When implementing software quality metrics, you need to first understand the purpose of the metric and who will be using it. Will the metric be used for measuring people, the process, illustrate the level of quality in software products, or drive towards a specific objective? QA managers typically want to deliver productivity metrics, while management may want to see metrics that support customer or user satisfaction or cost related (ROI) initiatives.
With agile development methods, we often lose sight that our primary objective is the same: quality. We’ve also added the primary objective of velocity. However, we don’t now how to measure it other than ‘velocity’ itself.
With a agile mindset, define quality for your organization with an agile looking glass. Deliver software quality metrics with actionable objectives toward increasing or improving agile’s two primary objectives, quality and velocity for working software.
You Will Learn:
-- Mistakes people make in agile metrics and how to avoid them.
-- How to consistently and systematically improve root causes of low velocity.
-- How to reduce rework.
-- How to analyze your agile process and determine meaningful metrics to present to management.
Agile Metrics - how to use metrics to manage agile teamsXBOSoft
In managing agile teams, how to use tools and agile metrics to improve velocity, lower costs or increase end user experience.
- How to use metric to manage agile teams
- What tools to use to analyze those metrics
- How to create and improve development through a dashboard
XBOSoft runs through the Top 10 Agile Metrics revealing the most fundamental data points Agile methodology requires to work effectively, and will put you on the highly targeted path to successful implementation of your Agile processes.
XBOSoft and Go2Group run through the top data points you should be measuring in your Agile Workflow. We’ll show you what to track, when and how often, and most importantly – why. Many believe that metrics are useless, but unless you measure, how can you systematically improve or know how you are doing? And with velocity as an overarching objective in agile, you should be tracking other things so that you know what else you could be impacting by going faster. But, with all the metrics so readily available to us today, how do we filter through to the most meaningful?
Agile Metrics for Senior Managers and ExecutivesVersionOne
In this webinar, find out about agile appropriate metrics at the customer, portfolio and project levels. Presented by LitheSpeed, LLC.
Want to check out the full webinar? Visit http://pm.versionone.com/Webinar_MetricsExecs.html
We are doing Agile well..We have been Agile now.. Is it just an assumption or do we have data to support it? Do metrics add any value or they are just a fad? Good metrics affirm & reinforce Agile principles. They open up the conversation and help the teams to improve. They are not only for management, it is for everyone who wants to inspect and adapt.
So this presentation is about how metrics can be used effectively in Agile to enable transparency and improve the overall efficiency at the team/ program and portfolio level.
Our top 10 Metrics reveal the most fundamental data points Agile methodology requires to work effectively, and will put you on the highly targeted path to successful implementation of your Agile processes.
Agile Metrics - how to use metrics to manage agile teamsXBOSoft
In managing agile teams, how to use tools and agile metrics to improve velocity, lower costs or increase end user experience.
- How to use metric to manage agile teams
- What tools to use to analyze those metrics
- How to create and improve development through a dashboard
XBOSoft runs through the Top 10 Agile Metrics revealing the most fundamental data points Agile methodology requires to work effectively, and will put you on the highly targeted path to successful implementation of your Agile processes.
XBOSoft and Go2Group run through the top data points you should be measuring in your Agile Workflow. We’ll show you what to track, when and how often, and most importantly – why. Many believe that metrics are useless, but unless you measure, how can you systematically improve or know how you are doing? And with velocity as an overarching objective in agile, you should be tracking other things so that you know what else you could be impacting by going faster. But, with all the metrics so readily available to us today, how do we filter through to the most meaningful?
Agile Metrics for Senior Managers and ExecutivesVersionOne
In this webinar, find out about agile appropriate metrics at the customer, portfolio and project levels. Presented by LitheSpeed, LLC.
Want to check out the full webinar? Visit http://pm.versionone.com/Webinar_MetricsExecs.html
We are doing Agile well..We have been Agile now.. Is it just an assumption or do we have data to support it? Do metrics add any value or they are just a fad? Good metrics affirm & reinforce Agile principles. They open up the conversation and help the teams to improve. They are not only for management, it is for everyone who wants to inspect and adapt.
So this presentation is about how metrics can be used effectively in Agile to enable transparency and improve the overall efficiency at the team/ program and portfolio level.
Our top 10 Metrics reveal the most fundamental data points Agile methodology requires to work effectively, and will put you on the highly targeted path to successful implementation of your Agile processes.
Background of measuring and metric usage is traditional waterfall projects, psychology of measuring, agile response to traditional metrics, and suggested agile metrics.
How to measure a product development organization? Lean/Agile provides a fresh view on this. Kanban goes further and makes it VERY easy to measure. Learn what to look at and how.
The disconnect between the delivery organization and the business is prevalent in the software industry. Somewhere along the line, the real vision behind our projects gets lost. We all know it. Can better metrics help? This session examines some common and not-so-common metrics and introduces Evidence Based Management as a guide for continuously measuring your business goals, aligning them with your software development efforts, and then deciding what to do next.
Patricia Carlin, General Manager ThoughtWorks talks about Metrics versus Diagnostics, Reporting Progress and Providing Visibility. And also the necessity of producing metrics that add value and eliminating metrics that are now deemed irrelevant. The discussion also comprises guidelines on effectively using metrics on an Agile Project as well as different types of metrics used on ThoughtWorks projects.
