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by Fiona Charles

Testers are people who ask questions, think critically about the answers, and then ask more questions—repeatedly. Fiona Charles reminds testers that their success depends on maintaining a healthy skepticism.  

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Web Seminar: QA Best Practices in Large Scale Transformation Programs
Today, most organizations are rapidly considering and embarking on the transformation journey of their legacy systems to modern, superior, and more efficient systems. This transformation enables organizations to easily embrace a current and dynamic business environment, better accommodate growing business demands, and deliver better service quality. In this web seminar, speakers Beth Parrish from MetLife Insurance and Sugam Srivastava from Infosys cover details on the impact of QA effectiveness in transformational programs, key learning, and recommendations. You'll also learn how to alight testing to architecture, layered integration, effective reporting and change management, and early and progressive automation. Join us Thursday, May 24, at 2 p.m. ET. Register today.

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The mobile device market is rapidly changing and evolving; and hundreds of new devices are introduced each year. From a testing perspective, how can an IT team keep up with the rapid releases to deliver a consistent experience? Which combinations should be tested, and how often? All these questions create a growing dilemma, especially as more mobile applications become critical to the business. Learn what should be considered when planning the development and delivery of mobile applications.
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How Does the Manager’s Role Change in Agile?
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Coming from a waterfall background, Brad Egeland found himself questioning the role of the manager on an agile project. What he learned at an agile conference helped him find some answers.

Serious Acceptance Checking
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STAREAST

April 15-20, 2012
Orlando, Florida

The premier software testing conference in the world, STAREAST, is a gathering place for software testers, developers, and managers to interact and learn how to improve software-testing practices.

Better Software Conference

June 10-15, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada

Attend the Better Software Conference East to become a better, more informed software professional with an outward, customer-focused view of development.

Agile Development Conference

June 10-15, 2012
Las Vegas, Nevada

The Agile Development Conference West conference is for anyone investigating or implementing agile development practices, processes, technologies, and leadership principles.
STARWEST

September 30-October 5, 2012
Anaheim, California

The premier software testing conference in the world, STARWEST, is a gathering place for software testers, developers, and managers to interact and learn how to improve software-testing practices.

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Turning Quality On Its Head

By James A. Whittaker
Arguments that moving testing forward in the software lifecycle maximizes the return on investment of testing effort have been made and widely accepted. And it is hard to argue with the results. Software is getting better. But what if a shift away from early cycle testing toward late cycle testing could improve quality even more? Read more in Turning Quality On Its Head.

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