CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS...
PAST EVENTS...
Monday, 3/8/2010 6:00 - 9:00pm
Progressive Campus II - Clubhouse Auditorium
Shel Prince presents a groundbreaking methodology for software-testing design that assures fewer bugs and thoroughly tested software applications in less time, and with less hassle, than traditional methods. The breakthrough involves Behavioral Modeling, a technique that produces the minimum size test suite for the maximum testing coverage. Addressing the three biggest problems facing anyone responsible for testing software—time constraints, too many bugs, and inadequate requirements—Prince offers systematic and concrete solutions to these problems providing a scalable, actionable approach valid in an enterprise or boutique development environment. Sure to become a classic in the world of software testing best practices, Software Test Design through Behavioral Modeling removes the guesswork from test suite design and empowers end-users, developers, testers and project managers with the tools they need to move their projects into go-live status with confidence.
Thursday, 1/21/2010 6:00 - 9:00pm
Corporate Plaza 1 - Amphitheater
“The single most common reason software engineers inject defects has been and is still poorly written requirements.” - Steve Rakitin
Quality starts in the beginning of the SDLC with requirements inspection. Leland Smith's presentation will show how requirements inspection can:
- Reduce defect detection cost
- Reduce rework
- Improve product quality
Thursday, 10/29/2009 6:00 - 8:30pm
Progressive Campus II - Clubhouse Auditorium
The constraints placed on a project team are time, quality and cost. Dr. Yongjian Fu from Cleveland State University will discuss combination testing which can help us right size our testing efforts. He will present the basic idea of combination testing and its various criteria. Through the appropriate use of test techniques and engaging the testing team early we can deliver high quality software on time and within budget.
Specific topics to be covered will include:
1. Combination testing and its criteria
2. Pair-wise testing
3. Design of pair-wise test
Thursday, 9/17/2009 6:00pm - 9:00pm
LeanDog "The Keasarge"
Our 6th Program Year offically starts with Jeff “Cheezy” Morgan presenting "Really Agressive Agile Development and Testing". Jeff has over 20 years in the IT industry working in numerous positions from managing an architecture team to director of technology for an insurance company. He and his team of IT and Business Professionals are focused on helping companies adopt and evolve the Agile Software Development methodologies through education and practice.
Cheezy will help us take Agile to the next level by discussing an aggressive approach to adopting and evolving this discipline by doing what he does best educating us.
Tuesday, 5/19/2009 5:30 - 8:30pm
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
RSVPs are no longer being accepted for this event due to security reasons. If you RSVP after 5/11 then you will not be able to attend and will unfortunately be turned away at the door. We are sorry for this inconvenience, but the Federal Reserve Bank has a rigid security policy.
Information Security is of the utmost importance. Do you want to learn about botnets? Get examples of the most famous botnets? Learn about the best ways to protect yourself at home and at the office.
NOTE: RSVPs must be submitted by 05/11/2009
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Thursday, 4/16/2009 6:00 - 8:00pm
Progressive Insurance Training Center
Why do Test Automation projects fail? More importantly, how can we make them succeed?
Having seen examples of both, Jim has developed a formula based on lessons learned, code reuse, return on investment, and project estimation. Far from being out of reach, these disciplines are accessible and can be used in both small and large projects. If you are currently in test automation, or are considering automating test cases, this presentation could be valuable.
Thursday, 3/26/2009 6:00 - 8:00pm
Sogeti
Testing Using Global Delivery
QA and Testing in a Rightshore environment
Globalization and diverse workforces bring this topic to the surface as Amarish Tripathi from Sogeti discusses "Testing Using Global Delivery: QA and Testing in a Rightshore environment".
Many companies these days are turning to out-sourcing and off-shoring IT work to save money. This presentation will focus on how these management decisions affect the everyday work of the on-site IT staff. While Global Delivery is an exciting topic in these economic times, it cannot be successful without an adjustment to the methods used to approach testing. It completely changes the team dynamic, team meeting expectations, task allocation, tester interaction with developers, and numerous other things.
This presentation is sponsored by Sogeti. Sogeti's proprietary TMap (Test Management Approach)® method has been established worldwide to help clients reduce software testing costs and time-to-market. Sogeti's Local Touch-Global Reach delivery model gives you the best of both worlds. With Sogeti, you receive the personal attention and accessible communication of local account management on every project, combined with flexibility, savings and efficiencies that offshore delivery can provide. The combination of the right onsite, onshore, and offshore resources is the key to success.
Thank you Sogeti for sponsoring facilities, food and beverages.
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Thursday, 2/19/2009 5:30 - 8:00pm
Corporate Plaza 1 - Amphitheater
As an IT professional, you need a solid understanding of the tools and processes that can affect your productivity. Test Driven Development can benefit the software development life cycle from various fronts. However it is also one of the most misunderstood processes in an organization moving towards Agile.
Edwin is a programmer with Compuware. He will be talking with us about TDD and how it helps Quality Assurance identify issues early in the software development life cycle and how you can apply this knowledge to your organization.
Topics include:
- Where test driven development fits under the Agile umbrella.
- How to program using TDD.
- Separation of functional tests.
- How test driven development can decrease total cost and software complexity.
