PSQT 2005 West Conference Schedule

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

PSQT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15	Opening Remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna
8:15 - 9:15	Keynote Watts Humphery Software Engineering Institute Security Changes Everything
	Special Topics	Test Management	Test Process	Test Automation	Security Topics
9:30-10:15	Realistic Career Expectations for Software Testers Scott Will IBM Corporation/Tivoli Software	Combating the Test Schedule Killers David Petrella SysTest Labs, LLC	FEATURE PRESENTATION Synchronizing Software Testing with Agile Requirements Practices Dean Leffingwell & Jean McAuliffe Independent Consultant/Rally Software Development	Success Stories in Test Automation Russ Shermer, Ph.D Software Quality Management	Building Security Testing Into Your Automated and Functional Tests Shane Rodbourn Avid Technology
10:30-11:15	Secrets of Test-Driven Development Peter Zimmerer Siemens AG, CT SE 1	Simple Test Execution Scheduling Margaret Harris	Re-Engineering the Testing Organization: Getting Out of the Delta Into the Future! Clyneice Chaney Project Performance Corporation	FEATURE PRESENTATION Building Testable Applications Linda Hayes Worksoft	Security Testing Kalpana Ranade Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
11:15-12:15	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:15-1:15	Lunch/Discussion Groups
	Special Topics	Test Management	Test Process	Test Automation	Security Topics
1:15-2:00	FEATURE PRESENTATION Testing in Lean Software Development Frode Odegard Lean Software Development	Outsourcing - A Way to Complement or Replace Your QA Staff? Tom Igielski The Thomas Consulting Group, Inc.	Test-First Acceptance Testing Narti Kitiyakara NOLA Computer Services, Inc.	Building an Automation Team Richard L. Wagner Catalina Marketing Corp.	Buffer Overflows in Action Dr. Susan L. Gerhart Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
2:15-3:00	Automated Regression Testing of an Integrated Security Environment William J. Holst Prescient Software Engineering, Inc.	Project Management 'Atkins' Way Apala Mukherjee Tata Consultancy Services	Combinatorial Testing - Solutions, Tools, Experiences Peter Zimmerer Siemens AG, CT SE 1	Abstract Semantic Analysis vs. White Box Testing Steve Barriault PolySpace Technologies	FEATURE PRESENTATION Security Today - What You Need To Know Marnie Hutcheson Independent Consultant
3:15-4:00	FEATURE PRESENTATION What Test-Driven Development Can Learn from Professional Testers Robin Goldsmith, JD GoPro Management Inc.	Diversity Analysis: Measuring the Quality of a Test Suite Borislav Nikolik, Ph.D. Vidak Quality	Testing Web Services, XML and SOAP - What Happened to the User Interface? Tom Igielski The Thomas Consulting Group, Inc.	Teach Your Automation Tool to Be as Smart as You Bonnie S. Bayly Anteon Corporation	The Comcast Metadata Validator and the Security Concerns in Testing Alexi Saveliev & Tanya Brott Comcast Media Centers
4:15-5:00	Toward a Unified Test Terminology:An Interactive Workshop Sponsored by International Institute for Software Testing	Risk Based Test Strategy Clyneice Chaney Project Performance Corporation	System Testing Strategies for Data Migration Software Subbarao Jagannatha	Internationalizing Test Automation Suite Gerold Rajesh Virtusa Corporation	FEATURE PRESENTATION Quantifying Security Tom Gilb Results Planning Ltd.
5:00-6:00	Conference Reception

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

PSQT Conference Sessions

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7:00-8:00	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00-8:15	Opening Remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna, Conference Chair
8:15-9:15	Keynote Tom Gilb Why Software Projects Fail, How to Diagnose Potential Failure and How to Make Your Projects Succeed
	Quality Management	Test Management	Test Process	Use Case Testing	Security Topics
9:30-10:15	Defining a Quality Quality Plan Earl Beede Construx Software	Software Testimating: Estimating Test Effort, Cost, and Schedule Ian Brown Booz Allen Hamilton	Facing the Challenges in End-to-End Testing Hema Ramana L. Wipro Terchnologies	Understanding the Specifics of Use-Case-Driven Testing Yuri Chernak Valley Forge Consulting, Inc.	FEATURE PRESENTATION Database Security - Is Your Data Vulnerable? Mary Romero Sweeney Independent Consultant
10:30-11:15	FEATURE PRESENTATION Customer Facing: It's Time For an Extreme Makeover! Jeff Fiebrich/Celeste Yeakley Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.	Developing and Managing Software Testing Teams Dnyanada Wagh Patni Computer Systems Inc.	CMM for the Squeamish: An Introduction for Test Organizations Laura Rose IBM/Rational Software Group	FEATURE PRESENTATION Bringing Test Forward: Applying Use Case Driven Testing in Agile Development Dean Leffingwell Independent Consultant	Embedding Security into a Software Development Methodology Carol Woody, Ph.D Software Engineering Institute
11:15-12:15	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:15-1:15	Lunch/Discussion Groups
	Quality Management I	Quality Management II	Requirement Management	Agile Approaches	Load/Performance Testing
1:15-2:00	Let's End the Defect Report-Fix-Check-Rework Cycle Richard Leavitt	Implementing Defect Management Metrics Deborah Devadason Satyam Computer Services Ltd.	FEATURE PRESENTATION Writing Defect Free Requirements Ivy Hooks Compliance Automation, Inc.	Agile Quality: Maximize Results with a Small Quality Team Ben Linders Ericsson Telecommunicatie B.V.	Performance Tuning Transaction Processing Systems Russ Shermer, Ph.D. Software Quality Management
2:15-3:00	Economics and Defects: How to Help Executives Balance Quality Concerns Against Schedule Pressures Ted Rivera IBM/Rational	Risk Assessment and Mitigation in the Software Development Lifecycle: Using Decision Matrix and Grading Rubrics Leslie Crair & John McKusker McDonald Bradley, Inc.	No Requirements Writer is an Island Erin Nardo Menttium Corporation	Extreme Programming/Agile Development Methodologies Vs Capability Maturity Model® – Can These Co-exist? Uttam Bhattacharya Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.	Load Test GUI and Middelware Web App. Requires a Different Approach Tom Igielski The Thomas Consulting Group, Inc.
3:15-4:00	Controlling Project Performance by Using a Defect Model Ben Linders Ericsson Telecommunicate B.V.	Development Lifecycles - Plunging Over the Waterfall! Jeff Fiebrich & Celeste Yeakley Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.	Estimation Model for Requirements Modeling Krishna Dasari & Madheswaran Singaravelu Satyam Computer Services Ltd.	Agile Testing: Management, Measurement and Benefit Realization Neil McCarthy BJSS Limited	Performance Testing of Non-Web Based Applications Venkataraghavan Seshadri & Gokulakannan Somasundaram Infosys Technologies Ltd.
4:00-5:00	Closing Keynote How to Break Software Security Dr. James Whittaker

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

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 (W1 through W6.)

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.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

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.)

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.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

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.)

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.