"Quality != Testing" with Anne-Marie Charrett

We are delighted to welcome Anne-Marie Charrett to the Cambridge Tester Meetup in October, presenting her TestBash Manchester talk on quality and testing. We'll learn how testing fits into quality and contemporary engineering practices and about a way to have a conversation about quality at your workplace.

There also will be drinks and snacks kindly sponsored by DisplayLink.

Come along for an inspiring talk, interesting discussion and to meet fellow testers in Cambridge in a friendly atmosphere!

What: Quality != Testing

Many of us have heard the phrase ‘Quality is a team responsibility’ meaning instead of quality being owned by one person (typically a tester) it’s something that many are responsible for. But what does the word quality mean for you, your team and importantly for your stakeholders? Is it simply another word for testing, or is there more to Quality than we think? Does it matter if we understand Quality or not?

This talk explores the importance of understanding quality in the context of a contemporary engineering practices such as Extreme Programming, CI/CD and Devops. When quality is owned collectively, it can facilitate testability and shift testing closer to the design process.

Do I believe testers have a place in this future? Absolutely! In fact, I think the role of a tester is needed more now than ever but perhaps not in a way we have traditionally seen our roles.

A must for anyone moving to contemporary engineering approaches.

Who: About Anne-Marie Charrett

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Anne-Marie Charrett is a software tester, trainer and coach with a reputation of excellence and passion for Quality and the craft of software testing.

An electronic engineer by trade, software testing chose her when she started testing protocols against European standards.

Anne-Marie advocates a whole team approach to Quality. She sees software testing as a skilled activity that many might perform. She trains & coaches teams to help embrace this approach to quality with a contextual mindset.

In the past, Anne-Marie has developed software testing courses and lectured at the University of Technology, Sydney, and ran the Sydney Testers Meetup.

Anne-Marie is available for work through her company Testing Times where she offers consulting, training and coaching services.

Sponsor: About DisplayLink

DisplayLink develops hardware and software solutions to enable easy connectivity between monitors and computing devices over standard interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, and wireless networks. DisplayLink’s technology increases productivity and ease-of-use in the multi-display workspace and is deployed to millions of users through globally branded PC products including universal docking stations, monitors, projectors, zero client systems and adapters.