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What's the Future of Agile Testing?

Speakers representing Borland will explore agile testing opportunities and issues at STARWEST 2009

Mountain View, CA - October 02, 2009

Speakers representing Borland (a Micro Focus company) will present their observations on the future of agile testing and deliver best testing practices at the STARWEST 2009 Conference in Anaheim, CA, October 5-9.

Joachim Herschmann, Product Director, Test Automation, and Dietmar Strasser, Director of Quality Assurance, representing the company will be presenting as well as participating in several sessions centered around agile testing at the conference and the STAR Quality and Leadership Summit.

In the panel discussion, “The Agile Testing Movement: Are Today’s Test Automation Tools Still Relevant?”, Herschmann will join leading industry experts to address the relevance of automation tools in the agile testing environment. This session will aim to help testers successfully navigate the obstacles associated with integrating traditional tools into an agile environment.

In “Toward 21st Century Automation for Agile Testing”, Strasser will discuss the challenges associated with shifting from traditional test automation to agile and provide best practices to avoiding these issues. Additionally, Herschmann’s session, “Improving Software Testing: One Organization’s Journey”, will review the future trends facing testers, including the need to more closely align development and testing with business requirements, the integration of normally separate practices and the increasing demand for quality testing technology.

Session Details

Testing AJAX Applications - What Does it Take?

When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 3:00 pm
What: Testing Web 2.0 applications presents numerous challenges to implementing a reliable test automation approach. This session will stress the importance of incorporating testability into applications to optimize the testing process.
Who: Joachim Herschmann, Product Director, Test Automation, representing Borland (a Micro Focus company)

The Agile Testing Movement: Are Today’s Test Automation Tools Still Relevant?

When: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm
What: Software projects are transitioning to agile from traditional, waterfall development. This panel discussion will highlight how automation tools can play a crucial role in the agile testing process.
Who: Joachim Herschmann, Product Director, Test Automation, representing Borland (a Micro Focus company); Shoba Raj, Senior Engineering Manager, Intuit; Richard Bender, Industry Consultant, Bender RBT, Inc.; Ross Collard, Industry Consultant, Collard and Company; and Dorothy Graham, Software Testing Consultant and Author.

Toward 21st Century Automation for Agile Testing

When: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 11:15 am
What: As organizations transition to agile software delivery approaches, they face several issues when implementing automation, including selecting tools that are usable and flexible. This session will delve into these challenges and provide best practices to avoiding these issues.
Who: Dietmar Strasser, Director of Quality Assurance, representing Borland (a Micro Focus company)

Improving Software Testing: One Organization’s Journey

When: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 1:30 pm
What: Testers face the need to align development and testing with business requirements as well as the integration of traditionally separate units. Due to the integration of these skills and practices, this discussion will review how organizations can prepare for the culture shift to fully achieve the productivity and value associated with agile development.
Who: Joachim Herschmann, Product Director, Test Automation, representing Borland (a Micro Focus company)

The Future of Testing - How Testing and Technology Will Change

When: Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:45 pm, STAR Quality and Leadership Summit
What: This session will explore the emerging trends that are requiring software leaders to change the way they think about the quality professional role, test technologies and processes.
Who: Joachim Herschmann, Product Director, Test Automation, representing Borland (a Micro Focus company)

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Borland is the leading vendor of Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) solutions – open to customers’ processes, tools, and platforms. Borland is a member of the Micro Focus group of companies.

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