Edición 2019

During this activity, we will be talking with Janet Gregory, Lisa Crispin, and Melissa Eaden about different topics related to software testing and agile methodologies, among other things.

Bring your own questions and let’s exchange ideas and opinions with three world-class experts!

English activity WITHOUT simultaneous translation into Spanish.

Moderated by Rodrigo Quinta.

For medical reasons, Lisa won’t be able to travel to TestingUy this May. Don’t worry, she is having a great and healthy recovery and she will connect remotely!

When agile development first gained popularity, agile meant collocated teams, including testers, programmers, analysts, and customers who were expected to perform many functions. As agile methods have spread and expanded, it becomes apparent that one size does not fit all.
For example, large organizations and those with globally-distributed teams are facing challenges with their agile deployment. Having worked with many teams, Janet Gregory has observed ways that testing in any agile teams can still help deliver a high-quality product. Whether your agile team is part of an enterprise solution, or part of a distributed team is scattered across time zones with individuals working remotely from home, or is part of an offshore outsourced project, you’ll take away techniques and tools to help develop open communication, deal with cultural differences both within an organization and across continents specifically related to testing activities.

Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

Based on my blog post, “Ready Tester One? Go!” I take a look at my own career development and the need to understand a probable career development path for testers in software development. By using and identifying with gaming techniques such as “leveling”, testers are encouraged to find where they think they are in their career growth and then find out how they should continue along the “tester” path and what that might look like as you gain levels. Includes a nifty character sheet people can use to chart their own learning path!

Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

When defining what “modern testing” means to him, Alan Page has said that testers on cross-functional teams should also be testing coaches. Lisa and her co-author Janet Gregory like to think of testers playing a “test consultant” role. Wait, yet another set of skills we have to learn to be successful testers? Not to worry. The skills that make us valuable testers let us help others on our team improve their testing skills. Testers are great at asking questions, providing quick feedback, identifying and solving problems. Lisa will explore ways to grow and apply the skills we already use to help non-testers learn to prevent bugs and build quality in. And she’ll talk about new skills we may need to learn to succeed as test consultants, and how to learn them.

Learning intentions:

• Why testers need to be test consultants, rather than do all the testing themselves
• Skills a tester needs to help others on their cross-functional team learn how to do testing activities themselves
• Ways we can learn and practice these skills

Simultaneous interpretation in Spanish.

For medical reasons, Lisa won’t be able to travel to TestingUy this May. Don’t worry, she is having a great and healthy recovery and she will connect remotely!

After a day full of testing, we will get together to share some beers and pizzas at “La Chopería”!

Address: 21 de Setiembre 2650, between Bonpland and Scosería.

Costs will be borne by attendees.