February #MidsTest - Continuous Delivery: a tester's journey and lessons learned

MidsTest returns to Coventry, where first-time speakers Ahmed Hussein and Tom McCawley will give their presentation "Continuous Delivery: a tester's journey and lessons learned".

About the Talk:
"So many companies are seeking to move to a continuous delivery model, yet few have actually fully made the jump.

Does implementing a rapid release cycle mean sacrificing quality? Do the "traditional" approaches to testing apply within this delivery model?

Having been lucky enough to work on a project operating in a CD environment, we'd like to share what we learned on the project; what pitfalls we faced; how we operated as a team; and what mechanisms we built to support us on our journey."

About our speakers:
Ahmed is an independent Automation Test Architect/Consultant with over 10 years of experience in the testing domain. He works closely with Developers, DevOps engineers, and Data Scientists to help increase test coverage and improve quality through the use of automated testing solutions. He has been part of many multi-million-pound transformation and modernisation projects where he has introduced new testing methodologies and techniques to improve the testing across the software delivery life-cycle.

Tom has 10 years of experience in the field of QA, the last 6 of which heavily involved in automation, with experience working with a variety of tools and frameworks, spanning across multiple programming languages. He is a keen adopter of agile approaches and always keen to improve quality in both the software and delivery practices. He has been involved in a number of different projects, delivering various applications including desktop, web, and mobile user applications, as well as automated back end processes, migrations and data projects.

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Networking is until 19:00, so you are welcome to arrive early and chat with people.
Then the presentation will begin, followed by complimentary food & further networking until 21:00 (but you don't have to stay that late if you don't want to).

After the talk there is the opportunity for all attendees to take part in 99 Second Talks, where they can use the time to trial a presentation they plan to give, ask for help to the community, share something they are passionate about, virtually anything they can think of.

Free parking is available at the venue.

Our meetup venue host are Sainsbury's, and the food and drink for the attendees will be kindly provided by our fabulous sponsor Xpertise Recruitment.