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Mar 4, 2024 - Mar 6, 2024Helsinki, FinlandAfter a sold-out Rapid Software Testing Explored class in 2023, Hidden Trail is hosting another! Register Here Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the more…
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Feb 22, 2024Ghent, BelgiumMichael is the co-creator of Rapid Software Testing (RST), a testing method and mindset that allows for better and more confident testing. In February 2024, Michael is coming to Belgium especially for Axxes! Our Axxes Testing League is constantly looking for ways to take their knowledge to the next level, and came to Michael. And you can enjoy this! On Thursday, February 22, Axxes is hosting a BREWT meet-up where Michael will talk about RST and the issues that are currently on his mind. We will make it an interactive evening, where you can ask questions as well.
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Feb 19, 2024 - Feb 23, 2024Antwerp, BelgiumA private Rapid Software Testing Explored class, presentations, and consulting in-house for a corporate client in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Feb 7, 2024 - Feb 9, 2024Auckland, New ZealandRapid Software Testing Explored Public Class in the Auckland. Save the dates. Details to come. Learn powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs. Organized by Potentia and Resourcefully in Auckland.
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Feb 5, 2024Auckland, New ZealandCreating, applying, and maintaining useful automation to support testing can be immensely valuable. It’s also a huge challenge. This one-day class is designed to help you help you meet that challenge, looking through the lenses of the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. This course is suitable for Testers, Developers, Project and Business Leads.
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Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 2, 2024Christchurch, New ZealandRapid Software Testing, a context-driven methodology for testing any product that includes or involves software. Through hands-on activities and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about software testing. Then we show you powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs.
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Dec 12, 2023 - Dec 14, 2023Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Hidden Trail is hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) webinar with Michael Bolton, diving into some deep testing questions. This is your chance to present your burning testing related questions directly to Michael! Sign up here for the AMA Session December 12th, 4-5pm (EET) Hidden Trail is hosting Rapid Software Testing Explored in Helsinki, March 04-06, 2024! More information here Here's a previous AMA session with Michael that was streamed live on February 2, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/PIx_W2B5qjY?si=BbOklUG5hSlnJPsd
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Oct 27, 2023Copenhagen, DenmarkExcellent testing is an open investigation by skilled technical people. Excellent test management requires you to center on the people who do testing—their skills, behavior, and relationship to the rest of the development process. This class will help you to be a better test manager. Some approaches to testing require rigorous scripts and procedures to be established in advance of any test execution. Management then centres on the artifacts of testing instead of the activity. Rapid Software Testing rejects this more…
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Oct 26, 2023Copenhagen, DenmarkRisk-based testing means organizing test strategy around suspected product risks. This means testers perform risk analysis before tests are performed, to guide the testing process; while performing tests, to notice possible problems and to adjust the strategy; and after the product is released, to learn about risks that were missed in earlier planning and testing. Risk-based testing is a powerful way to focus testing work, and to justify the time and energy it takes to test deeply. This one-day workshop more…
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Oct 25, 2023Copenhagen, DenmarkFutureproofing Testing, a public talk and meetup sponsored by Nine and Qalibrate Nine, Kongens Nytorv 18, Copenhagen Time: Doors open at 17:00. The first session starts at 17:30
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Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 25, 2023Copenhagen, DenmarkRapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of the original class more…
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Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 12, 2023Gothenburg, SwedenTraining (Rapid Software Testing Explored), presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Sep 25, 2023 - Sep 29, 2023Christchurch, New ZealandTraining (Rapid Software Testing Explored), presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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Sep 19, 2023 - Sep 21, 2023Auckland, New ZealandRapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of the original class more…
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Sep 18, 2023Auckland, New ZealandA one-day visit to a corporate client in Auckland, New Zealand, to talk about testing and exploration.
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Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 23, 2023Vienna, AustriaTraining, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Vienna, Austria.
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Jun 13, 2023Antwerp, BelgiumMeasurement, Metrics, and Magic Numbers Tutorial at the 2023 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. In the tutorial, we’ll learn about reliability and validity in measurement and metrics. We’ll analyze some common testing metrics, and learn how to recognize when they’re dangerous, based on smoke and mirrors.
