A few days ago, I tweeted that I was looking for nominations for events for an Agile timeline and am extremely grateful for all the responses I received.

The request was for the keynote talk that I just presented at PNSQC. I’ve had several requests for the timeline that resulted, so I figure the easiest (and therefore fastest) way to share the resulting timeline would be to share my slides.

Here they are (pdf, ~1Mb). Enjoy! (As always, comments/questions/critiques welcome.)

I recently gave my Agile Testing Overview presentation at a client site.
As I was preparing to do the talk, I dusted off my old slides and realized that they were in desperate need of an update. In some cases, my thinking has shifted a little in the years since I first drafted the slides. But more importantly, the slides focused far too much on drawing a distinction between traditional and Agile methods, and not enough on the concrete Agile Testing principles and practices.
The new slides (pdf, 9Mb) identify 9 principles and 6 concrete Agile testing practices. Enjoy.

presented at STARWest, November 2004
A how-to guide for screening, interviewing, and selecting testers.  See presentation (pdf).

Presented at the PNSQC 2004 conference
Are traditional testing practices still relevant in an Agile world?  This paper explores the implications of Agile processes for testing.  See paper (pdf).

presented at the SM/ASM 2002 conference
This story of software pyromaniacs explores crisis-driven cultures and offers suggestions for taming the flames.  Also, a long overdue credit: Tim Lister inadvertently gave me the title for this talk.  There’s a story there, and I’ll tell it eventually.  In the meantime I just want folks to know that  I am indebted to him.  See presentation (pdf).

Presented at Test Automation 2001
How do you know which kinds of automated tests are most likely to pay off quickly in your environment?  This conference presentation and accompanying paper suggests a new way of looking at ROI and introduces a host of types of test automation to consider if you’re looking for “Bang for the Buck.”  See presentation (pdf).

presented at the SM/ASM 2001 conference
When software managers learn that their software isn’t meeting customer expectations, the first thing many do is increase the test effort. This presentation illustrates how better testing can ironically lead to worse quality.  See presentation (pdf).

Presented at STARWest 2000
The subtitle of the paper, “Stuff I Wish Someone Had Told Me about Load Testing 4 Years Ago,” sets the tone for this presentation and associated paper.  Here you’ll find a selection of lessons learned the hard way.  (The subtitle would have been a better title than the incredibly bland one I ended up with.  Oh well.  Fortunately I think the contents are better than the title.)   See presentation (pdf).

presented at the SM/ASM 1999 conference
How do customer expectations for quality change as a technology matures?  Using Geoffrey Moore’s technology lifecycle adoption model from Crossing the Chasm, this presentation and accompanying paper (co-authored with Kirk Hendrickson, and winner of conference best paper) explore quality considerations throughout the lifecycle.  See presentation (pdf).

(A Spanish translation of “The Difference Between Test Automation Success and Failure“)
¡Hola a mis estimados colegas de habla Hispana! Estoy encantada de compartir con ustedes traducciones de uno de mis articulos realizadas por Angel Hermoza Salas (UNMSM from Perú). See article (pdf).