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Software Dimensions and The International Institute for Software Testing

Present

PSQT/PSTT 2002 South

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PSQT/PSTT 2002 South Conference Schedule

Monday, March 4th, 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 Test Automation: Establishing Effective Architectures (Intermediate)(CSTP, #6) Michael Sowers
M3 Managing the Software Testing Process
(Basic) (CSTP, #3&4)		 Robin F. Goldsmith JD
M4 A Practical Workshop on Inspecting Requirement Specifications (Intermediate) (CSTP,#7) Tom Gilb
M5 Test Design (Basic) (CSTP, #2) Denis Meredith
M6 Practical Software Metrics: Counting to Improve Quality (Basic) Ed Weller

 

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

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

Full-day Tutorials (8:30 - 4:30):

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 A Methodology for Software Test Automation
(Basic) (CSTP, #6)		 John Paul
T2 Improving Your Testing Process Through Measurements
(Basic) (CSTP, Elective)		 Ed Weller

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
"Beyond the Death of Capture/Playback"
Edward Kit
PSQT PSTT
Quality Management I Quality Management II Requirement Management Software Process Improvement Test Process I Test
Process II		 Test Automation Testing Web

10:00 - 11:00

Project Manager Credibility
Robin Goldsmith JD

 A strategy for designing and executing an effective regression test program (I)
Martin Gilleran		 A Practical Worst-Case Software Test Methodology (I)
Daniela Bright		 Automation: Moving from Scripts to Tables
(I)
David Peters		 Realistic Web Application Load Testing
(I)
Hugh Smith
11:00 - 12:00

Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00 - 1:00

Lunch/Discussion groups
1:00 - 2:00 Managing at Internet Speed: Improving Time To Market Without Sacrificing Quality (I)
Gregory Scott		 Issue and Risk Management - A Practitioner's Guide
(I)
Dr. Iqbal “Bob” Noor		 How Fast is Fast? Using Non-Functional Requirements to Test Requirement Quality (I)
Joseph D. Schulz		 Defect Prevention Framework for Success
(I)
Neda L. Gutowski
Barb Hirsh

How to Break Software
Dr. James Whittaker
2:15 - 3:15 Ten Guaranteed Ways To Fail at Improving Software Quality And 10 better approaches
Tom Gilb		 Software Test Process Assessments at Intel Corporation (I)
Robert Topolski		 Extreme Acceptance Testing
(B)
Jim Canter		 Making Automation Tools Work
(I)
Jamie L. Mitchell		 Testing Web Services for Scalability and Performance (A)
Frank Cohen
3:45 - 4:45 Release Management of Non-Zero Defect Software
(I)
Frank Tsui		 People, Process, and Tools: Keys to Successful Software Projects (B)
Gary Pollice		 A Requirements-Based Approach to Delivering E-business and Enterprise Applications (B)
Scott Jefferies		 Applying the Software CMM in Small Companies, Organizations, and Projects (I)
Henrietta Foster		 Risk-Based Approach for Prioritizing Your Test Effort
Jennifer Smith-Brock
5:00 - 6:00 The Troubled Project - Best Practice from Theory to Reality…?
Isabel Evans		 Testing Life Cycle of Vendor Supplied Shrink-Wrap Software: A Practical Approach for Managing Modifications/ Implementation (I)
Charles Schiano		 The Added Value of Testing
(B)
Daniel Tour		 Universal Test Driver – A Data-Driven Framework for Script-Based Testing
(I)
Gary L. Cordrey		 Obstacles in Automation Testing: Identifying and Overcoming Them
(B)
Stephanie Sylvestre
6:00 - 7:30

 Conference Reception
Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (6:30-7:30)

Key: B = Basic, I = Intermediate, A = Advanced

Wednesday, March 6th, 2002

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

Full-day Tutorials (8:30 - 4:30):

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 Management (Intermediate) (CSTP, #3&4) Denis Meredith
W2 Testing Web and eBusiness Applications: Fundamentals (Basic) (CSTP, Elective) Ross Collard

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
"Software Quality Policy: Some Powerful Suggestions to Get Your Top Management Involved"
Tom Gilb
PSQT PSTT
Quality Management Inspection  & Reviews Requirement Management Software Process Improvement Test Process I Test
Process II		 Test Automation Testing Web
10:00 - 11:00 Using Defect Data to Control Quality
Ed Weller		 Managing the Test Effort Using Requirements-Based Testing Metrics (B)
Gary E. Mogyorodi		 Test Plan 101 using IEEE 829
(B)
Bernard Homes		 Designing Automated Tests for Object Oriented Applications
(I)
Penny Witt		 Deriving Test Cases from Use Cases for Web Applications
(I)
Dr. Orhan Beckman
11:00 - 12:00 Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch/discussion groups
1:00 - 2:00 Obvious, But Do You Do It? Getting Value Out Of Your Software Development Process (B)
Robert Takemori		 10 Ways to Improve Your Technical Review Process
(B)
Henrietta Foster		 Proper Specification of Software Requirements
(B)
Al Florence		 ISO, CMM, Quality Management, Software Quality Assurance – What Works for Putting in Place and Maintaining an Effective Software Process? (B)
Wood W Lee		 Stomach Ache Metric for Gaining Testing Buy-in
Robin Goldsmith JD
2:15 - 3:15 Team up with the Project Manager to Improve Quality and Testing
Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein		 Can a Testing Maturity Model Help Improve My Testing Process? (I)
Thomas C. Staab		 Test Integration with Testing Markup Languages (I)
Gerold Keefer		 Automation Testability Issues
(I)
Jamie L. Mitchell		 QA and Testing Web-based Applications
(B)
Tim Kurtz
3:45 - 4:45 How Can QA and Testing Be Tailored for a Project? Ask Pete
(I)
Tim Kurtz		 Optimizing Inspections Through the Application of Statistical Quality Management Techniques (I)
Ellen George		 Software Requirements Validation/ Verification
(I)
Al Florence
Steve Sanders		 A CMMI Compatible Risk Management Process
(I)
Gerold Keefer		 The Lighter Side of QA or What Happened to Common Sense?
Rene Lopez
5:00 - 6:00 The Software Quality Summit
An open and honest discussion by software quality experts

Key: B = Basic, I = Intermediate, A = Advanced

Thursday, March 7th, 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 Testing Business Requirements (Basic) (CSTP, #5) Robin F. Goldsmith JD
H2 Effective Test Design (Intermediate)(CSTP, #2) Dr. Magdy Hanna
H3 Principles of Software Test Automation
(Basic) (CSTP, #6)      		Jamie Mitchell
H4 Software Inspections and Reviews for QA Professionals
(Basic) (CSTP, #7)		 Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
H5 Testing Web and eBusiness Applications: Advanced Techniques (Advanced) (CSTP, Elective) Ross Collard
H6 Effective Estimating and Planning Techniques Workshop
(Intermediate)		 Bob Galen

 

Friday, March 8th, 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 Advanced Software Test Automation Techniques
(Advanced) (CSTP, #6)		 Jamie Mitchell
F2 Writing Testable Requirements
(Basic) (CSTP, #5)		 Dr. Magdy Hanna
F3 Fundamentals of the Test Process and Tool Selection
(Basic) (CSTP, #1)		 Thomas Staab
F4 Test Planning Workshop (Intermediate) (CSTP, #3)  Ross Collard
F5 Builiding Quality Assurance Function Step by Step
(Intermediate) (CSTP, Elective)		 Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
F6 Performance Testing for Web and Client/Server Applications (Advanced) (CSTP, Elective) Dr. Subraya BM