Certainty in a Risky World

Abstract:

Have you ever noticed that releases of software at your organization directly correlate to problems and issues that arise as new code begins powering your site or application? Have you had difficulty quantifying and communicating this risk to your organization at large? Do some of your releases include multiple development teams and large, cross-functional programs? In this presentation, we'll cover some useful metrics for releases for both large and small development efforts. These metrics include number of defects, unit test coverage, and passing test cases. We'll also demonstrate how these can be pulled together into a single dashboard, as well as one single rating, in order to best communicate whether or not a release or large program effort is ready. The specific tools that will be used for the demo are Atlassian's Confluence and JIRA, along with Zephyr (for test case management). However, the concepts that we'll discuss should broadly apply to other tools that may be used. Armed with what you learn in the presentation, you can bring more certainty into your projects!

Speakers:

  • Ben Rogers

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    Ben Rogers has held various roles in the tech industry over the last twenty years. He currently implements Agile principles and practices at HomeAway as a Test Program Manager, helping to shepherd large development efforts that cut across the organization. He previously worked as a Quality Assurance Engineer, Systems Administrator, and Technical Support Engineer at PeopleAdmin, Sendmail, and IT Masters. He has also managed groups of QA Engineers as large as ten, driving quality efforts and facilitating growth of the people that he has managed. For the past seven years, he has been co-chair of the Agile Austin QA SIG, fostering an ongoing discussion of the challenges that all testing professionals face. In his spare time, he enjoys working.

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May 24, 2018

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http://www.agileaustin.org

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