PSQT/PSTT 2002 North Conference Schedule

PSQT/PSTT 2002 North Conference Schedule

Monday, September 9th, 2002

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of an in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (M1 through M6)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the
Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

M1	Principles of Software Testing (Basic) (CSTP, #1)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
M2	Performance Testing for Web and Client/Server Applications (Advanced)(CSTP, Elective)	Dr. Subraya BM
M3	Testing Business Requirements (Basic) (CSTP, #5)	Robin F. Goldsmith JD
M4	Effective Test Management (Basic) (CSTP,#3&4)	Elfriede Dustin
M5	Rapid Business Driven Testing (Basic) (CSTP, Elective)	Clyneice Chaney
M6	Managing Risks in Software Projects (Basic)(CSTP, Elective)	Denis Meredith

Tuesday, September 10th, 2002

Attendees may register for a full day tutorial or conference sessions.

Full-day Tutorials (10:00 - 5:00):

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the
Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

T1	Successful Improvement of Your Testing (Basic) (CSTP, Elective)	Erwin van den Hul
T2	A Methodology for Software Test Automation (Basic) (CSTP, #6)	Elfriede Dustin

Or PSQT/PSTT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna, Conference Chair
8:30 - 9:45	Keynote Tim Lister "Estimating...It's too Important to be left to Managers"
	PSQT				PSTT
	Quality Management I	Quality Management II	Quality Management III	Software Process Improvement	Test Process I	Test Process II	Test Automation I	Test Automation I
10:00 - 11:00	Golden Rules for Testing Andy Redwood				Developing an ROI for Testing Process Improvements (B) Paul Selway	Software Testing & PR – What They Didn’t Teach you in School (B) Robert Galen	Runtime Synchronization (I) Jamie Mitchell	Workflow Driven Tests (B) Tim Nelson
11:00 - 12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch/Discussion groups
1:00 - 2:00	Getting the Most from Your Change Process (B) Ranata Johnson Robert Daudt	Some Particularly Useful Metrics to Aid in Assessing Testing Status and Product Quality (B) Robert Vanderwall	Managing Quality During the Endgame (B) Bruce Schoor	A Do-It-Yourself Practical Software Project Assessment Method (B) Dr. Stephen Kan Diane Manlove	Testing Dirty Systems Randall Rice
2:15 - 3:15	Minimum Metrics for Meaningful Management Robin Goldsmith JD				Effectively Integrating Automation into a Manual Test Environment (B) Dr. Russ Shermer	Can a Testing Maturity Model Help Improve My Testing Process? (B) Thomas C. Staab	Keyword Driven Test Automation Using XML (A) Tom Hels Jim Cook Leo Zdrill	Enterprise Framework for Test Automation (I) Tim Nelson
3:45 - 4:45	Estimating Software Earlier and More Accurately (I) David Herron	An Effective Endgame Process Framework with Dynamic Release Criteria (B) Robert Galen	Quality Assurance & Web Development - Bridging the Gap Between Test Professionals & Developers (B) Deb Kablotsky	The Business Case for CMM (B) Gregory Knotek Lee Barnes	The Lighter Side of QA or What Happened to Common Sense? Rene Lopez
5:00 - 6:30	Conference Reception

Wednesday, September 11th, 2002

Attendees may register for a full day tutorial or conference sessions.

Full-day Tutorials (10:00 - 5:00):

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the
Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

W1	Effective Test Design (Intermediate) (CSTP, #2)	Denis Meredith
W2	Planning and Estimating Techniques for the Testing Effort (Intermediate)	Bob Galen

Or PSQT/PSTT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna, Conference Chair
8:30 - 9:45	Keynote: Ed Adams Determining the ROI of Testing for your organization
	PSQT				PSTT
	Quality Management I	Quality Management II	Quality Management III	Software Process Improvement	Test Process I	Test Process II	Test Automation I	Testing Web
10:00 - 11:00	Defining Scope that Doesn't Creep Robin Goldsmith JD					Surviving The Top 10 Challenges of Software Testing (B) Randy Rice	Simplicity Through Complexity (A) Jamie Mitchell	Selecting Test Environments for Web Applications (B) Russell Jaslow Tom Beha
11:00 - 12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch/discussion groups
1:00 - 2:00	Use of Software Requirements Traceability Matrix in Function Point Estimation – A Practical Approach (I) Krishnamoorthy Gurusamy	Early Lifecycle Identification of Software Quality Risk Factors (I) David Herron	Successfully Managing Quality Change (B) Thomas C. Staab	Establishing Effective Measurements in Support of the SEI CMM (I) Koni Thompson	Team up with the Project Manager to Improve Quality and Testing Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
2:15 - 3:15	Model-Based Requirements Dr. Magdy Hanna				The IEEE 829 Standard as a Support to the Management of the Testing Process (I) Dr. Adalberto Nobiato Crespo	Managing the Test Effort using Requirements-Based Testing Metrics (B) Gary Mogyorodi	Getting a Return on Investment from Performance Testing (I) Dr. Russ Shermer	Testing Web Applications Programmatically (I) James M. Slack
3:45 - 4:45	Effective Quantitative Project Management in Product Testing (I) K.L. Mohankumar Raman Aravind	From Chaos to Quality (B) Brenda Brown	Practical Software Project Risk Identification and Quantification (B) Robert Daudt Ranata Johnson	Case Study In Using Level 2-5 Project Management Techniques (B) Brian Waddoups	Challenges of Quality Web Systems Elfriede Dustin
5:00 - 6:00	The Software Quality Summit An open and honest discussion by software quality experts

Thursday, September 12th, 2002

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (H1 through H6)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the
Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

H1	Effective Test Design (Intermediate) (CSTP, #2)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
H2	Test Design Based on Use Cases (Intermediate)(CSTP, #5)	Patrick Johnson
H3	Testing Web and eBusiness Applications: Fundamentals (Basic) (CSTP, Elective)	Leslie Segal
H4	Developing Reusable Test Designs (Basic) (CSTP, #2)	Robin Goldsmith JD
H5	Managing the Software Testing Process (Basic) (CSTP, #3&4)	Judy McKay
H6	Building Quality Assurance Function Step by Step (Basic) (CSTP, Elective)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein

Friday, September 13th, 2002

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of an in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (F1 through F6)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

F1	Fundamentals of the Test Process and Tool Selection (Basic) (CSTP, #1)	Thomas Staab
F2	Effective Requirements for Effective Testing (Basic) (CSTP, #5)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
F3	Writing Test Plans (Basic) (CSTP, #3)	Leslie Segal
F4	Software Inspections and Reviews for QA Professionals (Basic) (CSTP, #7)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
F5	Risk-Based Testing (Intermediate) (CSTP, Elective)	Robin Goldsmith JD
F6	Principles of Software Test Automation (Basic) (CSTP, #6)	Jamie Mitchell