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Track Talk

The Story of a Tester: Shaped by Testing; Shaping Testing

Dorothy Graham

11:00-11:45 CEST Wednesday 8th June

How long have you been in software testing? What was testing like when you first encountered it? How did the discipline of software testing get to where it is today, and where is it headed in the future? In this presentation, Dorothy Graham takes a look back at software testing from a personal perspective as well as a general view. She shares what she has learned from her experiences over the years, with lessons for today.

Dot started her working life by being put into a test group, where she wrote test execution and comparison programs (they weren’t called “tools” back then). In her 50 years as a developer and then a testing specialist, she has seen many changes and has been in at the start of many initiatives to help shape the discipline of software testing (including being Programme Chair for the first EuroSTAR conference in 1993). Dot will share her experiences and insights into how testing became as it is today. Each decade has had its own “hot topics” in computing in general and in testing. These concerns had a significant impact on the testing at that time, and sometimes still influence testing today. Some things have changed dramatically over the past 50 years, but interestingly, some things have not changed. What might the future shape of software testing be like?

Software testing has shaped my life, and I believe that my life may have had some small impact on shaping testing.

What you will learn

  1. Understand how testing has been shaped over the decades
  2. Learn from my experiences to help improve your own journey
  3. Be true to yourself to shape your career

Session Details

  • Introductory
  • 45 Minutes
  • Includes 15mins Q&A
  • People, Teams and Culture
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Let’s hear from Dorothy Graham and learn more about her talk, ‘The Story of a Tester: Shaped by Testing; Shaping Testing’.

We look forward to welcoming you to EuroSTAR 2022.

Session Speaker

EuroSTAR 2022 speaker Dorothy Graham
Dot Graham EuroSTAR Awards

Dorothy Graham

Independent, UK

Dorothy Graham has been in software testing for 50 years, and is co-author of 5 books (Software Inspection, Software Test Automation, Foundations of Software Testing, Experiences of Test Automation, and A Journey Through Test Automation Patterns).

She has been coming to testing conferences since 1991. She was Programme Chair for the first EuroSTAR conference in 1993 and also in 2009. She founded Grove Consultants in 1989 which provides consultancy and training in software testing. She has been a popular speaker at international testing conferences and events over the years, and has continued to speak after retiring from Grove in 2008. Dot helped to start testing qualifications (in the UK) and helped develop the first ISTQB Foundation Syllabus. She holds the European Excellence Award in Software Testing, and the first ISTQB Excellence Award in Software Testing. Her main hobby is choral singing.

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