CM Crossroads Webcast Series Automated Agile Functional Testing Practical Approaches to Quality that Get Results
Automated Agile Functional Testing Practical Approaches to Quality that Get Results |
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Broadcast Date: Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Speakers: “… Imagine dramatically shrinking your testing effort while, at the same time, increasing its velocity; being able to make decisions based on a real-time dashboard without having to re-invent your organization…” Software is critical in today’s business environment and its success depends heavily on a daunting paradox: provide higher quality software, faster. To achieve this, many organizations are adopting Agile development practices. With the transformation to Agile comes organizational culture change – to some, culture shock. Specifically, how will you transform your traditional quality practices and empower testing teams to thrive in the high-velocity, collaborative, incremental development world of Agile?
Eighteen months ago Borland's leadership team decided to transition its
development organization to Agile-- 325 engineers, working on a broad
portfolio of projects, and spanning thirteen different locations around
the world -- as part of an effort to reduce development costs, boost
efficiency and quality, and increase customer responsiveness. A key
component of Borland’s transformation was the migration of its quality
and testing teams. Today, Borland is in "the thick" of its Agile shift,
with nearly 40% of its teams using Agile practices. The results have
been dramatic.
We’ll also share the real world lessons and benefits that Borland has experienced during its Agile transformation. Attendee BenefitsAttendees will learn:
About the Presenters:
Matt Brayley-Berger
Matt Brayley-Berger focuses on Lifecycle Quality Management and Test Automation. He brings eleven years of experience in the software project management and quality assurance disciplines, and he has been a frequent speaker and instructor on these topics for over a decade. Most recently, Matt’s has led numerous organizational transformations from traditional testing methods to agile testing methods with industry leaders in the telecommunications, media, high-technology, and government sectors across the United States and Canada. He is also a certified SCRUM Master. Prior to joining Borland in 2005, Matt worked for IBM Rational. During his eight years at IBM, he was a member of both the sales and services teams, and was responsible for considerable growth and customer successes in the areas of project management and test automation.
About the Sponsor: 
Borland is the leader in Open Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) -- open to customers' processes, tools and platforms -- providing solutions that transform software delivery into a more manageable, efficient and predictable business process. Borland software, services and training help customers manage, measure and improve each critical process within the delivery lifecycle. Our Open ALM platform delivers process-based integration across all lifecycle assets, activities and tools so that customers can collaborate, share information and track the entire software delivery process. Borland is opening the world of software delivery to empower customers to maximize the business value of their software.
Borland – The Open ALM Company |
