LSCC Talks #7

Important: You must register at SkillsMatter (https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/6589-a-new-model-of-testing) to attend this talk.

The seventh iteration of our monthly talks will cover pair programming and testing.

The event will consist of two half-hour talks and one ten-minute live kata, presented by Sandro Mancuso.

A New Model of Testing, by Paul Gerrard

This talk proposes a model of the thought processes that every tester (and developer, when testing) uses. In a sentence, what we do is this: "we explore sources of knowledge to build test models that inform our testing". The model identifies two modes of thinking – exploration and testing – and we use judgement to decide when to flip from one to the other.

Exploration has four activities: enquiring, modelling, predicting and challenging. Testing has six activities: informing, applying, interpreting, logging, reporting and refining.

Separating out these ten activities clarifies what we need to think about as testers. It identifies the capabilities and skills that both developers and tester need to acquire, to practice and excel in.

Be the best pair you can be! by David Morgantini

David has had a unique experience as a software practitioner. David met (and eventually married) a lady who was in the process of writing a dissertation on collaboration during pair programming. Reviewing (and reviewing and reviewing) this dissertation in combination with his industry experience has provided David with some unique insights into the act of pair programming. This talk aims to distill those insights and provide you with some concrete mechanisms that you can bring to your next pairing session to ensure that it is more effective.

Important: You must register at SkillsMatter (https://skillsmatter.com/meetups/6589-a-new-model-of-testing) to attend this talk.