Managers encounter continued pressure to deliver more software in less time and they tend to introduce many different KPIs to measure success. But why do they introduce KPIs in the first place? Which are the good KPIs? Which ones are not useful? And which ones are the harmful ones? This white paper presents some of the most common KPIs and the expected outcomes that you could find using them. Agile Vs. Waterfall
Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 - Advanced Scrum Metrics PresentationJason Tice
Presentation given at Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 on advanced metrics for agile and scrum teams. It is recommended that teams track a few metrics for each of the 5 categories outlined in the presentation to be able to assess the impact of activities supportive of continuous improvement. The presentation includes over 30 metrics to give teams ideas on what they can measure. There isn’t a requirement to track 30 metrics on a scrum or agile team but rather teams should track just enough metrics to be able to understand their performance.
Agile metrics: Measure and Improve:
Mattia Battiston (SKY) and David Leach (Reed Online) share their expert views on velocity, agile ROI, reporting and measuring impact.
Sponsored by Wemanity - www.wemanity.com - the agile driving force
BizDevOps – Delivering Business Value Quickly at ScaleQASymphony
BIZDEVOPS – DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE QUICKLY AT SCALE
65+% of surveyed organizations are currently on the path to switch to DevOps or have already implemented the process, and the benefits of a properly implemented DevOps program are clear – quicker time to customer value, better alignment between businesses and customers, and a better ability to respond to customer input. However, when it comes to DevOps adoption, many teams rush to focus on one specific issue within one area when they would actually benefit more from aligning business, development, testing, and operations up front. The five major problems in DevOps adoption include:
Lack of Test Automation Coverage
Lack of Visibility into Testing
Maintaining Various Test Versions and Aligning Tests with Versions of Source Code
Maintaining a Single Source of Truth in the Testing Process
Understanding Where Business Value Currently is in the “BizDevOps” Pipeline
After helping hundreds of customers in their DevOps journeys, these three industry experts will cover these major problems, as well as innovative strategies to overcome them:
Bobby Smith – Director of R&D, QAS Labs
Brandon Cipe – VP DevOps, cPrime
Kevin Dunne – VP Business Development, QASymphony
Tune in to learn more about the state of the industry, the direction that DevOps adoption is moving toward, and what we like to call “BizDevOps”. You won’t want to miss this session!
Balanced Scorecard has traditionally been used across multiple industries for managing the organization performance towards the achievment of it's strategic goals. This session will introduce key performance indicators for a Balanced Scorecard in an Agile context, which can lead to similar strategic focus and organizational alignment and how to capture the typical agile metrics in the overall Balanced scorecard for software projects.
The primary metric in an Agile project is whether working software actually exists, and is demonstrably suitable for its intended purpose. This is determined empirically, by demonstration, at the end of every single iteration and product increment
All teams and projects are encouraged to pivot most of their measuring-attention to this fact. All other metrics are subordinate to that objective and the overriding goal of keeping the focus on rapid delivery of quality, working software.
Background of measuring and metric usage is traditional waterfall projects, psychology of measuring, agile response to traditional metrics, and suggested agile metrics.
How to measure a product development organization? Lean/Agile provides a fresh view on this. Kanban goes further and makes it VERY easy to measure. Learn what to look at and how.
The disconnect between the delivery organization and the business is prevalent in the software industry. Somewhere along the line, the real vision behind our projects gets lost. We all know it. Can better metrics help? This session examines some common and not-so-common metrics and introduces Evidence Based Management as a guide for continuously measuring your business goals, aligning them with your software development efforts, and then deciding what to do next.
Patricia Carlin, General Manager ThoughtWorks talks about Metrics versus Diagnostics, Reporting Progress and Providing Visibility. And also the necessity of producing metrics that add value and eliminating metrics that are now deemed irrelevant. The discussion also comprises guidelines on effectively using metrics on an Agile Project as well as different types of metrics used on ThoughtWorks projects.
Managers encounter continued pressure to deliver more software in less time and they tend to introduce many different KPIs to measure success. But why do they introduce KPIs in the first place? Which are the good KPIs? Which ones are not useful? And which ones are the harmful ones? This white paper presents some of the most common KPIs and the expected outcomes that you could find using them. Agile Vs. Waterfall
Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 - Advanced Scrum Metrics PresentationJason Tice
Presentation given at Big Apple Scrum Day 2015 on advanced metrics for agile and scrum teams. It is recommended that teams track a few metrics for each of the 5 categories outlined in the presentation to be able to assess the impact of activities supportive of continuous improvement. The presentation includes over 30 metrics to give teams ideas on what they can measure. There isn’t a requirement to track 30 metrics on a scrum or agile team but rather teams should track just enough metrics to be able to understand their performance.
Agile metrics: Measure and Improve:
Mattia Battiston (SKY) and David Leach (Reed Online) share their expert views on velocity, agile ROI, reporting and measuring impact.
