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It’s About People!

Specially Motivated Test Resource

EuroSTAR Mini Event Roadshow, May 2006

Ready to Ship? – Using Release Readiness Metrics

Welcome to the First EuroSTAR Expo Focus

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April 11, 2006

Welcome to the very first issue of the EuroSTAR Newsletter.
I am excited to announce that each month I will bring you a variety of articles from some of the industry's leading visionaries in Software Testing. I also look forward to keeping you up to date with all the latest EuroSTAR news and events.

EuroSTAR have been bringing Europe’s software testing professionals together for 14 years. There have been many changes and developments in that time. I would like to share your stories and knowledge with the European testing community to ensure we are kept informed of new industry trends and learn from one another’s experience. If you would like to contribute your ideas feel free to submit your articles to me at susan@qualtechconferences.com

As you may have noticed our newsletter has yet to be given a name. After some thought I figured who better to name our newsletter than you, the reader…! Please email your newsletter title suggestion to me at susan@qualtechconferences.com
The winning entry will be announced in the May issue.

At EuroSTAR we value the opinions of the testing community. Your comments and feedback are greatly appreciated. Keep in touch with me and help me make sure each issue brings with it some insight to improve those testing days!

Kind Regards,

Susan McAndrew
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It’s About People!

by Jens Pas, I2B, Belgium
Dear Tester,
Let me first thank all those who have submitted a numerous amount of presentation proposals. A team of twenty reviewers and a Program Committee have helped me out processing all this material. And as in the previous years, we again received proposals of high, sometimes even exceptional quality. After all these years, I keep on being surprised by how alive and kicking the test community is.
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Specially Motivated Test Resource

by Thorkil Sonne, Specialisterne, Denmark
In this article I intend to make you reflect on how test requirements and motivation fit within your company. I claim that many highly skilled persons are abandoned from well suited test jobs – because they do not fit into the corporate social standards. I also claim that it does not have to be so – the idle highly motivated and highly skilled specialist resources can be brought into the puzzle when your Test Dream Team is formed to the benefit of the company.

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EuroSTAR Mini Event Roadshow, May 2006

London, UK - 6pm, May 2nd
Nieuwegein, Netherlands – 6pm, May 4th

The much anticipated EuroSTAR 2006 programme will be announced on May 2nd. To coincide with the programme launch we are bringing EuroSTAR mini events to the UK and Netherlands. This is a series of FREE events, organized and run in conjunction with our partners in the local software testing organizations, The BCS SIGIST and TestNet. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear expert presenters at a venue near you!
New this Year - Take home an exclusive mini event gift bag containing goodies from some of the EuroSTAR 2006 sponsors and exhibitors!

Attendance is free, but places are limited - so do register promptly to avoid disappointment!

**Click Here to view mini event schedules and registration forms.

Ready to Ship? – Using Release Readiness Metrics

by John Fodeh, Oticon, Denmark
The inevitable question in any software project is "Are we ready to ship"?
To answer this question you need to determine your completion criteria. Some organisations operate with a single criterion; a fixed release date (usually complemented with a subjective "gut-feel"). Using this criterion is straightforward; you need only a calendar, a good portion of self-confidence and lots of optimism. A more professional approach involves additional completion criteria that are related to quality attributes of the product, namely does your product meet the specified level of quality? The tricky part in software development is reaching the predetermined quality level before running out of time. Unlike the date, quality attributes are much more challenging to measure and use. This article describes some ideas for establishing release readiness metrics, and how to enhance your gut-feel with solid and objective measures.
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Welcome to the First EuroSTAR Expo Focus

I hope to dedicate this area to all the sponsors and exhibitors at EuroSTAR 2006. By keeping you up to date with all sponsors and exhibitors, you may plan which companies you would like to meet and spend time with at the event.
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