The future of the Testing Role - James Bach, Bol.com & Xebia

The future of the Testing Role

For years now, the role of the tester has been the topic of discussion and debate. The way we develop software in the age of Scrum, Agile and DevOps appears to have shifted the tasks and responsibilities associated with software testing for some us. Competitive markets demand a shorter time to market, without impacting quality.

In this meetup we will take a deep dive into this topic, started off by James Bach, who will present his vision, followed by the visions of Xebia and Bol.com. We will offer you some sense making of the changes around us.

James Bach

"In this talk I will give you a breakdown of the dynamics of roles and actors, and how they intersect with the problems of testing. The dynamics provide an agenda for talking about the testing role (or any role) no matter what sort of argument you want to make. We need clarity on what we are really talking about, here. After that, I want to apply this model to show how the role of testing might change to meet the economic and technical challenges that lie before us."

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Xebia & Bol.com

It’s a team’s joint responsibility to deliver quality software, predictable and at speed. Future testing is inevitable and the missing link to combine quality with speed of delivery. We will show you how!

Agenda

17:45 Doors open + dinner

18:30 James Bach

19:15 Questions/Discussion

19:45 Break

19:50 Xebia & bol.com

20:30 Discussion

21:00 Closing + Drinks