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Friday, June 30, 2006
 
 

STARWEST 2006 Program Announced

 
 

The StarWest 2006 program has been announced and it looks great! Lots and lots of stuff with the same ol' and brand new speakers:

KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS

How to Build Your Own Robot Army;Harry Robinson, Google, Inc.

Software Security Testing: It's Not Just for Functions Anymore; Gary McGraw, Cigital, Inc.

Dispelling Testing's Top Ten Illusions; Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants

What Every Tester Needs to Know to Succeed in the Agile World Jean Tabaka, Rally Software Development

Say Yes-or Say No? What to Do When You're Faced with the Impossible; Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc.

Session-Based Exploratory Testing: A Large Project; Adventure Bliss, Captaris, Inc.

PRECONFERENCE TUTORIALS

Essential Test Management and Planning; Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

Introduction to Systematic Testing; Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering

How to Break Software; Joe Basirico, Security Innovation, Inc.

Managing Test Outsourcing; Martin Pol, POLTEQ IT Services BV

Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader; Randall Rice, Rice Consulting Services Inc.

Key Test Design Techniques; Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

Implementing a Test Automation Framework; Linda Hayes, Worksoft, Inc.

Agile Software Product Testing Using Fit and FitNesse; Rob Myers, Net Objectives

How to Build, Support, and Add Value to Your Test Team; Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team System for Testers; Chris Menegay, Notion Solutions, Inc.

Performance Testing Secrets in Context; Scott Barber, PerfTestPlus, Inc.

Model-Based Testing: The Dynamic Answer to Test Automation; Harry Robinson, Google, Inc.

Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers; Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

How to Break Software Security; Aditya Kakrania, Security Innovation, Inc.

Just In Time Testing; Robert Sabourin, AmiBug.com, Inc.

Test Process Improvement; Martin Pol, POLTEQ IT Services BV

Establishing a Fully-Integrated Test Automation Architecture; Edward Kit, Software Development Technologies

Test Estimation Using Test Point Analysis; Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV

Requirements Based Testing;Richard Bender, Bender RBT, Inc.

Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Test Management;Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc., and Esther Derby, Esther Derby Associates, Inc.

Risk Based Testing; Julie Gardiner, QST Consultants Ltd.

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

TEST MANAGEMENT

The Nine "Forgettings"
-Quantifying the Value of Your Testing to Management -Step Away From the Tests: Take a Quality Break -Management Networking -Skill Diversity: The Key to Building the Ideal Test Team -Building a Testing Factory -Keeping it Between the Ditches: A Dashboard to Guide Your Testing -Improving the Skills of Software Testers