Rapid Software Testing in Agile Contexts with Michael Bolton
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Over the last several years, a set of ideas and activities have been dumped into a big bucket called "Agile software development". Agile development has hit mainstream recognition. Yet there is often uncertainty and turmoil around what "Agile development" means, in theory and in practice, and the confusion affects Agile projects and the people in them.
There have been some discussion points, such as Mike Cohn’s Agile Testing Pyramid and Marick, Crisipin and Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants, and many people have found them helpful. Yet James Bach and Michael Bolton, authors of Rapid Software Testing, still hear testers expressing a good deal of pain over the role of the tester and the structures of testing activity in Agile projects.
Is there really such a thing as “Agile Testing”? Building on what has gone before, Michael Bolton will look at the testing in “Agile Testing”. He'll use the lens of Rapid Software Testing—an agile (but not necessarily Agile) approach to testing that focuses on the mindset, skill set, and role of the tester. Michael will show how Agile projects can—and should—be infused with testing that helps to identify and defend the value of the product while reducing the costs of development.
Michael will also be teaching the full 3 day Rapid Software Testing Course from 7th - 9th November. Meetup members can take advantage of 10% off using the code RSTMEETUP10 when booking online.
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About the speaker:
Michael is the co-author (with James Bach) of Rapid Software Testing and Rapid Software Testing for Managers. RST is aligned with the Context-Driven School of Software Testing, a community of people who believe that testing should respond first and foremost to the needs of the organization and the project, rather than to "best practices" that may not be best at all in the given context.
Michael has travelled more than a million miles to training and consulting services in testing and quality for companies, teams, and individuals.