Saturday 6 February 2010 - 2010 Test Management Summit - 26/27th January 2010 |
the Test Management Forum is happening in a few weeks and reminded me that I still had this unfinished blog post sitting in my drafts folder, so I finished it and here it is.
Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend the 2010 Test Management Summit details of which can be found on the UKTMF site. It was spread over two days and you could go to either one of or both of the days. On the first there were workshops in the morning and afternoon and on the second was the summit. I went to both days.
On the first day I attended Alan Richardson's (Compendium Developments Ltd.)
'Exploratory and Innovative Testing Workshop' and Dave Evans and Mike Scott's (SQS) 'Agile Test Management Workshop'.
Alan covered definitions of exploratory testing and innovative, looked at ways Test Managers could help increase creativity and therefore innovation, talked about Heuristics & Mnemonics, risk, etc. We also had a few pratical excerises to get through.
There was a lot of discussion which was great and one thing that struck me was that a lot of Test Managers seemed to get dictated how the testing was going to be done in their organisation. **I had a lot more to say on this but it started getting too long so I thought I'd make it a blog post of it's own.**
I enjoyed Dave and Mike's session as well which was essentially a Q&A session on Agile Management.
They are both knowledgeable and have worked on various projects and if you are able to have a chat with them do so, you'll enjoy it and get some value out of it.
With Dave and Mike leading the discussions and input from various others in the room it was an interesting and worthwhile session.
The day ended with a few beverages and discussions and was a pleasant, entertaining and educational day.
The following day was a whole other matter!! I joke, the following day was just as good.
I attended Rob Lambert's (Social Tester) 'Agile is a mindset, not a methodology' talk where he discussed....well, Agile being a mindset and not a methodology.
"It's about getting things done the best way, not a set way. It's about adopting a new way of thinking, placing the power back with the people that need it, the team."
Totally agree with everything he said, some people and some organisations will not be able to work in an actually environment. Purely and simply put, it's not for everybody.
I also went to Ray Arell's 'Intel USA: Case Study - Moving to an Agile Environment' talk which was really good for anybody looking to move to Agile. He spoke about the trials and tribulations he faced and went through while moving his team at Intel to Agile.
Then there was Paul, Paul Gerrard's (Gerrard Consulting) 'Innovative Testing Practices' talk. I must admit, I was expecting Paul to talk about his experiences with cloud, crowd, etc.
However he talked about them as exciting prospects which need to be looked into, which is fair enough, they are. People are already using them though which is why I thought Paul would talk about what he has been doing. It was a good talk and there was discussion on how and what people are currently using.
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