Sponsored by Wemanity - www.wemanity.com - the agile driving force
BizDevOps – Delivering Business Value Quickly at ScaleQASymphony
BIZDEVOPS – DELIVERING BUSINESS VALUE QUICKLY AT SCALE
65+% of surveyed organizations are currently on the path to switch to DevOps or have already implemented the process, and the benefits of a properly implemented DevOps program are clear – quicker time to customer value, better alignment between businesses and customers, and a better ability to respond to customer input. However, when it comes to DevOps adoption, many teams rush to focus on one specific issue within one area when they would actually benefit more from aligning business, development, testing, and operations up front. The five major problems in DevOps adoption include:
Lack of Test Automation Coverage
Lack of Visibility into Testing
Maintaining Various Test Versions and Aligning Tests with Versions of Source Code
Maintaining a Single Source of Truth in the Testing Process
Understanding Where Business Value Currently is in the “BizDevOps” Pipeline
After helping hundreds of customers in their DevOps journeys, these three industry experts will cover these major problems, as well as innovative strategies to overcome them:
Bobby Smith – Director of R&D, QAS Labs
Brandon Cipe – VP DevOps, cPrime
Kevin Dunne – VP Business Development, QASymphony
Tune in to learn more about the state of the industry, the direction that DevOps adoption is moving toward, and what we like to call “BizDevOps”. You won’t want to miss this session!
Balanced Scorecard has traditionally been used across multiple industries for managing the organization performance towards the achievment of it's strategic goals. This session will introduce key performance indicators for a Balanced Scorecard in an Agile context, which can lead to similar strategic focus and organizational alignment and how to capture the typical agile metrics in the overall Balanced scorecard for software projects.
The primary metric in an Agile project is whether working software actually exists, and is demonstrably suitable for its intended purpose. This is determined empirically, by demonstration, at the end of every single iteration and product increment
All teams and projects are encouraged to pivot most of their measuring-attention to this fact. All other metrics are subordinate to that objective and the overriding goal of keeping the focus on rapid delivery of quality, working software.
Software Quality Metrics Do's and Don'ts - XBOSoft-QAI WebinarXBOSoft
This slide presentation is from the QAI -Quest sponsored webinar with #XBOSoft where Philip Lew covered the Do's and Don'ts of #Software #Quality and Software #Testing Metrics.
This webinar discussed some of the most common mistakes in using software quality metrics and measurements. The primary take away is to learn from the mistakes of others, particularly where to use and not use #metrics to measure your testing and QA efforts. The last thing you want is to measure the wrong thing and create unwanted behavior. With knowledge of what not to do, we’ll then dive into how to develop a measurements and metrics framework that aligns with the organization’s business objectives. This means taking on a manager’s viewpoint so that your metrics don’t just measure testing progress, but also measure product quality and how it impacts an organization’s bottom line. As part of the webinar, we’ll discuss a variety of metrics that can be used to track work effort with results and enable you to plan and forecast your testing needs.
To solve our customers costs of poor software quality issue
we have developed a new service based on a software quality dashboard. This dashboard is able to assure the software quality in real-time helping developers and software project managers to be focused on quality.
Dashboard software gives CFO bragging rights (especially in terms of the ROI from this solution). As you'll see in this presentation from Visual Mining, dashboards give CFOs more time to analyze their data, since they spend less time copying, pasting and assembling information from corporate spreadsheets.
Learn more about the 5 most-often-cited benefits to a finance department, and to get a virtual tour of Visual Mining's NetCharts Performance Dashboards, visit our website at www.visualmining.com.
The TAUS Quality Dashboard is an industry-shared platform in which translation evaluation and productivity data is visualized in a flexible reporting environment. Users can create customized reports or filter data to be reflected in the charts. Both internal and external benchmarking is supported, offering the possibility to monitor one’s own development and to compare results to industry highs, lows and averages.
An outline of the differing role of KPIs at startups vs mature businesses, drawing out the implications for the approach and methodology to their development.
This is a 5-step model for creating a metrics framework for your business & customers, and how to apply it to your product & marketing efforts. The "pirate" part comes from the 5 steps: Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, & Revenue (AARRR!)
Software QA Metrics Dashboard BenchmarkingJohn Carter
Software metrics best practices from a benchmarking assignment that indicates how software metrics are reported to management and used to drive behavior. We learned how leading companies used dashboards to report on quality progress and improvement results. We found the best organizations focused on the vital few metrics but also had automated systems with the ability to drill down on metrics at the divisional and team levels. In addition, the best normalized the metrics by number of customers or complexity. They systematically used root cause analysis to analyze bugs in the field. The SW Quality metrics often went beyond the strict definition of quality in that they also measured release predictability and feature expectations. Finally, the best companies used external benchmarks to set their quality targets.
The technologies and people we are designing experiences for are constantly changing, in most cases they are changing at a rate that is difficult keep up with. When we think about how our teams are structured and the design processes we use in light of this challenge, a new design problem (or problem space) emerges, one that requires us to focus inward. How do we structure our teams and processes to be resilient? What would happen if we looked at our teams and design process as IA’s, Designers, Researchers? What strategies would we put in place to help them be successful? This talk will look at challenges we face leading, supporting, or simply being a part of design teams creating experiences for user groups with changing technological needs.
How to Become a Thought Leader in Your NicheLeslie Samuel
Are bloggers thought leaders? Here are some tips on how you can become one. Provide great value, put awesome content out there on a regular basis, and help others.
So what happens when you're brought in to a team and asked to "introduce a metrics culture" or "measure all the things?" This talk will cover just that: how to assess the state of affairs in your team or organization regarding measurement, how to decide what things to measure for maximum impact, and how to best communicate and iterate those measurements throughout the journey. The talk will cover these topics using my own journey at Chef as well as journeys I see at other companies that I meet and consult with.
Navvia is always looking for ways to improve how we do things and we’ve come to see DevOps as our compass on the road to continual improvement. However, DevOps means different things to different people.
