PSQT/PSTT Conference

PSQT/PSTT
2004 East
March 22-26
Washington D.C.

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PSQT/PSTT 2004 East Conference Schedule

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Monday, March 22, 2004

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 (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 (CSTP #1)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
M2	From Requirements to Test Data (CSTP #2)	Dan Mosley
M3	Software Test Automation: A Life-Cycle Methodology (CSTP #6)	Elfriede Dustin
M4	Writing Testable Requirements (CSTP #5)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
M5
M6	Structured Query Language (SQL) Fundamentals for Test Professionals (CSTP elective)	Mary Romero Sweeney

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Tuesday, March 23, 2004

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	Improving Software Testing with the Use of Metrics (CSTP elective)	Alfred Sorkowitz
T2	Testing in a Rapid Application Development Environment (CSTP elective)	Clyneice Chaney

Or PSQT/PSTT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening Remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna
8:30 - 9:45	Keynote Marnie Hutcheson What Do Agile and Extreme Approaches Mean to the Test Profession
	PSQT				PSTT
	Quality Management	Quality Management	Configuration Management/Requirement Management	Inspections and Reviews	Test Process I	Test Process II	Test Automation	Performance Testing
10:00-11:00	Improving Quality Through Better Requirements Ralph Young				How to Effectively Communicate the State of Testing: An Interactive Workshop Robert Galen	Effective Software Testing: Adapting to the Imperfect Development Environment Elfriede Dustin	Automated Test Coverage: Take Your Test Sites to the Next Level Jay Berkenbilt Paper	Implementing a Performance Test Strategy Using Open Source Software Clinton A. Sprauve, II Paper
11:00-12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00-1:00	Lunch/Discussion Groups
1:00-2:00	Bringing Order to Chaos Robbie Ericson	Identifying Your IT Organizations Best Practices David Herron	Making Configuration Management Work for You Jean Swank Paper	Measuring the Inspection Process Steve Janiszewski	Guidelines for Scripting Languages in Test Automation Mary Sweeney Paper
2:15-3:15	Toward a Unified Test Terminology:An Interactive Workshop Sponsored by International Institute for Software Testing				How to Effectively Communicate the State of Testing: An Interactive Workshop (continues) Robert Galen	Testing for Globalization: Experience from IBM Jerrold Landua Paper Paper	Why Model-Based Test Automation is Different and What You Should know to Get Started Mark R. Blackburn, Ph.D. Paper	Getting a Return on Investment from Performance Testing Dr. Russ Shermer
3:45-4:45		The Quality KISS: Keeping Quality Simple in a Complex World Celeste Yeakley & Jeff Fiebrich Paper	Managing Requirements Across Multiple Related Products Bhushan B. Gupta, Orhan Beckman, Ph.D. Paper	Applying Small Investment, High Return Review Techniques for Fast-Paced Teams Laura Faulkner Paper	Toward a Unified Test Terminology:An Interactive Workshop Sponsored by International Institute for Software Testing
4:45 - 6:00	Birds-of-a-Feather

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

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	Testing in Agile and Extreme Projects (CSTP elective)	Marnie Hutcheson
W2	Managing and Measuring Functional Requirements (CSTP elective)	David Herron

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 Rita Hadden Leading Culture Change in Software Organizations
.	PSQT				PSTT
.	Quality Management	Quality Management	Software Process Improvement	Test Management	Test Process I	Test Process II	Test Process III	Agile and Extreme Testing
10:00-11:00	Why Agile "Extreme" Techniques Will Not Work for Black Box (System) Testing Dan Mosley				Effectively Testing Offshore: Some Hard Learned Lessons Robert Galen	Getting a Handle on Risk: Risk Based Testing Strategies Clyneice Chaney Paper Paper	Simple Test Execution Scheduling, or How I learned to Excel Margaret Harris	Test Driven Development (TDD) Victor Godlberg, Ph.D.
11:00-12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00-1:00	Lunch/Discussion Groups
1:00-2:00		Establishing a CMM-Compliant Measurement Program Steven Lett	Sustaining Process Improvement Through Automation - A Casr Study Sridhar Narayanan	Batch Performance Testing Dr. Russ Shermer	"Getting Out of Your Own Way: Apply Planning Best Practices for Quality Professionals" Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
2:15-3:15	Credibly Estimating Resource-Constrained Projects Robin Goldsmith, JD				Managing Your Way Through the Integration and Test Black Hole Ellen George	Creating and Maturing a Testing Center of Excellence Thomas P. George	Combating the Test Schedule Killers David Petrella Paper	XP Uncovered: Defining the Tester's Role Jennifer Bainbridge
3:30-4:30	How I Foretold the Future Using a Bug Database and spreadsheet: Using Simple Quality Metrics to Predict Product Release Dates Todd Bradley	Best Practices for Above and Beyond Quality Ted Rivera Paper #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12	Using Bureaucracy to Your Advantage: Ensuring Lessons Learned are not Forgotten Scott A. Will Paper		Improving Your Perceived Value as a Software Tester Elfriede Dustin
4:45 - 6:00	The Software Quality and Testing Summit A an open discussion of the Topic The Role of Testing in Agile Projects

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Thursday, March 25, 2004

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 (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	Requirement-Based Testing (CSTP: #5)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
H2
H3	Principles of Software Test Automation (CSTP #6)	Dr. Russ Shermer
H4
H5	Software Inspections and Reviews for QA Professionals (CSTP #7)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
H6	Risk Based Testing: How to Identify and Select the Most Important Tests (CSTP Elective)	Marnie Hutcheson

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Friday, March 26, 2004

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	Effective Test Design (CSTP #2)	Dr Magdy Hanna
F2
F3	Effective Test Management (CSTP #3 & 4)	Elfriede Dustin
F4
F5	Testing Web and eBusiness Applications (CSTP Elective)	Leslie Segal
F6	Conducting Cost-Effective Performance Testing (CSTP Elective)	Dr. Russ Shermer

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