This document outlines an agenda for a workshop aimed at drafting statements for a future software testing manifesto. The workshop will have delegates discuss and edit manifesto statements in small groups. They will choose topics and draft statements for two sessions. The output of the workshop will be conclusions, manifesto statements for a final conference presentation, and documentation of the workshop to be published online along with the statements.

1. A Statement for the Future
Manifesto Workshop
Dorothy Graham
Grove Consultants
www.grove.co.uk
Isabel Evans
Testing Solutions Group Ltd
www.testing-solutions.com
Grove Consultants

2. Objective
• The workshop delegates will work in
groups to discuss and edit the
manifesto statement which Bob will
present in the last session of the
conference
• The content of the workshop will be
decided as a result of the output of
other workshops at the conference
and other input
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3. Dot’s Workshop
Past and Future
Conference
mind map
Isabel’s Workshop
Route Cards
This workshop
Bob’s manifesto
presentation
Statements
published
on the website

4. Agenda and method*
• Introduction
• Step 1 – in groups (15 mins)
– Choose an interest area
– Draft/edit a manifesto statement for it
– Prep for round up and report back
• Round up and report back
• Step 2 – in groups (15 mins)
– Choose an interest area
– Draft/edit a manifesto statement for it
– Prep for round up and report back
• Round up and report back
• Conclusions
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*subject to change based on the outcome of the previous workshops!

5. Manifesto statements in four areas
Competence
- Qualifications
- Continuous professional
development
Personal responsibility
- Code of ethics
- Code of practice
- Disciplinary proceedings
Contribution to society
- IT
- Wider public
How the past informs the future
- Learning from our experiences

6. What from the past?
• a look back at history of testing
– some things have changed; others have not
• each decade had its own “hot topics”
– testing needed to address them
• what have we learned from our history?
• what predictions for the future?
• what advice for the future?

8. What Maturity Level? (IFIP)
1
ORGANISED
5
STATUTORY
4
PUBLIC
3
GOVERNED
2
QUALIFIED
IT
SWT
Hort
MedicineLaw
Accountancy
Education
From I Evans EuroSTAR 2007

9. Conclusions
• The workshop delegates discuss
manifesto statements
• Draft statements for Bob to present
• Next steps:
– Manifesto statement from Bob (final
conference session)
– Document the workshop outputs and
publish with the manifesto statements
on software manifesto website (TBA)
Photo by I Evans

10. Conclusions
• The workshop delegates discuss
manifesto statements
• Draft statements for Bob to present
• Next steps:
– Manifesto statement from Bob (final
conference session)
– Document the workshop outputs and
publish with the manifesto statements
on software manifesto website (TBA)
Photo by I Evans