August 2014 II - Release Testing Is Risk Management Theatre: Steve Smith

NOTE: This talk is co-promoted by London CD and London Tester Gathering (https://www.meetup.com/agiletesting), with a 50/50 split on the attendee limit. It will be held at Skillsmatter and you need to register with them. (https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/6435-release-testing-is-risk-management-theatre)

SYNOPSIS: Agile methods advocate cross-functional teams responsible for product quality, yet the notion of Release Testing (post-development, end-to-end regression testing) as a risk reduction strategy stubbornly lives on.

However, from a Continuous Delivery perspective Release Testing is Risk Management Theatre – a costly practice that delivers little value. Why is this?

In this talk, Steve Smith (https://twitter.com/AgileSteveSmith) will discuss why Release Testing is an antipattern, and offer an alternative risk reduction strategy.