To our company, it has become the rallying cry for organizational change. It is the standard that leads us on a path towards better alignment across teams, enhanced agility, higher quality and the elimination of waste.
What you will learn:
- Why Navvia embarked on DevOps
- An overview of DevOps including common misconceptions
- A case study entitled “a tale of two apps”
- How Navvia is implementing DevOps
- What we’ve learned so far
It’s an exciting journey with the destination being improved customer experience, higher rates of innovation and a faster path to business value.
like Google, Improve your Test perception & practices and learn how Test might be a key lever to improve your business.
- Understand the different types of Test
- Best & Worst practices of Test
Agile Metrics to Boost Software Quality improvementXBOSoft
Why don't metrics apply to Agile development methodologies? Wrong! They Do, but you have to know how and when.
Find out in this webinar (recording) in special collaboration with the Chicago Quality Assurance Association (CQAA).
Agile, a development methodology, designed to allow team members to work iteratively during the development process instead of delivering a final product all at once, is now 20 years old. And when it comes to testing within an Agile process, there are those that use pyramids, and rectangles as mental models for where you should put your effort, or not.
Sometimes, software quality in Agile is mistranslated as the idea that everyone is responsible for software testing. But within Agile software development, ensuring quality is much more than testing and must include activities at different levels, including estimates for the workload for each iteration. Otherwise, testing happens last minute—or sometimes not at all, depending on time constraints. To have a successful Agile team, most software developers know that velocity is an essential component.
But it’s not just about measuring velocity, as velocity is only one factor or measurement for success. There are many other factors to measure when you want to assess the success of your Agile team in delivering a quality product. In this webinar, we specifically look at some key metrics for us the measure the success and progress of our quality in Agile.
Tune in with Philip Lew as he goes through ways you can gather insights in slicing, dicing, and analyzing (and interpreting) data. We’ll use Jira as an example, but you can do this with practically any issue tracking collaboration tool to help your team improve software quality.
Is Agile Development right for you? Many proponents would say, of course it is. But it can also be a little scary, especially if you come from a traditional approach. This presentation describes two case studies in which Agile development was successful, and some situations in which it may not be the best choice.
QA in Digitalized World by Kari Kakkonen at KDS2015Kari Kakkonen
My presentation at Knowit Developer Summit 2015 on what kind of Quality challenges and equivalent quality assurance and testing solutions the more and more digitalized world brings us with the mobile, internet of things etc. complexity adding elements
5 Ways ITSM can Support DevOps, an ITSM Academy WebinarITSM Academy, Inc.
Presenter: Jayne Groll, President, ITSM Academy
There is much debate about the relevancy of ITIL and ITSM in a new DevOps world. The truth is that DevOps does not negate the need for service management, it validates it – with some adaptation to be faster and more agile. This presentation will demonstrate five ways that ITSM processes can be adapted to and support emerging DevOps practices.
Motivated by the ideas presented? Print a Personal Action Plan to capture them.... https://www.itsmacademy.com/content/PAP-FOLD.pdf
Sure, we have all thought that continuous delivery is important in software delivery... now we have data to back it up. Dr. Nicole Forsgren will present new research that shows the central role that CD plays in Agile and DevOps, the key processes that contribute to it, and how it can not only impact your IT teams and company success, but how it can also make your work feel better. This extends her prior research showing why investments in IT are now impacting teams and organizations, how we got here, and what’s next. The presentation includes the data to help you prove your case (to management or even yourself) about why CD and DevOps are essential to winning, as well as great stories and examples to really bring these concepts to life. Nicole invites all DevOps practitioners to build their teams up so they can lead high performing organizations, and think about what they can do to affect change beyond their teams and their organizations.
Agile Test Management Using Jira and ZephyrXBOSoft
Do you have traceability where you can efficiently determine the cause of defects if there was an unclear requirement? Are you sure your test cases cover your requirements? Can you easily execute targeted regression when you’ve updated your software’s functionality? Now with software development teams mostly working from home or in dispersed geographies, supporting effective collaboration between remote workers is critical. In this XBOSoft quarterly webinar, our CEO, Philip Lew, teams up with BDQ’s CEO Chris Bland, to discuss the problems with working remotely, integrating the phases of testing in development in an Agile, and how this can be done using Zephyr, one of the predominant plugins in the Atlassian marketplace for test management. In this webinar, you will learn how to:
--Link tests with user stories and group tests within test cycles.
--Tie your results (defects) all the way back to user stories for effective defect root cause analysis.
--Classify defects to analyze and prioritize your test efforts.
--Use the traceability matrix with Zephr for deep visibility into your Agile process.
Are We There Yet? Signposts On Your Journey to AwesomeNicole Forsgren
If you listen to grandiose tales of DevOps journeys, everything is awesome. But how can those of us not living in The Lego Movie transform our technology in smart and systematic ways? What is “awesome”? How do we point our organizations in that direction, and how will we know progress when we see it?
The best-performing IT organizations have the highest quality, throughput, and reliability while also showing value on the bottom line. When embarking on a journey of transformation, you want to measure your current status and subsequent progress while keeping tabs on factors that drive improvement in technology performance. Nicole Forsgren explains the importance of knowing how (and what) to measure—ensuring you catch successes and failures when they first show up, not just when they’re epic. Measuring progress lets you focus on what’s important and helps you communicate this progress to peers, leaders, and executives who decide budget. Business outcomes don’t realize themselves, after all, and “doing DevOps” doesn’t define stakeholder value any more than “being awesome” does.