- Effects on software architecture.
- Effects on documentation.
- Effective shortcuts.
Edwin has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from State University of New York. His 14 years of development experience focused on object oriented languages and principles. Join us for a presentation on TDD and feel free to bring a guest.
Special Thanks to Compuware for sponsoring the room, food and beverages for this event.
Thursday, 1/15/2009 5:30 - 9:00pm
Corporate Plaza 1 - Amphitheater
This presentation will cover Tony's own Performance Testing Process from cradle to grave. He will cover not only the standard practices normally related to
Testing and project management but also unexpected issues that typically arise and realistic approaches for dealing with these challenges. His presentation will include several sections such as:
- Performance Testing Non-functional requirements (NFR's)
- Testing goals and objectives
- Project management
- Types of performance testing
- Test planning
- Use cases for performance testing
- Workloads
- Performance testing guidelines
- System monitoring
- Remediation of testing and performance issues
- Results presentations
- Project completion criteria
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Tuesday, 11/11/2008 6:00pm - 8:00pm
CSU
Cleveland State University, Compuware Corporation and National City have come together to bring an exciting event to NOSQAA.
In this presentation, Thomas Bunge of National City Corporation provides an overview of the Six Sigma quality improvement methodology and its two distinct sub-processes; DMAIC and DFSS. He will also discuss how Six Sigma methods integrate synergistically with both the Software Development Lifecycle and the continuous practice of IT Service Management.
See the slide deck from the meeting.
Thursday, 10/16/2008 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
BoneYard - Mayfield
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Social Event: come network, meet someone new, find a lead
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Thursday, 8/28/2008 6pm - 9pm
Blair Center
Understanding the effort required to effectively change a culture using the Intentionally Designed Culture Process
Thursday, 7/17/2008 6:00 pm - ??
Akron Aeros
NOSQAA 2008 Summer Event: Thursday, July 17, Akron Aeros game.
Thursday, 5/15/2008 5:30 pm - 8:30pm
Double Tree - Independence
Service Oriented Architecture Testing – how it all comes together now
Thursday, 4/10/2008 6:00 - 8:00
Corporate Plaza 1 - Meeting Room
The Joy of Automated Testing in an Agile Environment
Thursday, 2/21/2008 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Victoria Insurance
Agile Software Development has introduced new concepts and practices. A common theme that exists through all of these practices is the emphasis placed on delivering high quality software.
Thursday, 2/7/2008 6pm - 8pm
BoneYard - Mayfield
"Tell us a little about yourself."
Thursday, 12/6/2007 6:00 - 8:00
Sogeti
How can we adequately test a system not only during its development, but also over the life of the system? Marsha will discuss how test automation can help, as well as her specific experience helping companies adopt the IBM Rational Tool set.
Thursday, 10/25/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Winking Lizard - Lakewood
NOSQAA NEEDS YOU!
Thursday, 10/11/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
BoneYard - Mayfield
NOSQAA NEEDS YOU!
Monday, 8/27/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Blair Center
A night with Board Members, Senior Executives, Enterprise Risk Managers, and Practitioners focusing on Software Quality and its effects on Risk with Dr. Charles Painter and Jim Nance.
Thursday, 5/17/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metropolitan Plaza Auditorium
What if the testing team had complete software requirements, comprehensive test plans and test scripts, automated tools for managing and executing testing, a solid defect management process and a good size testing staff? Testing should run relatively smoothly, right? Well, maybe not.
Thursday, 4/19/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metropolitan Plaza Auditorium
There is plenty of documented history where skimping on testing is a major contributor to project failures and cost over runs. This has been proven time and again to be a disastrous false economy. An effective testing process must minimize the risk of failure, be independent, professional, rigorous, comprehensive, business-driven and results-driven, and based on a proven methodology.
Tuesday, 3/6/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metropolitan Plaza Auditorium
Trying to determine what to test is always a challenge, but in some Systems the sheer number of possible combinations of parameters seems overwhelming. For example, if a system had 13 different parameters and each one could take on 3 different values, the number of combinations would exceed 1.5 million. Using a technique like all pairs it is possible to test all pairwise input combinations with just 15 test cases!!
Thursday, 1/18/2007 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metropolitan Plaza Auditorium
Performance testing an application can involve many test executions; variations on tests and adjustments to run time executions can result in volumes of output. Compiling the results can be burdensome and yet an important task that requires technical judgment and requires good decision making. What information do you include? What do you exclude? How do you make those decisions? Once your test results are compiled, how do you analyze the results? With all the tests executed, the test results compiled and analyzed – how do you present this information to upper management?
Thursday, 12/14/2006 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Metropolitan Plaza Auditorium
Many projects are interested in automating their test effort, but they aren’t sure how to begin. Successful test automation requires (1) dedicated time, and (2) solution design and automation tool expertise, two resources that often aren’t present on overworked test teams. Lack of time and expertise increase the risks involved with test automation.
Thursday, 9/2/2004 6:00 - 8:00
Blair Center
The Northern Ohio Software Quality Assurance Association (NOSQAA) invites you to join us as we share ideas and create a network of professionals where open communication is encouraged and will result in an improved state of technology throughout Northern Ohio.