATEL USA. 2003 wechselte er zur BDT AG.
Title of presentation: WORKSHOP: Testing Foundation for Developers
Day of presentation: 16 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: English
Abstract:
Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, testing in the agile team, Unittest – everywhere one meets “the test”. But what does that actually mean – “the test”? In this lecture, we want to introduce some topics that a developer will also encounter in the various projects on the topic of testing and show how developers can improve the quality of code and architecture.
But often the necessary test expertise is missing in the development team. The brand-new course “Testing Foundations for Developers” (A4Q-TF4D), a cooperation between A4Q and the GTB, provides a remedy here.
Dave Wynn
Speaker: Dave Wynn
Company: Omniprove
Position: Owner
Title of presentation: Key features and benefits of TickITplus
Day of presentation: 13 April 2021
Time (CET): 20:00
Language: English
Abstract:
All ISO standards are flat, i.e. they do not offer the ability to assess process maturity, which is a key component of measuring process improvement, which is a requirement of all management standards. Process maturity principles have been around for some considerable time with concepts being developed by Deming in the 50’s through schemes and models evolving in the early 80’s such as SPICE and CMM to standards like ISO 15504 for maturity models and assessments in the 90’s. Many organisations strive towards ISO 9001 as a requirement of contracts and/or through internal desires to standardise and improve their processes, improvements are typically seen through increase in business performance, the changes in process characteristics are rarely measured, known and reported. TickITplus aims to combine the benefits realised from the ISO standards with the value obtained by understanding the level of process maturity. Understanding the maturity of a process allows prioritised and focused improvements to be identified where low maturity processes are adversely affecting the overall set of business processes. TickITplus has been designed to incorporate some unique concepts on process management based on many years of the successful use of the TickIT scheme and modern thinking in the how management system aim to benefit business performance. This talk provides an overview of TickITplus scheme, what it is, how it has been designed and the benefits that organisations can expect to achieve by adopting it.
Bio:
Dave Wynn is Managing Director of Omniprove Ltd, with 35 years’ experience in the IT industry. He has spent over 12 years actively involved with the management, procurement, design, development, test and integration of real time software systems, primarily in the defence sector. Dave is a registered ISO 9001/TickIT & ISO 20000-1 lead auditor, the first TickITplus capability assessor and a certified CMMI Institute SCAMPI V1.3 lead appraiser. He has conducted many hundreds of assessments, appraisals and audits in all industry sectors throughout the world for over 24 years. Dave has been instrumental in the implementation of successful process improvement programmes for a number of organisations, leading to the highest levels of process maturity. Dave has been actively involved in the JTISC TickITplus developments and is author of a number of the scheme documents including the Core Scheme Requirements and Kick Start Guide, joint author of the Base Process Library Guidance and lead author of the Base Process Library. He is also developed and delivered the first TickITplus foundation and TickITplus capability courses. Dave holds an honours degree in Computational Science, is a Chartered Engineer, a Chartered IT Professional and a member of the BCS.
Maciej Wyrodek
Speaker: Maciej Wyrodek
Company: TestArmy – QA and Software Testing Agency
Position: Technical Lead
Title of presentation: Rules of Engagement – Questions you need to ask yourself before implementing test automation
Day of presentation: 15 April 2021
Time (CET): 09:00
Language: Polish
Abstract:
Why are there so many projects with poorly implemented test automation?
Nowadays Automation is a given part of almost any IT project. But there are still a lot of projects where automation is not bringing value, with teams and especially managers who got disillusioned, because there is more hassle with automation that it’s worth.
In my Experience, one of the most obvious yet overlooked reasons for failure of automation is simple lack of forethought. There are many important questions that teams need to answer for automation to be able to efficiently automate.
The list is long, starting with simple yet not easy questions like: What is The goal of automation? What problems the team tries to fix? Or to be even more mundane: Who will write the test? What team will do when the test fails? And ending with the hard ones: How does the team know if they are bringing value? And What should be Automated?
This talk is not about finding answers for those questions. Each team has different needs and will have different answers. The goal of this talk is to provide you with a checklist of questions. so you can engage your team and together find the answers working for you.
Key Takeaways
- A checklist of questions worth asking.
- Participants will learn about priorities which questions need answers as soon as possible and which can wait.
- For most important questions, example answers will be presented.
- Emphasis will be put on the fact that answers may change as project growths
Bio:
Maciej for several years has mostly been working as a Test Automation Expert and Test Architect. He is a seasoned tester who can’t stay long in one place. He is looking for perfection and a place to challenge his skills. He gathered experience working for different companies with different working models, From small to big corporations, From Product via Inhouse development to software house. Thanks to that he has a wide perspective on testing quality and delivering value.
During his 2 years long stay in Dublin while working for Kobo he realized his passion: Knowledge sharing.
His strong belief is that what makes us human is the ability to learn and share knowledge.
That is why for the last 5 years he has been doing his best to give back to the IT community, by writing articles, recording videos and speaking at conferences.
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Maciej Wyrodek,
“Jam częścią tej siły, która wiecznie zła pragnąc, wiecznie dobro czyni.”
Tester z 9 letnim doświadczeniem. Specjalizuje się w automatyzacji, choć jego pierwszą miłością są dalej testy eksploracyjne. Pracował w wielu projektach w Polsce i zagranicą. Od czterech lat udziela się aktywniej w community, prezentując na wielu konferencjach i meetupach. W wolnym czasie prowadzi kanał na youtubie poswiecony dzieleniu się wiedzą https://www.youtube.com/c/ITeaMorning.
Andreas Zeller
Speaker: Andreas Zeller
Company: CISPA Helmholtz-Zentrum für Informationssicherheit
Position: Faculty
Title of presentation: Testfälle automatisch generieren: Chancen und Risiken
Day of presentation: 14 April 2021
Time (CET): 18:00
Language: German
Abstract:
Werkzeuge zum automatischen Generieren von Eingaben haben sich als “Fuzzer” zum wichtigsten Hilfsmittel entwickelt, Sicherheitsprobleme in Programmen zu finden. In diesem Vortrag beleuchte ich aktuelle Fortschritte der automatischen Testgenerierung, welche Chancen sie aus Anwendersicht bieten – aber auch, was Anwender tun müssen, um sich gegen mögliche Angriffe zu wehren. Mit Live-Coding!
Bio:
Andreas Zeller ist Forscher am CISPA Helmholtz-Zentrum für Informationssicherheit und Professor für Softwaretechnik an der Universität des Saarlandes, beide in Saarbrücken. Seine Forschung zu automatischer Fehlersuche, Analyse von Software-Historien, Specification Mining und Sicherheitstesten wurde vielfach ausgezeichnet, insbesondere für ihren Einfluss auf Forschung und Praxis. Zeller ist ACM Fellow, IFIP Fellow und Empfänger eines Advanced Grant des Europäischen Forschungsrates (ERC); als erster Deutscher erhielt er 2018 den ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award.