Learn the fundamental concepts of DevOps. DevOps principles and practices are being deployed across enterprises in order to integrate the IT development and operations processes. Taking the Intellipaat DevOps training will help you be up and running with the most valuable DevOps skills, techniques, mastering of various automation tools, and infrastructure and server management among other things.
International Search Engine Optimization and Website Translation Best PracticesBoulder SEO Marketing
Learn How to Use International SEO to Boost ROI from Multilingual Websites
This webinar was held on Thursday, November 5, 2015 and the recording may be viewed at: www.boulderseomarketing.com/webinar-international-search-engine-optimization-iseo-and-website-localization
Communicating with potential customers in their native language is crucial to increasing the chance of getting their business. Yet, many businesses still shy away from translating and localizing their website into foreign languages because of its perceived complexity. And if businesses decide to localize and translate their website into new target languages, they unfortunately often neglect to properly optimize the multilingual versions for Google search.
New offerings such as Net-Proxy make it a breeze to translate and manage multilingual websites nowadays. However, an international search engine optimization (ISEO) campaign has to be carefully planned and needs to start before getting the website translated. In a complimentary, 60-minute, webinar, Chris Raulf, international SEO expert and founder of Boulder SEO Marketing, and David Sommer, Director of Strategic Operations at Net-Translators, introduced attendees to international SEO and website localization and optimization best practices.
Chris and David will discuss:
- How to start on the right foot; an introduction to the five pillars of SEO
- Multilingual keyword research
- International search engine optimization fundamentals
- Website localization and translation options; which model best fits a company’s needs
- Tools and technologies to support the international search engine optimization process
This webinar is ideal for anyone involved in creating or managing multilingual websites.
About the Presenters
Chris Raulf, Founder and President of Boulder SEO Marketing
Chris Raulf, a native of Switzerland, is a 20-year veteran of the internationalization and localization industries. Chris earned a Swiss Federal Diploma in Business and Marketing and traveled all over the world before settling in Boulder, CO. He founded and owns Boulder SEO Marketing, a Colorado-based digital marketing firm, which was recently name a “Top 30 SEO Agency”. His international background makes him one of the few professionals in the industry who truly live and breath international search engine optimization on a daily basis. Learn more about Chris by connecting with him on LinkedIn.
David Sommer, Director of Strategic Operations at Net-Translators
David Sommer serves as Director of Strategic Operations, responsible for driving key company initiatives in process improvement, quality, and cost reduction. Previously, Mr. Sommer held the position of Senior Localization Project Manager. He joined the company in 2004. Prior to Net-Translators, Mr. Sommer was Marketing and Sales Manager at the Software Testing Labs of the Standards Institution of Israel.
We provide a brief introduction to DevOps, as well as a more practical analysis on how DevOps can be implemented efficiently. We discuss the genealogy of DevOps: how it came about, what it has to do with Agile, why it has gained such attention and support, and the benefits it can provide. We touch upon the topic of how DevOps works in practice. During a live demo, we showcase how codeBeamer ALM supports the implementation of the DevOps approach.
Is this possible? Artificial Intelligence Based Test Automation but with no AI? Well, according to Jeremias Roessler, it is! Find out how in this quarterly webinar slidedeck with XBOSoft's special guest speaker, Jeremy Rößler. What good are 400 additional AI-generated UI tests, if we don’t want to maintain our existing human-created ones? This question lies at the heart of AI-based test generation. Recheck-web addresses this issue elegantly and without any “AI-magic” … using a whole different approach to test automation. This refreshingly unusual approach to test automation (difference testing) has many advantages over conventional test automation and he shows how to overcome the oracle problem. This approach makes tests easy to create and maintain, robust and more complete. You can use this approach today in your existing UI testing setup for websites (currently available for Selenium/Java, more to come).
What Aircrews Can Teach Software Testing Teams - XBOSoft Webinar w/Peter VarholXBOSoft
Aircrew resource management principles enable any team member to question decisions and directions that seem to be wrong. Testing teams, whose members have diverse experience and expertise that give them different perspectives, need to embrace these principles to make the right decisions.
United Flight 232 should have crashed with 296 lives lost. In contrast, Asiana Flight 214 should not have crashed at all. The critical difference between the two was the interactions of their respective aircrews. Aircrew resource management refers to how cockpit crew members work together to make flights as safe and efficient as possible. These principles have been applied to other professional fields, and should be a central practice of every testing team.
Testing teams require expertise in all aspects of software design, development, test, delivery, and operations. There can be no “command pilot” whose expertise over all aspects of testing is greater than the combined expertise and experience of others. And while the leader of the team is the final authority, he or she must listen to and consider team members whose knowledge and experience can make the difference between success and failure.
This presentation discusses how aircrew resource management has evolved to focus on expertise, collaboration, and decision-making in the cockpit. It applies these lessons to testing teams, where complementary expertise is necessary to deliver high quality and working applications, updated continuously. It highlights the characteristics of successful aircrew teams and how those characteristics apply to building and delivering great software.
