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Track Talk W12

Why Testers are the True Rock Stars of IT

Bryan Jones

13:45-14:30 CEST Wednesday 14th June

We have all heard the negative comments in the past – “Just get any tester in”, “Anyone can test”, “Testers are just failed developers”, “Testing is easy”, “That costs too much, cut out some testing”.

Well now’s the time to stand up and put them right! Now is the time for us to celebrate what A Tester truly is!

A good tester is not a Jack-of-All-Trades. They are a multi-faceted, cross-skilled, emotionally intelligent, critically thinking, risk-aware, balanced rock star of IT.

They have to be able to:

  • Understand requirements like a BA, and often better than the developer
  • Understand the designs as well as the designers
  • Understand code and often be able to code
  • Understand the users’ view of UI/UX and business processes
  • Understand the data like a data specialist
  • Understand infrastructure & environments
  • Understand configuration control & release management
  • Understand risk from all aspects
  • Communicate to all stakeholders and involved parties in a way they can understand
  • Understand defect management
  • Have a deep understanding of good testing practice and techniques
  • Design and execute good tests

 

On top of that, Test Leads & Test Managers also need to be strategists, project managers, process improvement practitioners, communicators, coaches, negotiators, and leaders.

Software development is a social activity, and testers are the glue that pull it together. We provide so much value, both tangible and intangible, so let’s call it out.

Using stories of personal experience in both IT and rock bands, this talk is part motivational speech, part personal development coaching, part career coaching, and part advice on how to be a rock star.

But above all, this is a celebration of what it means to be A Tester!

What you will learn

  1. What it takes to be a rounded Rock Star Tester and how to fill the gaps.
  2. How to understand and communicate their own (and testing's) value.
  3. What skills to target to enhance their reputation & career.

Session Details

  • Intermediate
  • 45 Minutes
  • Includes 15mins Q&A
  • Team Building
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Session Speaker

Bryan Jones

Test Practice Director – Sopra Steria, UK

Having graduated from Staffordshire University with one of the first IT degrees in the country, I decided that the best way to stick my nose into everything that was going on was to be an Integration Tester. So, I started on Safety Critical Real-Time avionics systems. In the 33 years since then, I have spent 18 years as a Freelance Test Consultant, and the last 11 years working for Sopra Steria, now fulfilling the role of Test Practice Director for the Private Sector. In that time I have worked in most industry sectors, on a wide variety of projects for many different clients including Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce Jet Engines, Boeing, PowerGen, Barclays Bank, BarclayCard, Britannia Building Society, Yorkshire Water, Tesco, Vodafone, various government departments, a challenger bank, and many others.
In summary, I am a career testing professional with a lifetime obsession with testing and quality, not to mention an insatiable curiosity and learning addiction.

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