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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

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