As part of our efforts to differentiate Annex in the marketplace, we are continuing our CIO Breakfast Series this Fall. Please join us (or send a designate) for one or both of the following presentations. Sessions consist of 30 minutes of networking time during which continental breakfast is provided, plus a 1-hour presentation from an industry specialist with time for questions from the audience. There is no charge to attend. Register early as seating is limited.
Successfully Integrating Test Automation and Agile Projects
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
8:00 – 8:30 Meet and greet with coffee and pastries
8:30 – 9:30 Seminar period
9:30 – 10:00 Question and answer period
Location: 555 Burrard Street, Vancouver, B.C. 11th floor, Suite 1165, Charles Boardroom
To Register: Contact Michael O’Brien, Client Manager, mobrien@annexgroup.com, 604-699-8624
Presenter: Trevor Atkins is Principal Consultant with Silverpath Technologies. Most recently he was a Regional Director of Quality Services with UST Global and before that he was a founder and the Vice-President Operations of QA Labs, the largest independent software testing company in Canada. Trevor has been involved in all aspects of hundreds of successful software projects for the last 12+ years, and is dedicated to the design and improvement of quality processes for use across projects and organizations. For more information on Silverpath please visit http://www.silverpath.com.
Seminar Details
To accelerate your project and specifically the testing of your releases, test automation is typically seen as a critical component. And in the case of Agile or agile-like projects, the requirement for automation is a key aspect of the methodology. However, it is quite common for a project team or an organization to attempt to automate testing one or more times and only gain mediocre results or be forced to abandon the effort all together. In this presentation, we will discuss some of the common goals and challenges of automation, how they translate to an Agile environment, and what can be done to increase the chances for creating an effective test automation solution for your project.
- Goals of automation
- Challenges of automation
- Automation and the Agile project
- Automation approaches
- Scripters and toolsmiths
- Automation as a project