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Issue 19   October 2, 2007

Welcome to the October issue of the STAR Tester! Preparations are well underway for Stockholm and I am proud to announce that we’ve had a record number of Early Bird registrations. Don’t forget with every in-house QualTech Education course booked we will give you one free conference place!
Click here for full course listings.

I must remind you that the deadline is November 1st for this year’s Testing Excellence Award  nominations. That leaves you with just five weeks to put forward your nominee!!!

I hope you have been enjoying our Free Live Webinars, I have received some very positive feedback and appreciate all you comments! This month’s webinar is titled ‘How to Develop a Reliable Test Effort Estimation’  by Ruud Teunissen, Polteq IT Services, The Netherlands. Please see below for further details and registration.

Congratulations to Mel Cartwright, CFS, UK who is our Early Bird Competition Winner of a free conference place at EuroSTAR 2007! I look forward to welcoming Mel to Stockholm this December!

Kind regards,

Susan McAndrew
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The Path To Professionalism

by Bj Rollison, Microsoft Corporation, USA

Bj Rollison's Keynote: 'Path to Professionalism: Skills of STAR Performers' will take place on Wednesday 5th December at EuroSTAR 2007, Stockholm.

There have always been two key primary objectives of the software tester. The first is to provide business critical information to the decision-makers for risk assessment. The second one is to measure or evaluate the actual behavior or traits of software products against the explicit business needs and the implicit expectations of the customer. Testing is any activity designed to evaluate or assess the attributes or capabilities of a software program against stated and tacit expectations, and the results of those tests supply a wealth of information to the decision-makers. Software solutions are becoming more complex. Development practices are evolving (or reviving) the importance of up-front design and the need to drive ‘quality’ upstream. And software now permeates our normal lifestyles and users simply expect something to ‘just work’. These and other factors are affecting not only the importance of testing, but are also influencing the need for professional software testers to acquire a set of skills and knowledge that includes breadth and depth as the discipline of software testing also evolves to face these challenges.


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Test Process Improvement Using TMM(i)
by Erik van Veenendaal, Richard Grooff and Rob Hendriks, Improve Quality Services BV, The Netherlands
 
Eric ven Veenedaal's Tutorial 'Test Process Improvement With TMM(i)' will take place on Tuesday 4th December at EuroSTAR 2007, Stockholm.
 
Introduction
More and more organisation are trying to improve their software development processes. The reference improvement model that is most often used is the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). In this model process areas related to testing, verification and validation, are described. But the level of detail is limited, especially from the viewpoint of the test professional. To fill in this gap the Test Maturity Model (TMM) has been developed, which has recently been succeeded by the Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi) [www.tmmifoundation.org]. These test models provide a structured approach for improvement of the test process. Within Europe more and more companies are becoming matured using the TMM. Consultants of Improve Quality Services have been involved in various improvement projects and share their experiences with the TMM(i) in this paper. Practical recommendations are given for the execution of test improvement projects according TMM(i).
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Specialisterne - The Software Test Executors
 SPECIALISTERNE uses the characteristics of autism in a positive way to provide valuable services for the corporate sector on market terms.
SPECIALISTERNE has made an outstanding contribution to the testing community. We have asked founder and CEO, Thorkil Sonne for on update from his exceptional company.
 

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EuroSTAR Live FREE Webinar

'How To Develop A Reliable Test Effort Estimation'
presented by Ruud Teunissen, Polteq IT Services, The Netherlands
 
Date: Thursday, 11th October, 2007
Time: 10:00am Dublin- London / 11:00am CET
Duration: 30 mins

Key Points:

  • Even with little or almost no information available, it is possible to define a global estimate. By asking and answering a few questions, your estimate becomes more accurate.
  • The "average" project is a myth! There are always differences that influence the required test effort. Learn how to create an approach for effort estimation that you can tune and that is reliable, defendable and negotiable.
  • It's better to be honest than to admit you did not tell the whole truth at the start. It's essential for any estimate!
 
 
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