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Jun 13, 2023Antwerp, BelgiumCritical Thinking Skills for Testers Tutorial at the 2023 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. In this interactive, hands-on and minds-on workshop, Michael Bolton shares specific techniques and heuristics of critical thinking that can help testers deal confidently and thoughtfully with difficult testing situations.
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Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 9, 2023Sofia, BulgariaTraining, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Jun 2, 2023Zurich, SwitzerlandMichel Bolton presents Keynote talk: The Rapid Software Testing Guide to What You Meant to Say at the GreaTEST Quality Conference in Zürich Switzerland.
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May 9, 2023Stockholm, SwedenMichael Bolton will be presenting Rapid Software Testing Focused: Risk and Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy and talking about The Secret Life of Automation at the SIGIST conference in Stockholm. For more information and to Register Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy Countless thousands of people create test cases and perform testing on products in the software industry. Yet few of us, when challenged, can concisely and compellingly explain why we chose to do these tests instead of those tests. This more…
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May 8, 2023Stockholm, SwedenMichael Bolton presents Rapid Software Testing Focused: RIsk. Risk-based testing means organizing test strategy around suspected product risks.
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Apr 24, 2023 - May 5, 2023Gothenburg, SwedenTraining, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 19, 2023Helsinki, FinlandRapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of the more…
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Apr 10, 2023 - Apr 14, 2023Lund, SwedenTraining, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Lund, Sweden.
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Apr 3, 2023 - Apr 7, 2023Gothenburg, SwedenTraining, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Mar 27, 2023 - Mar 30, 2023St. Louis, United StatesA visit to a corporate client for a three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class, with an extra day of presentations and consulting.
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Jan 16, 2023 - Jan 19, 2023Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of more…
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Jan 9, 2023 - Jan 12, 2023Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of the more…
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Dec 6, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)As the opening event for the Global Testing Summit 2022, I'll be participating in a live panel discussion with James Bach and Janna Loeffler. The topic: "What is Good Testing?" The event, which runs December 6 & 7, is organized by Perfecto Mobile and BlazeMeter. Our session kicks it off at 10h10 Eastern time on the 6th. Register and learn more at https://testguild.com/globaltestingsummit/.
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Dec 1, 2022Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)An online presentation for the fourth Agile Week at BNP Paribas Fortis. Thanks to Geert Lemmens and Yves Hanoulle for the invitation.
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Nov 28, 2022 - Dec 1, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)An special online version of Rapid Software Testing Explored for the members of the QAUA in Canada group, organized by Mikhail Pavlov. I am honoured to be supporting this project to help Ukrainian refugees getting settled in Canada.
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Nov 17, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)An ask-me-anything session with members of the QAUA in Canada group, organized by Mikhail Pavlov. I'm delighted to be supporting this project.
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Nov 17, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)One-on-one coaching session with a private client.
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Nov 11, 2022Lund, SwedenIn the morning, presentations for testers on Testing Deep and Shallow, and for managers on How To Get What You Want from Testing; and in the afternoon, a workshop on risk analysis.
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Nov 11, 2022 - Nov 14, 2022Lund, SwedenIn the morning, a workshop introducing Rapid Software Testing principles; and in the afternoon, a workshop on risk analysis.
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Nov 9, 2022Malmö, Sweden“Shift Left or Squish Right—Testing in a Shifting World”—a track talk at the Øredev Developer Conference in Malmö, Sweden.
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Oct 31, 2022 - Nov 2, 2022Stockholm, SwedenA course, a mind-set, and a skill set about how to do excellent software testing in a way that is very fast, inexpensive, credible, and accountable. The Rapid Software Testing Explored course is an intensive three-day, hands-on class, in which you do actual testing, working on exercises, puzzles, thought experiments, risk analysis, and scenarios—some computer-based, some not. The goal of the course is to teach you how to test anything expertly, under extreme time pressure and conditions of uncertainty, in more…
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Oct 4, 2022 - Oct 6, 2022Yerevan, ArmeniaI presented a three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class to employees of Quality Tech Lab in Yerevan, Armenia. The Quality Tech Labs folks took some video while I was there. And here's a review of the experience from Aramayis ("Fob") Hovhannisyan, the founder and CEO of the company.
