PSQT/PSTT Conference

PSQT/PSTT
2003 North
Sept 8-12
Minneapolis, MN

Exhibitors

Program at a Glance

PSQT / PSTT 2003 North Conference Schedule

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Monday, September 8, 2003

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (M1 through M6.)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

M1	Principles of Software Testing (CSTP #1)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
M2	Requirements-Based Testing (CSTP #5)	Dr. Magdy Hanna
M3	Test Automation Strategies (CSTP #6)	Linda Hayes
M4	Function Point Analysis - Learning How to Size Software(CSTP elective)	David Herron
M5	Testing in a Rapid Application Development Environment (CSTP elective)	Clyneice Chaney
M6	Improving Software Testing With The Use of Metrics (CSTP elective)	Alfred Sorkowitz

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Tuesday, September 9, 2003

Attendees may register for a full day tutorial or conference sessions.

Full-day Tutorials (10:00 - 5:00.)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

T1	Managing and Measuring Functional Requirements (CSTP elective)	David Herron
T2	Building a QA Function Step by Step (CSTP elective)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein

Or PSQT/PSTT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening Remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna
8:30 - 9:45	Keynote Warren S. Reid The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Projects, And the Managers Who Make Them So!
	PSQT				PSTT
	Quality Management	Quality Management	Agile Approaches	Inspections and Reviews	Test Process I	Test Process II	Test Automation	Performance Testing
10:00-11:00	Extreme Software Quality Assurance (I) Alan S. Koch				Its Time for a Change: The Testing Lifecycle - Simplified (B) David Petrella	Getting a Handle on Risk: Risk Based Testing Strategies (B) Clyneice Chaney	Effectively Integrating Test Automation in a Manual Testing Organization (A) Dr Russ Shermer	Meeting Performance using 3rd Party Products () Greg Wust
11:00-12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00-1:00	Lunch/Discussion Groups
1:00-2:00	Bringing Order to Chaos (B) Robbie Ericson	Customer-Driven Development: Leveraging the Voice of the Customer for Successful Product Development (B) Steven Davis		Use of Inspections for Product and Process Improvement (B) Dr. Lawrence E. Day	Toward a Unified Test Terminology: An Interactive Workshop Sponsored by International Institute for Software Testing
2:15-3:15	Toward a Unified Test Terminology:An Interactive Workshop Sponsored by International Institute for Software Testing				Testing Maturity Model - Help or Hype? (I) Thomas Staab	Software Globalization – Experiences in Testing International Software (I) Karen Helker	Test Automation: Don't Be a Statistic (B) Lee Barnes	The Cycle of Performance Testing: Execute, Monitor, Analyze and Tune (I) Paul Burnside
3:45-4:45	Resistance as a Resource (B) Dale H. Emery	Session-Based Exploratory Test Management (I) Pete Mousseaux	The Agile Manifesto & Software Quality Assurance (B) Alan S. Koch	QA on a Budget () Greg Wust	Amending Brooks' Law--Staffing Resource-Constrained Projects Robin Goldsmith JD
5:00-6:00	Designing for Testability: A Little Goes a Long Way Linda Hayes				Which is Worse: Stale Beer or Stale Testers? Simple, Practical, and Proven Ways to Foster Innovation & Creativity And Increase Awareness of Industry Trends Within Your Organization (B) Scott A. Will	Development of a Test Case Database Tool – A Build verses Buy Approach (I) Deborah S. Harris		Combatting the Schedule Killers (A) David Petrella
5:00 - 6:30	Conference Reception

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Attendees may register for a full day tutorial or conference sessions.

Full-day Tutorials (10:00 - 5:00.)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

W1	Risk-Based Testing (CSTP elective)	Robin Goldsmith
W2	Improving the Test Process Through Testing Maturity Models (CSTP elective)	Thomas Staab

Or PSQT/PSTT Conference Sessions

7:00 - 8:15	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15 - 8:30	Opening Remarks Dr. Magdy Hanna, Conference Chair
8:30 - 9:45	Keynote Daniel Mosley Just Enough Software Test Automation
.	PSQT				PSTT
.	Quality Management	Quality Management	Metrics	Inspections and Reviews	Test Process I	Test Process II	Web Test	Performance Test
10:00-11:00	Identifying Your IT Organization's Best Practices David Herron				Building and Maintaining a World Class Test Organization (B) Judy McKay	Inject Software Testing Earlier in the Development Cycle (B) Eric R. Grape	What Developers and Test Engineers Need To Know About Testing Web Services (I) Deborah Kablotsky	An Effective Framework to Capture Performance Requirements for Web Performance Testing (A) Dr. Subraya BM
11:00-12:00	Visit Exhibit/Vendor Presentations
12:00-1:00	Lunch/Discussion Groups
1:00-2:00	Fast and Effective Risk Identification, Assessment, and Management (Risk I AM) (B) Diane M. Burwick	Helping Executives Care About Quality (I) Adam Tate	Good Enough Metrics (GEMs) for Benchmarking Software Quality and Estimating ROI (I) Sharon Fay	Impact-Based Software Reviews, Inspections, and Testing (B) Dr. Richard Bechtold	Using Project Management Tools in Testing Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
2:15-3:15	Confusing Process with Product: Why Do We Have Problems Creating Quality Dr. David Cook				XP Uncovered, Defining the Tester’s Role (I) Jennifer Bainbridge	Methodology for Effective Regression Testing (B) Leo Teemant	How To Get Web Applications to Scale (I) Tom Igielski	Getting a Return on Investment from Performance Testing (I) Dr Russ Shermer
3:45-4:45	Killing the Snowplow (I) Ann Martin	10 Steps to Better Requirements (B) Larry Fellows	Metrics to Prove CMM Bottom Line Value! (I) Bill Hufschmidt	Static Testing of Source Code – Well Done! (A) Klaus Grabenweger	Effective Software Testing: Adapting to the Imperfect Software Development Environment Elfriede Dustin
5:00 - 6:00	The Software Quality Summit Extreme Programming and Agile Approaches: How do they Affect Test Professionals An open discussion by software quality experts and conference attendees

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Thursday, September 11, 2003

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of an in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (H1 through H6.)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

H1	From Requirements to Test Data (CSTP: #5)	Dan Mosley
H2	Writing Test Plans(CSTP #3)	Judy McKay
H3	Developing Reusable Test Design (CSTP #2)	Robin Goldsmith
H4	Inspections and Reviews for QA Professionals (CSTP #7)	Dr. Rebecca Staton-Reinstein
H5	Principles Of Software Test Automation(CSTP #6)	Patrick Johnson
H6	Performance Testing for Client Server & Web Applications(CSTP elective)	Dr. Subraya BM

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday

Friday, September 12, 2003

Six concurrent tutorials taught by nationally recognized quality experts. Each tutorial is one full day of an in-depth instruction in a specific software quality topic.

You must specify which tutorial you wish to attend (F1 through F6.)

Tutorials marked with (CSTP) will count as one day of training towards the requirements for the Certified Software Testing Professional and cover the Body of Knowledge areas as indicated.

F1	Effective Test Design (CSTP #2)	Dr Magdy Hanna
F2	Effectively Integrating Test Automation in a Manual Testing Organization (CSTP #6)	Dr Russ Shermer
F3	Managing the Software Test Process (CSTP #3 & 4)	Judy McKay
F4	Testing Web and eBusiness Applications(CSTP elective)	Richard Robinson
F5	Web Performance Test Automation: A Practical Approach(CSTP elective)	Dr. Subraya BM
F6	Programming and Database Concepts for QA Professionals(CSTP elective)	Patrick Johnson

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