You name the testing topic, and Alan Page has an opinion on it, hands-on practical experience with it—or both. Spend the afternoon with Alan as he discusses a variety of topics, trends, and tales of software engineering and software testing. In an interactive format loosely based on discovering new testing ideas—and bringing new life to some of the old ideas—Alan shares experiences and stories from his twenty year career as a software tester. Topics may include philosophical rants about code coverage and test pass rates; thoughts on the developer/tester relationship and quality ownership; and insights on test leadership and the real future of test. Join Alan for a unique opportunity to participate in intriguing discussions about testing that will expand your testing knowledge, give you the insight you need to grow your own career, and help your organization succeed.

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Half-day Tutorials
5/5/2014 1:00:00 PM
Alan Page: On Testing
Presented by:
Alan Page
Microsoft
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2. Alan Page
Microsoft
Alan Page is a principal SDET—a fancy name for tester—on the Xbox console team at
Microsoft. Edging up on twenty years in software testing, Alan has previously worked on a
variety of Microsoft products including Windows, Windows CE, Internet Explorer, and Office
Lync. He spent some time as Microsoft’s director of test excellence where he developed
and ran technical training programs for testers throughout the company. Alan was the lead
author of How We Test Software at Microsoft and contributed chapters on large-scale test
automation to Beautiful Testing and Experiences of Test Automation: Case Studies of
Software Test Automation. You can follow Alan on his blog or on Twitter @alanpage.

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Alan Page:
On Testing
Test Ideas are…
Ideas

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The Adjacent Possible
Liquid Networks
The Slow Hunch
Serendipity
Error
Exaptation
Platforms
Verifier Tools
Functional Testing
Acceptance Tests
Scenarios
Usability Testing
World Readiness
Exploratory Testing
Take home / Beta
Unit Testing
Code Coverage
Static Analysis
Code Churn Analysis
Performance Testing
Security / Privacy Testing
Stress Testing
QualityProduct
QualityEngineering
Customer Facing
Technology Facing

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Testers, Teams, and Test Teams
Generalizing Specialists

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How Does Microsoft …?
Leadership is the art of getting
someone else to do something you
want done because he wants to do
it.
Dwight Eisenhower

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Some Career AdviceSome Career Advice
learn your A-C-B’s

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find the steepest learning curve
ride the gravy train

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find a mentor
don‘t flip the bozo bit

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the three p’s
http://angryweasel.com/blog
http://twitter.com/alanpage