Conference Tracks

PNSQC topics are organized into three main tracks. Each track includes a range of topics under the general umbrella of software quality. The following items are provider only as examples. Thinking in terms of these tracks may help focus your own topic for proposals.

Quality Engineering

In practice, developing quality software involves applying a combination of good engineering processes and methods, tools and technologies, implementation techniques, and infrastructure support. Quality is multidisciplinary and weaves throughout a product, service, and organization.

Whether you are an experienced technology professional or just starting your career, PNSQC believes that by sharing your experiences and interests our quality community becomes stronger and more dynamic. All of the following items can be classified as process and tools.

Topic examples in this track include:

Some paper topics might include:

• How to really measure value? What happened when we examined how the system is used.
• We went from no Test Automation framework to X. Here's what we learned.
• We were looking for a better way to do [system integration | UAT | UX | security | performance] testing

Management, Leadership, People & Enterprise IT Quality

Behind every great product, there is a great management team. To create a quality organization, growing and attracting quality managers and leaders is essential. This track is focused on exploring management concepts, techniques, and case studies that aspiring or experienced leaders can share and learn from.
 
This year, we encourage topics that not only focus on leading teams but also on building Enterprise IT Quality — including strategies that ensure the reliability, security, and performance of applications, data, and infrastructure at scale. (For a discussion of Enterprise IT Quality from the PNSQC Board’s perspective, see this brief.)

Management topic examples:

• Growing and managing highly motivated teams
• Leadership development, mentoring, and skill-sharing
• Managing Agile teams and scaling Agile across an enterprise
• Collaboration, communication, and organizational resilience
• Project and product management in complex IT environments
• Maintaining data, application, and infrastructure quality at scale
• Managing risk and implementing corrective actions
• Leveraging diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for organizational strength

Some paper topics might be:

• My team had layoffs. Here's how we maintained quality through that.
• We were suddenly in charge of a large software system. Here's how we documented, tested, and stabilized it.
• Building a data-driven culture: Enhancing decision-making through better data quality.
• Lessons learned from scaling infrastructure and applications post-merger.  
• How we implemented quality and risk management as our IT footprint expanded.

AI and Emerging Technologies

New technologies are constantly emerging, each with unique challenges in engineering, testing, operations, and management. Software quality is crucial for the success of these technologies and processes. This track welcomes contributions from experts passionate about ensuring software quality in new and emerging technologies. Please join us in sharing expertise, exchanging ideas, and learning new strategies for ensuring high-quality software in emerging technologies.

Your knowledge and insights can include topics such as:

• Extended Reality (XR), Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR)
• Autonomous Things (AuT) – Software, Drones, Home devices, Vehicles
• Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP)
• Cybersecurity – DevSecOps
• Big Data – data lakes, data mining, data analytics
• Blockchain
• Internet of Things (IoT) – Scaling, Management, Analytics, Low-power networks
• Chaos Engineering
• Biotechnology
• Sustainable/Green Technologies - renewable energy, electric vehicles, green data centers
• Robotics - Collaborative robots

Paper topics might include:

• We integrated generative AI into our system. Here's how we checked the quality...
• We discovered a better way to identify and fix bugs in software systems.
• Here's how we transitioned to the new technology and maintained quality.

Send in your ideas

Don't miss this opportunity to showcase your expertise, contribute to our Community of Quality, and get FREE admission to this year's conference. Submit your abstract now and be a part of PNSQC this year!

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Poster Papers

Alternatively, if you have an idea, but aren't sure you have a full concept for a paper, share your expertise gained with our community by presenting a poster paper at the conference.

Propose a Poster Paper today!