STP Rolls Out The Red Carpet At STPCon Reception In Cambridge
Earlier this week, several members of the uTest team took in the opening reception of 
Software Test & Performance’s STPCon event. We overheard some great conversations, and even jumped into the fray a few times ourselves. It was a lively crowd and a great venue (the Hyatt Regency) right along the Charles River. The event continues today, but even if you’re not attending you can still follow along, check out the STPCon Twitter stream here.
This event gave us a chance to reconnect with our friends from STP Collaborative, as well as sit in on sessions from top-shelf testing thinkers like James Bach, Jon Bach, Michael Bolton and Matt Heusser. We also got to connect with about a half dozen local uTesters who took us up on our invitation to attend the reception.
We had a few people from uTest in attendance on Thursday and they gave the presenters high marks overall. The two that I heard the most comments on, however, were from James Bach and Michael Bolton. Bach tackled the provocative subject of “How to Fake a Test Project.” Bolton took on the topic of “Rapid Software Testing.” We’ll see if we can get either of their presentations and share them here. Also of great interest was Friday morning’s SpeedGeeking session with Matt Heusser, which put the speakers on the spot, giving them only five minutes to get right to their point. Talk about fighting your natural instincts!
For anyone who attended, chime in and share your most or least favorite moments from STPCon? What surprised you, frightened you, entertained you or just generally pissed you off? Sound off in the comments or drop us a line.
Meanwhile, the uTest paparazzi was present and ready to capture some of the scenes from the evening.
Matt Heusser and James Bach take a timeout from their testing debate for a quick photo
Matt Johnston and James Bach deep in discussion about the art & science of testing (and the difference between the two)
Jennifer Moebius and STP chief, Andy Muns take a break from the exhibits to pose for a pic
Matt,
As always, good post.
Highlights from the conference were me were having dinners with James Bach and Matt Heusser (both with good conversations), meeting testers, and sharing ideas about testing, and learning from other’s experiences.
I also had an absolute blast presenting in the SpeedGeeking session about pairwise and combinatorial testing methods.
I intend to blog about the 5-minute presentation soon (titled “Pairwise and Combinatorial Testing Methods – 3 Facts, 2 Opinions and 1 Demonstration”). Most of what I covered is also addressed in this six minute video: https://www.hexawise.com/intro_movie (the key difference being the STP presentation included a $5 bet with conference participants and didn’t include a walkthrough of our Hexawise pairwise and combinatorial test case generator).
- Justin
Blog: http://hexawise.wordpress.com
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