Director of Solution Architecture - Xray
Software Testing and Mental Health Advocate - Independent
Solution Architect and QA Advocate - TestRail
Quality Engineer - Ada Health
Test Lead and Department Manager - Levi9 IT Services
Senior Director of Engineering - Talkdesk
Tools can be used to augment tester capabilities and let them be more efficient so they can have time for deeper testing, uncovering problems that otherwise could escape unnoticed. During this session, we'll look at some of the latest features of the leading test management tool in Jira (Xray), namely some that are part of the new Xray Enterprise offering. • In this session: • we'll see how we can efficiently design tests that can expose important bugs • we'll see how we easily run test automation right from Jira and track their impacts on Jira • how humans can use their unique skills to find important bugs using exploratory testing • how we can combine all of the previous, to have a more complete overview of quality
Sérgio Freire
Director of Solution Architecture - Xray
Sérgio Freire is the Director of Solution Architecture at Xray. He works closely with many teams worldwide from distinct yet highly demanding sectors (Automotive, Health, and Telco among others) to help them achieve great, high-quality, testable products. By understanding how organizations work - their needs, context, and background -, processes and quality can be improved, while development and testing can “merge” towards a common goal: provide the best product that stakeholders need.
Brains are weird, neat, squishy things. Mine has been diagnosed with things like ADHD, anxiety, and depression, with a list of common behaviors that go along with it. To some people, this might sound like terrible news. But, I have a different take on my particular collection of mental conditions. I can use pieces of my experience living with them, and turn them into useful tools. When looking at the challenges that I face as a software tester, I want to present you with some examples of how neurodivergence can be harnessed to work for me - instead of against me. Come listen to these stories of how these mental powers help boost my curiosity, empathy, and effectiveness. You may just learn something about your own brain along the way.
Karen Todd
Software Testing and Mental Health Advocate - Independent
Karen, of Karen Tests Stuff - a curious software tester who loves the testing community with her whole heart. She shares what she's learning with others through her YouTube channel and social media, @KarenTestsStuff. Karen enjoys meeting new and returning friends at conferences, and looks forward to being involved with more communities worldwide.
Nowadays, there are several ideas, several areas of development... But do you really know what Software QA is? In this presentation you'll learn about the career path of a QA (that's more than automation), its importance and responsibility in a SDLC, interactions with other teams and roles and a brief insight into the huge number of testing possibilities.
Patrícia Mateus
Solution Architect and QA Advocate - TestRail
Patrícia has been working in the QA area for more than 10 years, during which she had the opportunity to participate in several projects, working with different teams and cultures that led to the development of both soft and technical skills. She's a mentor, a speaker, a Software QA Consultant and also the founder/content creator of the project 'A QA Portuguesa'.
I've done testing in various forms throughout my career. Automated, exploratory, scripted, you name it! Over the years though, I've been through situations where even with all the testing in the world we couldn't quite avoid serious quality problems with the software we were releasing. Have you ever been in such a situation as well? Or is it something you haven’t considered before? If there's one thing I've learned, it's that software testing is an integral part of our pursuit for quality but is often not enough. I have several personal stories to tell! Like the time I realized that we needed shorter release cycles for faster feedback loops. Ultimately, that required a change in the architecture of the product. There was also the time we changed our release strategy to progressively roll out new features to customers, so that we could increase our confidence on the software we were shipping. Or even the time I had to redirect my attention to the way developers were working and behaving, rather than just looking at how testing was being done. With all of them, I learned how quality is a byproduct of various disciplines and not just necessarily of extensive testing. And in retrospect, this made me think of myself as more than an expert in testing, but as a quality engineer. In this talk, I'll go deeper into this topic and share some of those stories. I will tell you how I reason about quality risks and how to choose between doing some form of testing or something completely different. Rest assured though, this talk is not in any way against testing. It's about how testing should be done at the right places and at the right time, and how sometimes what your team needs isn't testing at all!
João Proença
Quality Engineer - Ada Health
João Proença comes from Lisbon, Portugal, and is a Quality Engineer at Ada Health. He has assumed various roles throughout his career in the past 16 years, including quality assurance, development, customer support and marketing. Finding innovative solutions for difficult problems is what drives him the most, so he is always eager to talk about how professionals are overcoming testing challenges around the world. Outside of IT, João is passionate about songwriting, movies and football.
We are in some new age that came very fast and almost invisible and bring a lot of changes in our life, in all industries and also in our IT world. Testing is just one of the areas where we have strong influence of AI that is entering. The game is changing and we need to adopt new technologies, approaches and to be in the line with a new game. What that means in QA world?! Test automation is changing. Machine learning algorithms can recognize patterns in test data and develop test scripts, reducing the effort that is required for creating the scripts but also the time that is needed for automation test creating. We will show small example of using AI in automation testing-how to do it. Testing is getting with AI some new clothes and we need to adjust our work to new show.
Dusanka Lecic
Test Lead and Department Manager - Levi9 IT Services
In the last eight years, Dusanka has been actively involved in several different projects, using various technologies and tools daily. She likes to share knowledge and support various initiatives.She is also dedicated to her academic career as a Ph.D. in Technical Science, so she often writes papers for conferences, but also technical articles. She points out current trends and the importance of testing in software development.
Traditional quality metrics often fall short in the fast-paced software engineering world. We will challenge the outdated focus on bug counts and introduce a comprehensive approach to measuring engineering quality. We'll explore key performance indicators that span the entire CI/CD pipeline, dive into DORA metrics, and discuss how these measures can drive continuous improvement. We will share insights into implementing a holistic quality measurement framework that aligns with modern engineering practices and supports the delivery of high-value, reliable software. Join us to discover how measuring quality, not just its absence, can transform your engineering outcomes and drive business success.
Mags Rutkowska
Senior Director of Engineering - Talkdesk
Meet the Quality Whisperer: A code-wrangling nomad with 20 years of taming software bugs across Europe's tech frontiers. From Poland to Portugal, with pit stops in Spain, Gibraltar, UK, and Italy, I've left a trail of high-fives and error-free code in my wake. I'm the Agile acrobat and Waterfall surfer who believes quality isn't just a phase - it's a lifestyle. I've built QA empires, trained end-user armies, and even managed to make data interpretation sound sexy (okay, maybe that's a stretch). When I'm not busy injecting quality mindsets into unsuspecting development processes, you might find me starting small enterprises faster than you can say 'test case'. I'm a doer, not a talker—unless we're talking about quality, then wild horses can't shut me up. My mission? To prove that with the right mindset, even the tiniest quality effort can yield blockbuster results. So buckle up, folks - we're about to make software engineering quality the next viral sensation!