DevOpsQANJ Meetup #21/Model-based Automation and Feedback Loops in DevOps

Schedule:

6:00 - 6:30: Speed Networking

6:30 - 7:10: "Model-based Testing & Automation " by Scott Argenziano from Audible

7:10 - 7:50: "Harnessing the Power of Feedback Loops in Agile and DevOps" by Anil Jaising

7:50 - 8:20: Open Space Group Discussion

Other:

Food, Refreshments and Venue provided by Audible Inc.

About Scott Argenziano and his Talk:

This talk will be about model-based testing and will feature a demo of GraphWalker (http://graphwalker.github.io) which is an open source Model-based testing tool.

Scott is a Quality Assurance Engineer at Audible Inc. working within the Native Apps Quality Engineering Team. Scott has QA experience in the QA realm spanning over 10 years between luxury retail brands such as Tiffany & Co. and Ralph Lauren, ADP’s Lifion branch, to smaller tech and brand startups Vitals.com (http://vitals.com/) and UrbanDaddy.

About Anil Jaising and his Talk:

Provide people with information about their actions in real time, then give them a chance to change those actions, pushing them toward better behaviors. The four stages in feedback loop are Evidence, Relevance, Consequence and Action. In this talk we explore feedback loops in nature, man made and software engineering. We dig deeper into Agile and DevOps feedback loops, their difference and symbiotic nature and finally a demo of a Jira plugin that serves as a feedback loop across the software development and post production tool chain, a hygiene tool that guides the team towards maintaining better hygiene in those tools and finally a great metrics tool for trend analysis.

In 22 years of software development in financial services and software startups Anil has a unique perspective on agile principles and practices. In every role such as C++ and Java Developer, an Architect, an engineering and a delivery manager, and an Agile Coach Anil has been able to both learn and relearn agile values in teamwork and collaboration while delivering working software as well as enable others to recognize benefits of Agile and DevOps.

About Audible:

Audible's mission is to unleash the power of the spoken word.

Audible Inc. is a seller and producer of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming on the Internet. Audible sells digital audiobooks, radio and TV programs, and audio versions of magazines and newspapers. Through its production arm, Audible Studios, Audible has also become the world's largest producer of downloadable audiobooks.

Please visit http://www.audible.com to learn more

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GETTING HERE

TRAIN:

The PATH runs to Exchange Place in Jersey City with connections to Newark, Lower Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, and Hoboken. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail , operated by NJ Transit, connects the Jersey City waterfront to Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City, North Bergen and Bayonne.

BUS:

NJ Transit and other operators run buses to the Journal Square Transportation Center bus terminal. Greyhound buses stop at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan and the bus terminal at Newark Penn Station. From Port Authority, take NJ Transit Bus 125 which goes directly to Journal Square (the fare is $4.25; trip takes about 30 minutes).

BOAT:

NY Waterway, operates four ferry routes connecting Jersey City to Manhattan. The routes from Port Liberte and Liberty Harbor connect to Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan. The other two ferry routes leave from Exchange Place, and connect to World Financial Center and West 39th Street in Midtown.