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Sep 28, 2022 - Sep 30, 2022Sofia, BulgariaOn the occasion of my first-ever visit to Bulgaria, three presentations set up by the South-East Europe Test Conference team. September 28 was a one-day, pre-conference workshop on Analysis for Testers. The first official day of the conference, September 29, included a half-day tutorial on Critical Thinking for Testers. On September 30, I gave a keynote on Demonstration, Experiment, and Testing.
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Sep 20, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022Bucharest, RomaniaA private three-day the three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class class and a day of consulting for a corporate client.
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Sep 14, 2022Montréal, QuébecI gave two presentations of Shift Left or Squish Right: Testing in a DevOps Context at the ElevateDev'22 conference, organized by Genetec.
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Jun 27, 2022 - Jun 30, 2022Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of more…
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May 18, 2022 - May 20, 2022Zurich, SwitzerlandThis unique class introduces Rapid Software Testing, which is a context-driven methodology for testing any product that includes or involves software. Through hands-on activities and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about software testing. Then we show you powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs.
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Mar 28, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of the more…
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Feb 15, 2022Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)5 PM CET • 6 PM SAST • 11 AM EST About this Webinar Software testing experts and creators of the Rapid Software Testing methodology, James Bach and Michael Bolton, join Director of Inspired Academy, Bas Dijkstra, as they discuss how to remain relevant as a software tester in a fast-paced, ever evolving world. Key takeaways from the discussion: What are the key skills that you, as a software tester, need to learn to stay ahead of the curve in more…
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Feb 7, 2022 - Feb 10, 2022Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows you to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the deep testing that your project needs. RST Explored is the latest version of more…
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Jan 17, 2022 - Jan 20, 2022Online (for American Time Zones)A four-day RSTE class for North American time zones.
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Dec 1, 2021 - Dec 3, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Managed Online, for people in Europe, the UK, and points east.
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Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 25, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe and the UK and places east of there.
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Oct 20, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)"Blitz Consulting" – an ask-me-anything session for the Commited community in Ukraine.
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Oct 18, 2021 - Oct 21, 2021Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in Toronto (but whose testers are far across the sea).
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Sep 28, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A tutorial on Testing the Test Tools for the EuroSTAR testing conference. I presented set of heuristics for evaluating testing tools, written by James Bach and me.
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Sep 13, 2021 - Sep 16, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, daytimes for people in North and South America, and in the evenings for people in Europe, the UK, and Middle East.
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Sep 7, 2021 - Sep 10, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client, with participants in New York and the UK. Online training is not the same as in-person classes, but there is the advantage of being able to be in two places at once.
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Aug 25, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)"What Is Good Testing in 2021?", a panel discussion with me, James Bach, and Eran Kinsbruner from Perforce Software, who hosted the webinar.
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Aug 16, 2021 - Aug 19, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for the same corporate client as for which I taught a class the week of July 26.
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Aug 3, 2021 - Aug 6, 2021Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and the Pacific.
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Jul 26, 2021 - Jul 29, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in the Toronto region.
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Jul 19, 2021 - Jul 22, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in Toronto.
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Jul 15, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)A one-hour session on testers' résumés (or CVs) for a private client, a recruiting firm in the United Kingdom.
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Jul 14, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)A 90-minute "Ask Me Anything" session for a private client in the United Kingdom.
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Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe, the UK, the Middle East, and India.
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Jun 21, 2021 - Jun 24, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, in the daytime for people in North and South America; and in the evenings for people in Europe, the UK, and Middle East.
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Jun 2, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Commited is a testing community in Ukraine. They hosted an evening session of A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing, for its Pro members.
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May 25, 2021 - May 28, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe and the UK, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and India.
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May 11, 2021 - May 12, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)For the first time, the EuroSTAR folk presented EuroSTAR Summer Tutorials. I presented a one-day class on test reporting the Rapid Software Testing way, entitled What's the Story? Powerful Test Reporting.
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May 4, 2021 - May 5, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)The Craft Conference, is based in Hungary and presented worldwide online. The conference hosted my one-day Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy workshop, split into two half-days, Tuesday and Thursday.
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Apr 27, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)The STAREast Virtual Conference continues with X-Ray Vision for Testers, a one-day workshop on analysis.
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Apr 26, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)For the STAREast Virtual Conference, the return of Critical Thinking for Testers, a one-day workshop on... critical thinking for testers.
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Apr 12, 2021 - Apr 15, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online; a public class over Zoom.
