CTGSOFTWARE

TESTINGSEMINAR

Presented by

A Unique

FREE Event for

Software Testing

Professionals

in Belgium

TER ELSTCongress Center

Edegem

15 October, 2008

INTRODUCTION

I’m pleased to invite you to CTG’s fourth Software Testing Seminar. This one-day seminar is a rare opportunityfor Belgian software test professionals to meet and learn from each other. And this event is FREE!

The CTG Software Testing Seminar offers a very exciting program with 15 inspiring presentations andworkshops to choose from. We expect more than 150 attendees at this event.

This is your chance to learn from testing experts who will share their experiences and insights, presentsoftware testing trends, and explain cutting-edge solutions. Find answers to your questions about agiletesting, web and tester evolution, SOA testing, TPA-Box, and more. Meet test tool vendors and challengetheir solutions.

This unique event is non-commercial. Knowledge transfer and training are key. Above all, CTG’s SoftwareTesting Seminar will be educational and inspiring.

I hope to see you on 15 October 2008!

Best regards,

Bart Briers

Director, Testing Services, CTG Europe

AGENDA

9:00 AM Welcome/Coffee and Tea

9:30 AM IntroductionBart Briers

9:35 AM Opening Keynote: The Evolution of TestingRuud Teunissen (Testing Visionary)

10:15 AM Agile Testing: Test Side StoryZeger Van Hese

Data Warehouse Testing Ingeborg Vergauwen

Vendor Presentation: IBM

11:00 AM Break/Test Tool Expo

11:30 AM Soft Skills for Test ManagersEls Van Den Berg and Kris Lenssens

Vendor Presentation: HP

12:15 PM Lunch

1:45 PM The Web Evolves, but What Aboutthe Testers? Patrice Willemot

SOA Testing Jorge Van der Straten

Workshop: Business ProcessTesting: Bram Geukens

2:45 PM TPA-Box: Test Process AssessmentsAlec Puype

A Bug’s LifeMichael Pilaeten

3:30 PM Break/Test Tool Expo

4:00 PM Optimizing Testing at the Front Line Bert Jagers

Performance Testing Core PrinciplesTim Taels

Test Environment OrganizationArnaud Thiry

4:45 PM Closing KeynoteRuben Lemmens (Ministry of Justice)

5:25 PM Closing Bart Briers

5:30 PM Drinks

PROGRAM SESSION DETAILSOpening Keynote: The Evolution of TestingRuud Teunissen

How has testing evolved during the last decades? In the beginning testing was something new and unknown (‘the pioneer-ing stage’). In the next stage, the current definition of the testing role was developed (‘specialization’), and different modelsfor process improvement testing were created (‘structuring’). The current stage focuses on integration and optimization.I'll describe the characteristics of each stage, and identify the points that are critical for the future of our profession.

Agile Testing: Test Side StoryZeger Van Hese

As more and more development teams adopt agile practices such as XP and Scrum, software testing teams are beingasked to become ‘agile’ as well. But what does that mean? Is agile just the current buzzword, or can agile practicesactually change the way software is built and tested?In this talk I’ll point out how traditional testing practices evolved and how agile practices differ from the more tradition-al testing practices. Along the way, I will demonstrate how test teams can be more agile based on my experience work-ing as a tester on agile teams.

Data Warehouse TestingIngeborg Vergauwen

Business intelligence reports contain an organization's historical data for management decision systems. The datacomes from different operational systems and is extracted, transformed, and loaded into the data warehouse. An ETLprocess can be quite complicated—but at the end the data must not lose quality. During this presentation I will show you the specific tests that can be executed to verify the data from the source, theoperational systems, to the target, and the BI reports.

Vendor Presentation: IBMJerome Granbastien

Soft Skills for Test ManagersEls Van Den Berg and Kris Lenssens

Test professionals must have good soft skills too. We will highlight the soft skills that test managersneed to have to be successful, such as communication, coaching, and negotiation. We also will pro-vide you with tips and tricks—and demonstrations—on how to apply these important skills.

Vendor Presentation: HPJerry Saelemakers

The Web Evolves, but What About the Testers?Patrice Willemot

Approximately 22% of the world’s population uses the Internet. But do they know about the latest Internet evolu-tions? Do they know the meaning of buzzwords like web 2.0, mash-up, social network, AJAX, semantic web, webservices, flex, and others? During this presentation you will learn about the new web—and its buzzwords. What can we expect from the newweb applications in the future and what is the impact for testing? You will have a chance to experience how andwhy a tester should complete or expand the old test strategy when the test object is a web application with newtechnologies.

