Testing Night with James Bach
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NOTE: we change the meetup place to Dynacron Group in Kirkland for this month meetup. please make sure you check the map.
Parking: Park Lane is a one-way street heading East. There is a pay lot across from Starbucks, street parking, or you can park under the Kirkland Library/Peter Kirk Swimming pool for free and it’s only a 1 ½ block walk. Our office entrance is near Cactus restaurant. Go up the stairs and you’ll see the space for the meet up on the left.
=== Agenda =====
6:00pm - 6:20pm, Pizza & social
6:20pm - 6:30pm, Introduction
6:30pm - 8:00pm, How Not to Explain Software Testing: Coping with the Challenge of Tacit Knowledge by James bach
Perhaps the biggest untold story in software testing is the untellable story of software testing skills. Let's talk about that. James Bach will attempt to describe and explain why most of what is important in software testing is routinely NOT described or explained. Tacit knowledge plays a huge role in our ability to test, and that's why so many people think that testing is simple and easy. Ask any experienced tester how to test and you are likely to get mumbles and platitudes-- which is exactly what you get from inexperienced testers. We need to get a handle on this problem, and we can do that in two ways: A) learn how to make a little more of our knowledge explicit, and B) learn how to develop and transmit tacit knowledge WITHOUT making it explicit. Come and hear about how to do that.
Speaker Bio:
James bach: I work with project teams and individual engineers to help them plan SQA, change control, and testing processes that allow them to understand and control the risks of product failure. I also assist in product risk analysis, test design, and in the design and implementation of computer-supported testing. Most of my experience is with market-driven Silicon Valley software companies like Apple Computer and Borland, so the techniques I've gathered and developed are designed for use under conditions of compressed schedules, high rates of change, component-based technology and poor specification
http://www.satisfice.com/aboutjames.shtml
8:00-8:30pm, lucky draw & mingle
We are actively seeking new sponsors and speakers for future meetups...