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March QA SIG MeetingMarch 10, 2010
Reducing Test Case BloatPresented by Lanette Creamer, Adobe Lanette Creamer will present an updated overview version of her technical paper from PNSQC 2009, Reducing Test Case Bloat. We may think we are ready to move onto new and innovative features. However, if we do not deal with the past, it can easily come back to haunt, slowing down new projects, and robbing our testing time unexpectedly, often to the point that testing becomes the bottleneck that slows innovation to a crawl. For those of us who work on software that already exists, exciting new functionality and improvements are the main things that drive upgrades, as well as compatibility with new platforms. However, if end users cannot trust the quality of the legacy features they rely on, they will be reluctant to upgrade, or worse, your new versions will get a reputation of being unstable - harming overall adoption. In some cases users may downgrade their software to an earlier version because they are unhappy with the quality of the newer release or request an earlier version they feel is reliable. This paper presentation is about the subjective and difficult part of testing which has no provable mathematical correct answer. It is about risk management, test planning, cost, value, and being thoughtful about which tests to run in the context of your specific project. The discussion covers identifying and reducing test case bloat, when it can be done, who does it, along with a few examples used in practice. Further, it will cover one untested but under test theory, experiences shared in significantly reducing test cases to cover more than three times the applications when the test team reduced from sixteen to four testers. When facing increasingly complex software and growing software, we must balance testing existing features that customers rely on every day with new features and interactions. When balanced in a sensible way, the best of the legacy test cases can be maintained, using existing knowledge to reduce risk as much as possible. About our speaker: Lanette Creamer is a test lead with 10 years industry experience ranging from product feature testing on early versions of InDesign to leading collaborative end to end workflow testing across the Adobe Creative Suites. Most recently Lanette has been testing on an agile team that is automating the software production process between a product build and actual shipment, to be used on all Adobe shipping products in 2010. Lanette has two published technical paper "Testing for the User Experience", voted best paper by presentation attendees at PNSQC 2008 and "Reducing Test Case Bloat", PNSQC 2009. Her magazine article "9 Ways to Recruit Testers for Collaborative Test Events" was published in Software Test & Performance Magazine, in the January 2010 issue. Lanette started writing a testing blog at http://www.testyredhead.com in 2006 and has been writing and collaborating with the online testing community non-stop since. |
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| 6:30-7:00 | Pizza and networking |
| 7:00-8:00 | Speaker presentation |
| 8:00-8:30 | Discussion and more networking |
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Upcoming Meetings |
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| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | Reducing Test Case Bloat with Lanette Creamer |
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | Details Coming Soon... |
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Past Meetings |
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from January 13, 2010 The Business of Crime InvestigationPresented by Detective Brian Stampfl from the Seattle CSI unit who discussed the business of Crime Scene Investigation - a discipline not unlike bug investigation, with processes often used in software testing. Stampfl talked about parallels and gave some insight into what Crime Scene Investigation is really like, straight from the source. See the Past Meetings page to see more detail. |
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from November 11, 2009 Half-Baked Ideas for Rapid Test ManagementPresented by Jon Bach. Whether you are a tester or a test manager, Jon Bach assumes you have no time to do the things you want to do. Knowing that even the things you absolutely must do today is its own list of competing priority 1 items, he has ideas on how to cope. They are truly "half-baked," as in, they are still in the oven, still being tested. See the Past Meetings page to see more detail and the presentation slides. |
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from September 9, 2009 What Would MacGyver Do?Presented by Harry Robinson. The goal of this program was to stimulate a dialog on how QA testing professionals can best collaborate with agile development to form a quality continuum for enduring sustainable software. Harry's talk: What Would MacGyver Do? looks at the current state of test automation and seeks to find new fresh ideas, including his "freestyle test automation." See the Past Meetings page to see more detail. |
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from July 8, 2009 Improving Testing Collaboration in Agile DevelopmentPresented by Bruce Winegarden. The goal of this program was to stimulate a dialog on how QA testing professionals can best collaborate with agile development to form a quality continuum for enduring sustainable software. |
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from May 13, 2009 Data Governance - Protecting Proprietary Information from Unauthorized ReleasePresented by Det. David Dunn and Seaton M. Daly III, Esq. |