Attendees will learn:
1. What testing teams can learn from successful teams in other fields.
2. How testing teams must work collaboratively, especially in crises and under pressure.
3. How blind deference to authority and automation can be detrimental to a testing team.
Agile User Acceptance Testing - Incorporating UAT into AgileXBOSoft
In this quarterly XBOSoft webinar, we discussed the deficiencies of the #agile process in incorporating the user and how to alleviate these issues to create user acceptance for agile. We also demonstrated in Jira how this is implemented with the SynapseRT plug-in by Go2group.
Challenges in Using Big Data for Software QAXBOSoft
In this webinar, our guest speakers, Jennifer Bonine and Rick Faulise from TapQA shared their thoughts on using #BigData for #softwaretesting and #SoftwareQA. What #metrics to use and what not to use, and how to combine them together to get some real meaning and insights versus just data.
Defect Patterns Analysis for Agile and Waterfall - XBOSoft Webinar with Micha...XBOSoft
Whether you’re waterfall or agile, this presentation will uncover 3 keys to accelerating schedule by managing defect prevention, detection, and remediation by software teams. Actual Industry Case Studies will reveal how to implement an end-to-end defect strategy that maximizes the likelihood of team’s success. Topics covered will include waterfall, Agile, pair programming, test-driven development, and outsourced projects. We’ll also look at techniques that use defect curves to “predict the trajectory” of a project and its Development and QA phases.
Proactive SQA™ Shifting Left w/Proactive Software Quality PracticesXBOSoft
This webinar hosted by XBOSoft featured our guest speaker, Robin Goldsmith. Robin, an expert in software requirements and business analysis, presented how to develop a definition of software quality as a first step any software development process. Although most of what is called SQA today actually is just testing, true SQA is much different from quality control (QC) testing. SQA can and should do far more, contributing proactively to assure the software process in fact does the right things well so it truly produces high quality cheaper, preventing errors or catching them earlier when they can be fixed more easily. This interactive webinar positions SQA and explains the six proactive functions it should perform to provide far greater value.
Mobile Testing Challenges and Solutions XBOSoft WebinarXBOSoft
In this webinar, XBOSoft's VP of Engineering discusses some of the challenges that he and his team have faced in the areas of mobile test automation and mobile usability testing. He'll discuss how to gain the best platform coverage, when to use automation, when not to, and when to use shared cloud services versus emulators and real devices.
Heidi Araya - XBOSoft Webinar Guest Speaker - Working with Remote Agile TeamsXBOSoft
In this XBOSoft webinar, we were glad to have Heidi Araya, a seasoned agile coach, discuss the reality or non-reality of agile teams being colocated. She covered many tips and techniques for working remotely in an agile environment.
XBOSoft webinar - How Did I Miss That Bug - Cognitive Biases in Software TestingXBOSoft
Gerie Owen gives testers and test managers an understanding of how testers’ mindsets and cognitive biases influence their testing. Gerie provides tips for understanding and managing your biases to focus your attention in the right places throughout the test process so you won’t miss that obvious bug.
This webinar uses principles from the social sciences — such as Kahneman’s framework for critical thinking and Chabris and Simons’ findings on attention, perception, and memory — and short, enjoyable exercises on preconceived notions. What the participants will learn:
1. Why we aren’t as smart as we think, i.e., how we develop biases and preconceived notions.
2. How biases and preconceived notions negatively impact our approach to testing throughout the test process.
3. How to design a test approach to effectively manage the way we think during the test process.
4. Ways managers can increase their teams’ effectiveness by improving their focus.
PSQT Keynote: Quality Challenges in the Internet of Things EraXBOSoft
The Internet of Things is made up of three core elements: things, communications and computing. Things are devices connected to the Internet such as a watch, car or appliances in your home. For IoT to work, these things need to be connected, communicating statuses and other information with each other in real time. And with this information, the last element of IoT is computing and storage. What will all this information be used for? What actions can or should be taken? How and where will the information be stored, on a server, on a mobile phone? And who will it be accessible by?
IoT offers both efficiency and automation to daily life, and with an estimated 26 billion connected devices by 2020, there’s bound to be issues with security, reliability and connectivity within that enormous, intricate network. This makes the role of QA critical.
For example: security. Will someone be able to hack into my home network and then into my wearable device and steal my medical information? Then there’s data storage, the actual efficiency of the device and user interactions to account for. IoT is still growing so quickly that QA testers must be able to keep up with the increasing complexity of it as it continues to expand.
Simply making sure that the device and its software works correctly in a controlled environment in isolation is not acceptable. Yet, how can you test all the scenarios? Scenarios include not only the multitude of devices that can connect together in a combination of ecosystems, but also, the data they produce. How we develop test data sets that accurately represent the real world must also be considered, as well as how we can make sure it is secure with such a multitude of sensors collecting data. Lastly, IoT is not about devices. We still have to make sure the user has an integrated experience across devices and software. Hence, usability in IoT could be the most overlooked game breaker for IoT. In this session, find out the latest technologies, thought patterns, techniques and methods to move beyond old school QA (desktops, web and mobile) where devices work mostly in isolation.
7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testing - Test IstanbulXBOSoft
The Agile Manifesto, released as a set of guiding principles in 2001, is now 15 years old. And you know how teenagers can be at that age, unruly and unpredictable! Does that describe your agile process? Does testing somehow get lost and squeezed at the end?
If you are ready to move beyond wondering where agile testing fits in, want to focus your testing on the right things at the right time within the agile process, and learn how to improve your software for an optimal user experience, Phil will give you food for thought, sharing his insights on applying the “Seven Habits” to Agile Testing, as well as how to implement or reinforce each one.
