Past Conferences

2010 Conference At-A-Glance

The following is the at-a-glance view of the program schedule for the three-day PNSQC 2010 conference.

Monday, October 18, 2010

7:30-8:00 AM Registration and Exhibits Open
8:00-8:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:15-9:45 AM

Keynote
Project Patterns: From Adrenalin Junkies to Template Zombies,
Tim Lister, Atlantic Systems Guild

9:45-10:15 AM Break in Exhibit Hall
gap Test Technique Automation Process Improvement Collaborative Quality
10:15-11:00 AM

INVITED SPEAKER

Contextually-Driven System Architecture Reviews


Michael Dedolph

Test Environment Configuration in a Complex World


Maxim Markin, Microsoft

Quality Pedigree Programs: Or How to Mitigate Risk
and Cover Your Assets


Susan Courtney,
JLI Inc.

Bridging the Cultural Gap


Katherine Alexander,
Vertex Business Services

11:10-11:55 AM

Issues in Verifying Reliability and Integrity of Data Intensive Web Services


Anand Chakravarty, Microsoft

Inspiring, Enabling and Driving Quality Improvement


Jim Sartain,
Adobe Systems

INVITED SPEAKER

Three Must Haves to Pass the PMP Exam


Balbinder K. Banga, PMP

12:00-1:25 PM Deep Dive Birds of a Feather Lunch (dessert in the Exhibit Hall)
gap Test Technique Automation Process Improvement Collaborative Quality
1:30-2:15 PM

Effective Testing Techniques for Untold Stories in
Story-Driven Development


Erbil Yilmaz, Microsoft

Peering into the White Box: A Testers Approach to
Code Reviews


Alan Page, Microsoft

Document Your Software Project


Ian Dees,
Tektronix

Performance Testing and Improvements Using Six
Sigma – 5 Steps for Faster Pages on Web and Mobile


Mukesh Jain, Microsoft

2:25-3:10 PM

Simulating Real-World Load Patterns When Playback
Just Won’t Cut It


Wayne Roseberry, Microsoft

Testing Concurrency Runtime via a Stochastic Stress
Framework


Atilla Gunal, Microsoft

Code Coverage Case Study: Covering the Last 9%


Cristina Manu, Microsoft

Testing the Mobile Application’s Performance
– a Case Study on Windows Mobile Devices


Rama Krishna Pagadala,
Microsoft

3:15-3:45 PM Break
gap Test Technique Automation Process Improvement Performance
3:45-4:30 PM

INVITED SPEAKER

Testing as a Risk Management Activity


Alan Koch

Using Live Labs Pivot to make Sense of the Chaos


Max Slade, Microsoft

Managing Polarities in Pursuit of Quality


Denise Holmes, Edge-Leadership Consulting

Increase Development Efficiency by Utilizing Outsourced Testing


Hao Zhao,
Expedia, Inc.

4:40-5:20 PM

Streamlining Test Automation Using White-Box Driven
Approach


Sushil Karwa, McAfee

Lean System Integration at HP


Kathleen Iberle, Hewlett Packard

Lessons Learned About Distributed Software Team Collaboration


Kal Toth, Portland State University

5:30-9:00 PM Conference Social Kickoff – Exhibits & Poster Papers
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres & beverages; open to the public.


Tuesday, October 19, 2010

7:30-8:00 AM Registration Open
8:00-9:30 AM

Keynote
Using Simple Automation to Test Complex Software,
Harry Robinson, Microsoft

9:30-10:15 AM Break with Poster Papers
break Agile Testing Usability Complexity
10:15-11:00 AM

Scaling Agile Teams; Replicating the Successes
Achieved with Small Teams on Larger Ones


Don Hanson II, McAfee

Don’t Test Too Much! (or Too Little) -
Lessons Learned the Hard Way


Keith Stobie, Microsoft

User Experience Grading via Kano Categories


Matt Primrose, Intel

Turning Complexity into Simplicity: an Experience Report


Jon Bach,
Quardev, Inc.

11:10-12:00 PM

ATDD in Scrum – Improving Quality, User Focus
and Fun – All in One


Sari Kroizer, Intel

Software Quality Assurance in the Physical World


Kingsum Chow, Intel

Affecting Printer Installation Success in the
Consumer Market


Kathleen Naughton, Hewlett Packard

Exibitor

Testing in the Cloud


Paul Tompeter

12:00-1:25 PM Lunch Break
break Agile Testing Technique UI Automation
1:30-2:15 PM

INVITED SPEAKER

Person-to-Person Communication: Models and
Applications


Rick Brenner

Visualize Software Quality


Mark Fink, Tabane Limited

Using Customer Driven Quality to Manage Complexity


John Ruberto, Intuit, Inc.

Scripting vs. Coding for Rapid Test Case Automation


Sam Bedekar, Microsoft

2:25-3:10 PM

Using Static Code Analysis to Find Bugs Before They
Become Failures


Brian Walker, Tektronix

Incorporating User Scenarios into Software Testing
Lifecycle


April Ritscher, Microsoft

Web Test Automation Framework with Open Source
Tools Powered by Google WebDriver


Kapil Bhalla, Intuit

3:15-3:45 PM Break with Poster Papers
break Agile Testing Technique Complex Data Process Improvement
3:45-4:30 PM

INVITED SPEAKER

The Good, Bad, and the Puzzling: The Agile
Experience at Five Companies


Michael Mah

Adaptive Application Security Testing Model (AASTM)


Ashish Khandelwal, McAfee

Driving Product Quality towards Release Goals


Bhushan Gupta, Nike Inc.

Assessing the Health of Your QA Organization


Michael Hoffman, Jeppesen

4:40-5:20 PM

Large-Scale Integration Testing at Microsoft


Jean Hartmann, Microsoft

Working with Complex Data


Engin Uzuncaova, Microsoft

Software Quality Management System


Omar Alshathry, De Montfort University

5:30-7:30 PM Networking and Presentation, co-sponsored with the Rose City SPIN


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Registration Open, 7:30-8:30 AM
Workshops, 8:30 AM-5:30 PM

W1. Risk Workshop: Project Code Name “Blind Faith”, Tim Lister
W2. Exploratory Test Automation, Harry Robinson
W3. Managing Virtual Teams for Real Results, Rick Brenner
W4. Intuitive Risk Management, Michael Dedolph
W5. The Role of Testers in Agile Projects, Alan Koch
W6. Rightsizing Your Project at Internet Speed, Michael Mah