1. Why the hell software testing?! email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

2. Why the hell software testing?! email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

3. Why the hell software testing? Software is designed and created by humans. Software is used by humans. Humans are not perfect. email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

4. Topics What is software testing? What software testing is NOT Why software testing? email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

5. Story time email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo Test design and test cases

6. What is software testing? email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

7. What is software testing? A cognitive process which requires skilled people – