Kari Kakkonen presented on how to become a multitalented tester. He discussed that testers need skills in testing, domains, technology, and people to be effective. He explained different backgrounds that testers can come from and routes into testing such as education programs. Kari then shared his own journey of taking on multiple roles over time like test manager, agile coach, and author. He offered tips for continuous learning and trying new challenges to expand one's skills.
3. The book project ”Dragons Out!”
• Mission
• “Software testing brought to children”
• Book
• Author Kari Kakkonen
• Illustrator Adrienn Széll
• Text and illustration rights Dragons Out Oy
• In Finnish, English, Polish, French and growing
• For ages of 10-99
• Free “Dragon lesson in software testing”
presentation under Creative Commons –
license
• Translated to 20 languages!
• More info: www.dragonsout.com
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/ Professionals
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/ Net sales
Nordic ESG champions
/ Clear vision to accelerate the sustainability agenda
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5. ISTQB GLOBAL PRESENCE
• Number of exams
administered: over 1,1 million
• Number of certifications
issued: 836,000
• In 130 countries
6. TMMi for test improvement in all kinds of testing,
including agile and DevOps
13. Testing skills
provide the
basis
How much?
e.g. coverage,
heuristics,
techniques
What?
e.g. test types,
test levels,
quadrants
How?
e.g. exploring,
checking,
automation
When?
e.g. processes,
plans,
strategy
30. Learn more
• About what is needed for your new role
• About what interests you
31. Is there a
number of
skills to be
multitalented?
• The more skills and roles you handle, the more
you are multitalented!
• You are already multitalented, you just need to
realize what is your unique combination of
multitalentedness