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Mar 15, 2021 - Mar 18, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online for a corporate client.
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Mar 1, 2021 - Mar 4, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A sold-out public offering of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom teleconferencing for people in North and South America
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Feb 18, 2021 - Feb 19, 2021Online (for American Time Zones)A double live session—one for Indian time zones, and once for the Americas—for the ConTEST Conference. The topic: "Worlds in Collision", about the differences between the worlds of the tester, the developer, and the testing toolsmith.
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Jan 25, 2021 - Jan 28, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online for a public-sector client in the UK.
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Jan 11, 2021 - Jan 14, 2021Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom, for European, UK, and Indian time zones.
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Nov 30, 2020 - Dec 3, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)An online presentation of the Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client. Interestingly, all of the participants in this class were developers.
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Nov 17, 2020 - Nov 19, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)The EuroSTAR 2020 Online conference, at which I presented Answering Hard Questions: A Tester's Communication Clinic on November 17, and a keynote entitled Let's Talk About Problems.
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Nov 9, 2020 - Nov 12, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)A four-day public Rapid Software Testing Explored online class.
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Nov 3, 2020 - Nov 5, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)At HUSTEF, The Hungarian Software Testing Forum. I presented a half-day version of my Analysis for Testers class. The was also the premier of a keynote video on What's Wrong with Manual Testing.
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Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 8, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)The STAR West Conference; unsurprisingly an online event. A full-day Critical Thinking for Testers tutorial, and a full-day session of X-Ray Vision For Testers: How to Analyze Things.
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Sep 23, 2020 - Sep 25, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)An online presentation of Rapid Software Testing Applied with James Bach leading the class while I helped out.
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Sep 22, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)A one-hour Ask Me Anything session for the QA ATL Conference, organized by AQAA.
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Sep 15, 2020 - Sep 18, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Another online Rapid Software Testing Explored, for people in Europe and the UK (and very early risers in North America).
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Aug 12, 2020 - Aug 14, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)A public presentation of Rapid Software Testing Managed Online! James Bach and I co-presented to a full house live via Zoom teleconferencing.
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Jul 29, 2020 - Jul 31, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)Rapid Software Testing Applied online, with James Bach leading the class, while I helped out.
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Jul 24, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)An afternoon online group consulting and Q&A session with a private client in Portland, ME.
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Jul 14, 2020 - Jul 17, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)Another sold-out presentation of Rapid Software Testing Explored online, presented by James Bach with me providing support and colour commentary.
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Jul 13, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)An online presentation as part of the QA Touch Virtual Series. You can find the recording and the transcript here, but beware: the transcript seems to have been done with voice recognition software that isn't as careful as a human transcriber would be.
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Jul 3, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)I was interviewed by Federico Toledo of Abstracta for the company's Quality Sense podcast series. QA Touch Virtual Series.
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Jun 26, 2020Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)A virtual fireside chat with Ajay Balamurugadas at TribalQonf, an online conference organized by The Test Tribe in India.
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Jun 17, 2020 - Jun 19, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)Another Rapid Software Testing Applied class in which we applied Rapid Software Testing methodology to a real product, already in production. James Bach presented the class live via Zoom teleconferencing, and I provided support and colour commentary. An overview of Rapid Software Testing Appliedhere; details here.
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Jun 16, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)The Quare Meetcast, organized by Adam Matlacz, in which James Bach and I presented emerging ideas on experiential software testing (that's what people mean, by and large, when they say "manual testing").
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Jun 10, 2020 - Jun 11, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Days Three and Four of Rapid Software Testing Explored online for a client in Estonia.
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Jun 9, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)An online meeting of the Denver SQuAD, in which another panelist and I discussed ideas about artificial intelligence in testing.
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Jun 3, 2020 - Jun 4, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)Days One and Two of Rapid Software Testing Explored online for a client in Estonia. One benefit of online classes is the capacity to break them up into non-contiguous days.
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May 19, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)A one-hour online presentation for a corporate client in the Netherlands.
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May 19, 2020Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)An online London Test Automation in Devops meetup, organized by Andrew Taylor.
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May 4, 2020 - May 7, 2020Online (for American Time Zones)At the STAR East conference, abruptly moved online, two one-day classes: Critical Thinking for Testers, and X-Ray Vision for Testers—a workshop on how to analyze things.
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