Thanks Chris. Pine
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:22 AM, Chris McMahon <cmcma...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Sounds interesting. Will there be a video of this event, similar to the > > monthly metrics meetings? > > > > Yes, Elisabeth is agreeable, we intend to record the talk and post it if > all goes well. > -Chris > > > > > > > Pine > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Arthur Richards < > aricha...@wikimedia.org > > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 the Quality Assurance Group and Team > > > Practices Group hope you will join us for a meet-up at the WMF entitled > > > 'Exploratory Testing for Complex Software; Lessons from Cloud Foundry' > > with > > > special guest speaker Elisabeth Hendrickson [1]. We will be discussing > > > testing in agile iterative software development, and in particular > > > exploratory > > > testing <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory_testing> [0]. This > > will > > > be a lively and enlightening conversation, aimed at everyone concerned > > > about the overall quality of software - even those who do not > necessarily > > > contribute code. > > > > > > *When*: Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 6:00pm - 8:30pm (for WMF folks > there > > > is a calendar event on the Engineering calendar) > > > > > > *Where*: > > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > 6th Floor, collab space > > > 149 New Montgomery St. > > > San Francisco, CA > > > (Accessible for remote participation via Hangouts on Air; link TBA) > > > > > > *From the meet-up invite > > > <http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/207856222/>*[2]: > > > In modern software development organizations, the days are gone when > > > separate, independent Quality Assurance departments test software only > > > after it is finished. Iterative development and agile methods mean that > > > software is constantly being created, tested, released, marketed, and > > used > > > in short, tight cycles. An important testing approach in such an > > > environment is called Exploratory Testing, and the Wikimedia Foundation > > has > > > made significant investments to support Exploratory Testing for its > > > software development projects. > > > > > > Elisabeth Hendrickson is "test obsessed". She was an early adopter and > > > vocal proponent of all aspects of agile software testing. She has been > > > particularly instrumental in encouraging and defining the practice of > > > Exploratory Testing. Elisabeth's 2013 book "Explore It!: Reduce Risk > and > > > Increase Confidence with Exploratory Testing" is the standard reference > > on > > > the subject. > > > > > > Join us in the Wikimedia Foundation collaboration space to hear > Elisabeth > > > discuss her experience doing software testing for complex projects, > with > > > particular examples of Exploratory Testing from her current work as > > > Director of Quality Engineering for Cloud Foundry. > > > > > > This talk is for everyone involved in the overall quality of software, > > and > > > it will be of particular interest to Project Managers, Product > Managers, > > > and those working with software development projects who do not > > necessarily > > > contribute code directly to the projects. > > > > > > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploratory_testing > > > > > > [1] Elisabeth Hendrickson is a tester, developer, and Agile enabler. > She > > > wrote her first line of code in 1980, and almost immediately found her > > > first bug. In 2010 she won the prestigious Gordon Pask Award from the > > Agile > > > Alliance. She is best known for her Google Tech Talk on Agile Testing > as > > > well as her wildly popular Test Heuristics Cheatsheet. In 2003, she > > learned > > > how to do Agile for real from Pivotal Labs while working as a tester on > > one > > > of their projects. In 2012 she decided it was time to take up permanent > > > residence in the Pivotal offices, where she is the Director of Quality > > > Engineering for Cloud Foundry, Pivotal's Open Source Platform as a > > Service > > > (PaaS). > > > > > > [2] http://www.meetup.com/wikimedia-tech/events/207856222/ > > > > > > -- > > > Arthur Richards > > > Team Practices Manager > > > [[User:Awjrichards]] > > > IRC: awjr > > > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