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from March 11, 2009 How To Be A Test PilotPresented by Rob Bach |
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from November 12, 2008 Color-Aided Test DesignPresented by Ben Brodsky |
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from September 10, 2008 Acceptable Acceptance TestingPresented by Jon Bach |
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from July 9, 2008 Top Tester Pub Quiz |
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from May 14, 2008 Secrets of a Buccaneer TesterPresented by James Bach |
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from March 12, 2008 Distributed AgilePresented by Joy Shafer |
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from January 9, 2008 The Strange World of Problem SolvingPresented by Dr. John Medina |
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from November 14, 2007 Please Break My Stuff!Presented by Brian Snyder |
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from September 12, 2007 SBT Lite: Components of Session-Based TestingPresented by Sam Kalman |
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from May 9, 2007 STAREAST Preview: Top Ten Tendencies that Trap TestersPresented by Jon Bach |
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from March 14, 2007 Panel Discussion: Steer Your Quality Career with a Career PortfolioPresented by Brian Branagan, Lisa Buffmire, and Rebecca Warriner. See the Past Meetings page to see the presenters and view presentation materials. |
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from January 17, 2007 CSI SeattlePresented by Detective Hanf. See the Past Meetings page to see the presenters and view presentation materials. |
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from November 8, 2006 Lightning TalksPresented by multiple presenters. See the Past Meetings page to see the presenters and view presentation materials. |
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from September 13, 2006 An Integral Approach to Creating Quality SoftwarePresented by Brian Branagan and John Forman. |
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from May 10, 2006 Measurement PitfallsPresented by Steve Smith, Technical Business Consultant for EMC, a manufacturer of intelligent storage systems, software and services and an independent consultant. |
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from March 8, 2006 Breaking Down (and Building Up)Exploratory Testing SkillPresented by Jonathan Bach, Manager, Corporate Intellect and Technical Solutions, Quardev Laboratories |
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from January 11, 2006
Evolution of Structured Exploratory Testing at Philips UltrasoundPresented by Doug Carlton, System Integration Test Manager and LeAnn Coker, Integration Test Lead, Philips Ultrasound. |
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from November 9, 2005
Anatomy of an AttackPresented by Joe Basirico, Manager, Technology & Security Services with Security Innovation (http://www.securityinnovation.com) |
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from September 14, 2005
It's Too Darn Big to TestPresented by Keith Stobie from Microsoft Corporation |
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from May 11, 2005
A Theory of Variation in Software Development, Architecture and Project ManagementPresented by David Anderson from Microsoft Corporation |
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from March 9, 2005
Agile Product ManagementPresented by Greg Patrick from TechMeth, Inc. |
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from January 12, 2005
The Revolution in Manufacturing Quality - What can we learn?Presented by Larry Schuiski, President/CEO, AGILEAN Corporation, Productivity for Performance™ |
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from November 10, 2004
TeamTest 2005 DemoPresented by Tom Arnold and Jason Anderson, Microsoft Corporation |
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from September 8, 2004
When *You're* TestedPresented by Jonathan Bach, Quardev Laboratories |
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from July 14, 2004
Rapid Test PlanningPresented by Joy Shafer, Quardev Laboratories |
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from May 12, 2004
Exploratory Testing Bootcamp with Microsoft's Noel NymanPresented by Noel Nyman |
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from March 10, 2004
Model-based testing in the key of C#Presented by Harry Robinson and Michael Corning |
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from January 14, 2004
The Three R's of Software TestingPresented by James Bullock and Brian Branagan |
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from November 11, 2003
When All is Said and Done—hosting a meaningful project retrospectivePresented by Christina Chen |
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from September 23, 2003
Measuring up: QA and the FDAPresented by Andrew Jelen |
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from July 8, 2003
It's a Beta... What Do You Expect?Presented by Hal Bryan |
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from May 13, 2003
Testing In Session: A Way to Manage Exploratory TestingPresented by Jonathan Bach |
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from March 11, 2003
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from January 2003
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