You’ll learn how to strike the balance of process and documentation versus collaboration and adaptation as Phil takes you through the agile process and discusses what and where testing should be focused to be most effective in the immediate and long term. Through principles complemented with real life examples, you’ll be able to take ideas back to your organization and leave with a passion for learning, change and making a difference in your software product quality.
Managing Agile Software Projects With Risk and UncertaintyXBOSoft
In chasing velocity, we often ignore or don’t understand the uncertainties and associated risks in our processes and their results. Agile is designed to handle uncertainty in requirements as new features are requested and priorities shift. But shouldn’t we also be thinking about and mitigating the uncertainties that are unique or even introduced by using agile? Phil Lew suggests that our problem is that we sometimes carry assumptions which either cause us to spend too much effort on things we can’t control or give us unfounded comfort and reassurance. If we can’t understand the uncertainties and risks, how can we have confidence in our software as systems become more complex? Phil overlays classic risk management techniques with an agile process to identify and address the uncertainties that matter—and those that don’t. Then Phil outlines methods that you can use to address these risks while maintaining rhythm in your agile software processes. Come and learn about risks you never thought of and see how you can manage or avoid them.
Top IOT Testing Challenges Webinar with Jon HagarXBOSoft
Our special guest embedded and IOT testing expert Jon Hagar shares his thoughts on mobile testing, embedded testing, and IOT testing and how they intersect to form the perfect storm in the coming 4th Industrial Revolution where all businesses become software businesses and security/privacy reach new heights of concern.
Testing in Agile with Coaching Agile Journeys and XBOSoftXBOSoft
Philip Lew joins Coaching Agile Journeys to discuss Testing in Agile. In this webinar, Phil covers the agile process and how agile testing not only fits in, but how software testers can move up and downstream to improve quality throughout.
Using JMeter and Google Analytics for Software Performance TestingXBOSoft
Ed Curran, VP of Engineering at XBOSoft, shares some of his hands on experience in working with JMeter for load and performance testing. In the webinar, he provided explanations of different types of performance testing and how you can use Google Analytics to understand what users are really doing on your web apps and then how to leverage JMeter and analyze the results to improve your app's performance.
Storytelling: Discover the Big Picture for Agile Efforts Webinar - Tom Cagley...XBOSoft
Peel back Agile, one layer at a time, with software consulting expert Tom Cagley.
One of the dilemmas most Agile teams face is how to generate an initial backlog. The best way to do this is by assembling a cross-functional team and using facilitated storytelling to generate a set of scenarios, which are then decomposed into features, epics, and user stories using standard grooming techniques. This process not only provides the team with the information needed to create user stories but also provides context for what is being built. Cagley will walk you through this process and how to use storytelling to your organization's advantage.
ASTQB w/ XBOSoft CEO Phil Lew: Agile and Waterfall - What Do Testers Do Diffe...XBOSoft
ASTQB invited XBOSoft CEO Phil Lew to present a webinar on the differences between Agile testing and other testing methods.
Visit xbosoft.com for more Agile testing resources.
When Agile is a Quality Game Changer Webinar - Michael Mah, Philip LewXBOSoft
Accelerate your Agile success with in-depth research and smarter decisions. Michael Mah of QSM Associates shows you what it takes to find and utilize patterns of successful Agile development in this quarterly XBOSoft webinar.
QAI QUEST 2016 Webinar Series: Pairwise Testing w/ Philip LewXBOSoft
In anticipation of the QAI QUEST 2016 Conference & Expo in Chicago, Illinois, XBOSoft’s CEO Philip Lew presented a live webinar on Pairwise Testing. Find out what pairwise testing is, the advantages and disadvantages of implementing this method, and when to use it and how.
For Philip Lew's demonstration of pairwise testing, view the recorded webinar at https://vimeo.com/155889518
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Atelier - Innover avec l’IA Générative et les graphes de connaissancesNeo4j
Atelier - Innover avec l’IA Générative et les graphes de connaissances
Allez au-delà du battage médiatique autour de l’IA et découvrez des techniques pratiques pour utiliser l’IA de manière responsable à travers les données de votre organisation. Explorez comment utiliser les graphes de connaissances pour augmenter la précision, la transparence et la capacité d’explication dans les systèmes d’IA générative. Vous partirez avec une expérience pratique combinant les relations entre les données et les LLM pour apporter du contexte spécifique à votre domaine et améliorer votre raisonnement.
Amenez votre ordinateur portable et nous vous guiderons sur la mise en place de votre propre pile d’IA générative, en vous fournissant des exemples pratiques et codés pour démarrer en quelques minutes.
Takashi Kobayashi and Hironori Washizaki, "SWEBOK Guide and Future of SE Education," First International Symposium on the Future of Software Engineering (FUSE), June 3-6, 2024, Okinawa, Japan
Quarkus Hidden and Forbidden ExtensionsMax Andersen
Quarkus has a vast extension ecosystem and is known for its subsonic and subatomic feature set. Some of these features are not as well known, and some extensions are less talked about, but that does not make them less interesting - quite the opposite.
Come join this talk to see some tips and tricks for using Quarkus and some of the lesser known features, extensions and development techniques.
Artificia Intellicence and XPath Extension FunctionsOctavian Nadolu
The purpose of this presentation is to provide an overview of how you can use AI from XSLT, XQuery, Schematron, or XML Refactoring operations, the potential benefits of using AI, and some of the challenges we face.
