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James and Jonathan Bach will demonstrate how to conduct exploratory software testing in this interactive general session. One of the Bachs will test a product for 20 minutes and record the process. The other will test the same product for 20 minutes in front of the audience, while his brother narrates the process. (Bring your laptop and join along!) We'll then compare what each found, and compare it with what the audience found. This session will demonstrate
how exploratory testing can be a disciplined and manageable process. JAMES BACH is a pioneer in the discipline of exploratory software testing and a founding member of the Context-Driven School of Testing. He's a co-author of Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context-Driven Approach and the author of How I Learn Stuff: Secrets of A Buccaneer-Scholar. JON BACH has been testing software and managing testers for 14 years and is most famous for inventing a way to manage and measure exploratory testing in a method known as session-based test management.
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Friday, October 23, 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Performance Testing, Don't Overlook the Easy Stuff / Scott Barber
It's a common belief that expensive or complicated tools are required to test performance, but many performance issues can be uncovered with the tools and knowledge your team has access to right now. In fact, much of the performance-related information that stakeholders need to make good decisions and development teams need to dramatically improve system performance is easily obtainable without expensive tools or extensive training. Scott Barber will discuss, demonstrate, and ask you to participate in a variety of quick and easy 30-second performance tests that most teams could start using today.
Scott Barber is the CTO of PerfTestPlus, executive director of the AST, co-founder of WOPR, and co-author of Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications.