UK Tester Forums

How can we industrialise Testing?

Testing factories were prominent in the mid 1990's pre year 2000, but what has happened to them now? Is this practice coming full circle or is there another way?

Sarah Saltzman

The Joy of Automation

BT One IT established an off-shore Test Automation Centre in November 2005. However, we still struggle to attract and develop 'users' of our regression testing service. Barry and Mo will present how they have reached this point working with their off-shore partners in providing a test automation service drawing out some of the successful aspects as well as challenges that persist.

Barry Baker and Mo Shannon of BT

Should Test Managers Get Emotionally Involved?

Yes, you've been there. Is it wrong for us to become emotionally involved or is it human nature?

Paul Gerrard, Principal Gerrard Consulting

Requirement Lifecycle Management, better requirements for testing (without testing doing all the work)

Pushing for testing-friendly requirements in multiple projects by getting involved earlier and on a different level. Discussion on the nature of requirements, examples and ways of relating requirement activities to testing tasks and roles.

Richard Ammerlaan, Chief Testing Officer of Sogeti UK