SOA TestingJorge Van der Straten

One of the most-hyped systems in IT today is service-oriented architecture (SOA), an evolution of distributed com-puting. SOAs build applications out of large units of functionality called services. Industry experts say SOAs willsoon be the dominant enterprise IT architecture. Why? SOA has the power to transform IT from a bottleneck andcost center into a key source of business flexibility and competitive advantage. But when implemented incorrectly,SOA can disrupt the business. Instead of becoming more agile, the business can become more fragile. Therefore,testing in the SOA world is extremely important.This presentation will describe and illustrate the concept of SOAs, then explain why SOA testing is (not) so differ-ent. It soon becomes clear that all the differences lie within the realms of process (are the traditional testing meth-ods still valid?), people (do we need another skillset and/or test organization?), and tools (can we use the tradition-al test tools, or is there a specific SOA tool set?).

Workshop: Business Process TestingBram Geukens

This workshop will focus on business process testing, an HP solution that allows non-technical testers and testautomation engineers to collaboratively build automated tests. Non-technical testers with business knowledge typical-ly know very well how to test their system, but do not necessarily have the skills to set up a maintainable automatedtest suite. On the other hand skilled test automation engineers often have limited business knowledge. Businessprocess testing is a framework where both profiles can work together to come to a well-built automated test suite. The first part of the workshop consists of a presentation on the main functionalities of this product. In the second partof the workshop, the attendees will have time to experiment with the tool including a hands-on exercise.

TPA-Box: Test Process Assessments Based on ExperienceAlec Puype

Too often, software testing turns into an uncontrollable process. It’s not carried out in a structured way, it takes too muchtime, it involves higher costs than originally planned, and it fails to provide insight into the quality of the system under testand the associated risks. The first step towards improvement is to know both where you are and where you are going. TPA-Box (Test Process Assessments Based on Experience) provides a framework for assessing the test maturity of an organ-ization, based upon a continuous presentation of the standard (staged) TMMi® model (Test Maturity Model—integration).

A Bug’s LifeMichael Pilaeten

As testers, we’ve all encountered numerous bug life cycle models—some fairly basic, some quite exuberant. What if you weregiven the opportunity to choose your own bug life cycle model? How would you make your choice, and what criteria would youuse to select your model? This presentation will assist you in advising, implementing, or creating the ideal bug life cyclemodel. You’ll encounter the most common bug life cycle models used, and you’ll discover their strengths and weaknesses.

Optimizing Testing at the Front LineBert Jagers

When we consider testing, things more or less boil down to one critical aspect: what does my customer or employerwant to pay for? But what is exactly ‘that what the customer wants’? And how can we deliver it to them? Is it goodproduct quality, as fast and as cheap as possible? Unit testing is considered to be the best option for improving soft-ware. Yet most companies do not do unit testing. This problem has been identified as the developer testing paradox. To improve productivity, we could reinforce andimprove independent system (integration) testing. For independent system testers, there might be several possibili-ties to increase productivity. Should we specialize in specific areas or must we be able to find our way in every area?Maybe we should even infiltrate the development teams?

Performance Testing Core PrinciplesTim Taels

Performance testing is a complex activity, and although no performance testing project is exactly the same it’s possible toidentify some activities that are part of nearly all project level performance testing efforts. These activities can have differ-ent names or a different focus, but rarely are they not addressed in a successful performance testing project. During this presentation we will discuss the principles behind these common activities, but all topics will be complement-ed with practical examples from real life experiences.

Test Environment OrganizationArnoud Thiry

Managing test data and applications under a test environment that is not structured or controllable can lead to severalcritical problems—especially when a testing project is quite complex and requires many parallel versions. That's whywe worked with a customer to reorganize their current test environment. After implementation, the new environmentprovides trustworthy results, stability, and maximum availability. During this presentation we will provide a detailed overview of our solution.

Closing KeynoteRuben Lemmens (Ministry of Justice)

EVENT DETAILS

Event DateWednesday 15 October, 2008

Doors open at 9:00 AM.

LocationCONGRESHOTEL TER ELST

Ter Elststraat 310 (ingang Kattenbroek)

2650 Edegem

Tel.: +32 (0)3 450 90 00

Fax: +32 (0)3 450 90 90

For directions and site details, please visit:

http://www.terelst.be

REGISTRATION: please send an email to anja.ceuls@ctg.com, before 03 October 2008