1. Graham Thomas Independent Software Testing Consultant TMF Summit IOD, London 28 th January 2009 TEST MANAGEMENT SUMMIT 2009

2. Icebreaker 2

3. Seminars & Conferences 3

4. Self Selecting Groups BCS SIG Standards Working Party UK Software Testers Retreat LEWT Post Sig ‘meetings’ in the Volunteer Post Conference dinner and drinks 4

5. Good People – my top 10 1. Simon Stillwell- Senior Programmer 2. Mike Burnup- Senior Consultant 3. Theo Taylor- Boss (Testing Guru) 4. Paul Herzlich – W Model; 1 st Sig presentation 5. Paul Gerrard- EA “Challenge Everything” 6. Stuart Reid- Compendium of Testing knowledge 7. Isabel Evans- Shapes the future 8. Geoff Thompson- Knows how it all fits together 9. Les Hatton- Open your mind for 5 minutes 10. CCB- Encouragement, support,.... 5

6. Methods / Latest Thinking Agile methods XP A vs a Devil always has the best Technology Continuous Integration Pair Programming Test Driven Development Attitude Agile Good / Non-Agile Bad Active spinning; Coverage Bingo, Waterfall 2006, Grand Testing Master Theory Axioms See Paul Gerrard’s blog 6

7. Books or Blogs? Blogging – extracts from a blog I'm tired of......Interviewing people that haven't read a single book about testing......Interviewing people that don't have regular websites that they read to keep up to date on what's happening around matters relating to testing......Interviewing people that boast of their ISTQB qualification but can't even tell me how to apply boundary value analysis or basic combinatorial techniques properly... How can you have 3-6 years experience in testing and never have read a book or even have regular websites or blogs that you visit... and then claim that you are passionate about it!!! The bad book - Object Oriented Software Testing – Siegel pp8 Are there any good books ? Book reviews – Personal experience 7

8. Things that annoy me Traffic Lights Puffin (Pedestrian User-Friendly Intelligent crossings) Ariane 5 – Flight 501 Shuttle Columbia – Accident Report 8

9. Analogies 1 st World War Officer Going over the top Video Ronin - Driving the wrong way Galaxy Quest - “Never Give Up... “ Brazil - Dysfunctional process October Sky - Rocket Science Thrust SSC- Ideal Tester Process Improvement 9

10. Other Stuff Nintendo Wii Geo-tagging photos GPS embedded devices Netbooks – My Eee Graphics Tablets Windows Vista / 7... XP 10

11. Mind Mapping The Mind Map Book: Radiant Thinking - Major Evolution in Human Though – Tony Buzan ISBN 978-0563487050 Research Tools Google Wikipedia 11

12. Contact Details 12 Graham Thomas Independent Software Testing Consultant  graham@badgerscroft.com  +44 7973 387 853 www.badgerscroft.com