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Test Optimization Strategy by leveraging Model Based Testing and Scriptless Test Automation

6:00 p.m. The Albany Club - 91 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario

Model based testing (MBT) is a methodology and toolset designed to accelerate the creation of test scripts. The tools let users describe the system under test using process models which then automate the generation of test cases. With model based testing, experienced testing professionals with domain knowledge can reduce testing time for commercial software by as much as 30%.

MBT enables proper traceability of requirements to test cases as all requirements are converted to models & Test cases are generated automatically from those models.

MBT helps achieve maximum coverage with optimized minimum) test cases.

Connect your Model Based Generated Test cases in an automation framework to create you automated QA Assembly line – focus of presentation.

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Rapid Software Testing - three-day course June 4 - June 6, 2018

9:00am to 5:00pm The Albany Club - 91 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario

You're a tester, a developer, a business analyst, or someone who manages them. No matter what kind of development model you're using Agile, DevOps, Lean, Scrum, or something more traditional and no matter what kind of business you're in;an established financial institution, big telecom, a medical device company, or a social media startup;the essential mission of testing is always the same. Managers, developers, and the other clients of testing have a central question: are there problems that threaten the on-time, successful completion of our task? Rapid Software Testing answers that question.

Rapid Software Testing (RST) is a complete testing methodology, designed for a world of barely sufficient resources, information, and time. It's is a mind-set and a skill-set focused on performing testing more quickly and less expensively while still completely fulfilling the mission of testing.The approach begins with developing personal skills and extends to the ultimate purpose of software testing: lighting the way of the project by evaluating the product for problems that threaten its value.

RST isn't just testing with a speed or sense of urgency; it's mission-focused testing that eliminates unnecessary work while assuring that necessary work gets done and important questions get answered. RST asks what testing can do to help lower cost, defends value, and speed the project as a whole in any development.

If you are an experienced tester, developer, business analyst, or manager, you'll find out how to reframe and articulate those intellectual processes of testing that you already practice intuitively.You'll discover how to model risk, how to design and describe your test coverage, and how to report problems and progress effectively. You'll learn how to talk about the product and your work clearly without resorting to unhelpful and misleading metrics. If you're a new tester, hands-on testing exercises will help you gain critical experience.

Although Michael lives in Toronto, this is the only public offering of Rapid Software Testing scheduled for Canada this year. Don't miss out on this rare opportunity!

Early Bird Price (Register by May 4) 
Member before May 4: $1300 
Non-member before May 4: $1350 

Regular Price (Register after May 4) 
Member after May 4: $1450 
Non-Member after May 4: $1500 

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Every participant registered in the course will be entered in a draw to receive $250 refund!

Lunch will be provided free!

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Accessibility - What is it, and why is it important?

6:00 p.m. The Albany Club - 91 King Street East, Toronto, Ontario

Usability, Inclusion, Design!

The accessibility challenge is the deficit gap between the disability of the user and the system capabilities, and the goal is to bridge the accessibility gap, through inclusive design, that will create the best possible end-user experience.

Accessibility is a measurement of productivity not disability, and accessibility is a subset of Usability. Usability is concerned with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction through multiple means of representation, multiple means of expression, and multiple means of engagement. So, design is the bridge between information and understanding, built upon three pillars of security, performance, and accessibility.

If you do not understand the information then it is just noise, and if any one of the pillars is weak then people are put at risk. That is, cognitive considerations for visualization and the information interface design, are important for making products and services accessible and usable. The bridge design must consider the physical and cognitive characteristics of people with a holistic user interface that incorporates vision, audio, and touch, so as to close the gap of inclusion.

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