Why Mobile App Regression Testing is Critical for Sustained Success_ A Detail...kalichargn70th171
A dynamic process unfolds in the intricate realm of software development, dedicated to crafting and sustaining products that effortlessly address user needs. Amidst vital stages like market analysis and requirement assessments, the heart of software development lies in the meticulous creation and upkeep of source code. Code alterations are inherent, challenging code quality, particularly under stringent deadlines.
Code reviews are vital for ensuring good code quality. They serve as one of our last lines of defense against bugs and subpar code reaching production.
Yet, they often turn into annoying tasks riddled with frustration, hostility, unclear feedback and lack of standards. How can we improve this crucial process?
In this session we will cover:
- The Art of Effective Code Reviews
- Streamlining the Review Process
- Elevating Reviews with Automated Tools
By the end of this presentation, you'll have the knowledge on how to organize and improve your code review proces
Utilocate offers a comprehensive solution for locate ticket management by automating and streamlining the entire process. By integrating with Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), it provides accurate mapping and visualization of utility locations, enhancing decision-making and reducing the risk of errors. The system's advanced data analytics tools help identify trends, predict potential issues, and optimize resource allocation, making the locate ticket management process smarter and more efficient. Additionally, automated ticket management ensures consistency and reduces human error, while real-time notifications keep all relevant personnel informed and ready to respond promptly.
The system's ability to streamline workflows and automate ticket routing significantly reduces the time taken to process each ticket, making the process faster and more efficient. Mobile access allows field technicians to update ticket information on the go, ensuring that the latest information is always available and accelerating the locate process. Overall, Utilocate not only enhances the efficiency and accuracy of locate ticket management but also improves safety by minimizing the risk of utility damage through precise and timely locates.
A Study of Variable-Role-based Feature Enrichment in Neural Models of CodeAftab Hussain
Understanding variable roles in code has been found to be helpful by students
in learning programming -- could variable roles help deep neural models in
performing coding tasks? We do an exploratory study.
- These are slides of the talk given at InteNSE'23: The 1st International Workshop on Interpretability and Robustness in Neural Software Engineering, co-located with the 45th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2023, Melbourne Australia
Launch Your Streaming Platforms in MinutesRoshan Dwivedi
The claim of launching a streaming platform in minutes might be a bit of an exaggeration, but there are services that can significantly streamline the process. Here's a breakdown:
Pros of Speedy Streaming Platform Launch Services:
No coding required: These services often use drag-and-drop interfaces or pre-built templates, eliminating the need for programming knowledge.
Faster setup: Compared to building from scratch, these platforms can get you up and running much quicker.
All-in-one solutions: Many services offer features like content management systems (CMS), video players, and monetization tools, reducing the need for multiple integrations.
Things to Consider:
Limited customization: These platforms may offer less flexibility in design and functionality compared to custom-built solutions.
Scalability: As your audience grows, you might need to upgrade to a more robust platform or encounter limitations with the "quick launch" option.
Features: Carefully evaluate which features are included and if they meet your specific needs (e.g., live streaming, subscription options).
Examples of Services for Launching Streaming Platforms:
Muvi [muvi com]
Uscreen [usencreen tv]
Alternatives to Consider:
Existing Streaming platforms: Platforms like YouTube or Twitch might be suitable for basic streaming needs, though monetization options might be limited.
Custom Development: While more time-consuming, custom development offers the most control and flexibility for your platform.
Overall, launching a streaming platform in minutes might not be entirely realistic, but these services can significantly speed up the process compared to building from scratch. Carefully consider your needs and budget when choosing the best option for you.
Need for Speed: Removing speed bumps from your Symfony projects ⚡️Łukasz Chruściel
No one wants their application to drag like a car stuck in the slow lane! Yet it’s all too common to encounter bumpy, pothole-filled solutions that slow the speed of any application. Symfony apps are not an exception.
In this talk, I will take you for a spin around the performance racetrack. We’ll explore common pitfalls - those hidden potholes on your application that can cause unexpected slowdowns. Learn how to spot these performance bumps early, and more importantly, how to navigate around them to keep your application running at top speed.
We will focus in particular on tuning your engine at the application level, making the right adjustments to ensure that your system responds like a well-oiled, high-performance race car.
Transform Your Communication with Cloud-Based IVR SolutionsTheSMSPoint
Discover the power of Cloud-Based IVR Solutions to streamline communication processes. Embrace scalability and cost-efficiency while enhancing customer experiences with features like automated call routing and voice recognition. Accessible from anywhere, these solutions integrate seamlessly with existing systems, providing real-time analytics for continuous improvement. Revolutionize your communication strategy today with Cloud-Based IVR Solutions. Learn more at: https://thesmspoint.com/channel/cloud-telephony
AI Fusion Buddy Review: Brand New, Groundbreaking Gemini-Powered AI AppGoogle
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11. #AgileMetrics
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Poll: How many of you are
collecting measurements and
calculating metrics on a
regular basis?
a. 0
b. 1-5
c. 6-10
d. 11-15
e. 16+
8%
44%
28%
6%
14%
108. #AgileMetrics
@XBOSoft @philiplew
Poll: How many of you started to
collect metrics but then found it
was too difficult or time
consuming and quit?
Never started:
Started then quit:
Still collecting and reporting:
13%
30%
57%
179. #AgileMetrics
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