"I am a Bug" - Important lessons for testers and software engineers

JANUARY MEETING
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Rob Sabourin

Rob Sabourin will provide a reading, from three perspectives, of the children's book I am a Bug. What a child reads! What a parent reads! And what a software engineer should read!

Rob will relate many real world testing and software engineering lessons from the text including notions of test design being about focusing rather than decomposiition. test triage being about making critical business decisions. Collaboratioin and people skills are key to project success and I am a Bug is full of them from some unusual perspectives.

As well as helping parents explain to their kids what software testing is all about, I am a Bug helps testers explain to all manner of stakeholders how testing adds value to business!

Rob will also relate the story behind the story which shows the power of user scenario based testing to combat a major death march project without giving up key family values.

Rob's dynamic engaging style will help you draw many important lessons that you can apply to real project situations right away!

As Rob says: "It's all about people - and the occasional bug!"