Past Conferences

2009 Papers and Presentations

These are the papers and presentations from PNSQC 2009. Available in the tables below are links to presentation abstracts, full papers, and full presentation slides.

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2009 Keynote and Invited Speaker Presentations

Title PresenterLinks
Keynote: Are Lifecycles Still Relevant? Erik Simmons-Abstract
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Keynote: Agile, Testing, and Quality: Looking Back, Moving ForwardElisabeth Hendrickson-Video
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The Myths of RigorJames Bach-Video
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Lessons Learned in Large Scale Process ImprovementErik Simmons-Slides
Building AlliancesKaren Johnson-Video
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Learning from Pragmatic Project Managers: Make Your Project SuccessfulJohanna Rothman-Video
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Everyone Can Test PerformanceScott Barber-Video
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2009 Best Paper Presentations

Below are the paper presentations that were voted the best of PNSQC 2009.

Title Author
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Name
Author
Last
Name
Additional AuthorsLinks
Software Pedigree Analysis: Trust but VerifySusan CourtneyBarbara
Frederiksen-Cross,
Marc Visnick
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Test FasterJohnRuberto-Abstract
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2009 Papers and Presentations

TitleAuthor
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Name
Author
Last
Name
Additional AuthorsLinks
Reducing Test Case BloatLanetteCreamer-Abstract
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Build Robust Test Automation Solutions for Web ApplicationsWeiLiuDawn Wilkins-Abstract
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Improve Quality By Making Clear Requests and Commitments and Avoiding the “I’ll Try” TrapPam Rechel-Abstract
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The Effect of Highly-Experienced Testers on Product QualityAlan Page-Abstract
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Too much automation or not enough? When to automate testing.Keith Stobie-Abstract
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The Elephant in the Room: Using Brain Science to Enhance Working RelationshipsSharon BuckmasterDiana Larsen-Abstract
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Some Observations on the Transition to Automated TestingRobert Zakes-Abstract
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Can’t Travel? Virtual Retrospectives Can Be Effective!Debra Lavell-Abstract
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Moving Software Quality Upstream: The Positive Impact of Lightweight Peer Code ReviewJulian Ratcliffe-Abstract
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Web Security Testing with Ruby and WatirJamesKnowlton-Abstract
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Retrospective Analysis and Prioritization Areas for Beta Release Planning ImprovementAjay Jain-Abstract
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Quality Cost Management: Manage Your Quality Costs or Let Them Manage YouIan Savage-Abstract
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Testing IPv6 Enabled ApplicationsTravis Luke-Abstract
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A Distributed Requirements Collaboration ProcessBrandon RydellSean Eby,
Carl Seaton
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The Search for Software RobustnessDawn Haynes-Abstract
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Developing Requirements for Legacy Systems:
A Case Study
Bill BakerTodd Gentry-Abstract
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Half-Baked Ideas for Rapid Test ManagementJonBach-Abstract
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Distributed Team CollaborationKathy Milhauser-Abstract
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Best Practices for Security Testing: Top 10 Recommended PracticesAarti Agarwal-Abstract
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Reconfiguring the Box: Thirteen Key Practices for Successful Change ManagementLeesa Hicks-Abstract
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Moving to an Agile Testing Environment: What Went Right, What Went WrongRay Arell-Abstract
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Why Tests Don’t PassDouglas Hoffman-Abstract
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Leveraging Code Coverage Data to Improve Test Suite Efficiency and EffectivenessJean Hartmann-Abstract
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Managing Software Debt: Continued Delivery of High Value as Systems AgeChris Sterling-Abstract
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Score One for Quality: Using Games to Improve Product QualityJoshua WilliamsRoss Smith,
Dan Bean,
Robin Moeur
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Visualizing Software QualityMarlenaCompton-Abstract
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Where are You in Usability?Kelcie Anderson-Abstract
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My Experience of Adopting an Agile Software Development ApproachJohnBartholomew-Abstract
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New Challenges to Quality in the 24×7 Enterprise IT Shop: Post-Integrated Business Automation SystemsAl Hooton-Abstract
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An Empirical Study of Data Mining Code Defect Patterns in Large Software RepositoriesKingsum ChowXuezhi Xing,
Zhongming Wu,
Zhidong Yu
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Improving Your Quality Process: a Practical ExampleJohn Balza-Abstract
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Holding our Feet to the FireJim Brosseau-Abstract
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Data Mining for Process ImprovementPaulBelow-Abstract
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I Have Two Managers?!: One Company’s Model for a Consultative Testing Team and Matrix ManagementAmy Yosowitz-href="http://www.pnsqc.org/past-conferences/2009-conference/technical-paper-abstracts#36">Abstract
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ProdTest: A Production Test Framework for SAAS Deployment at Salesforce.comBhavana RehaniKei Tang-Abstract
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2009 Poster Papers

TitlePresenterLinks
Getting Quality in the Fuzzy Front-EndMark Noneman-Slides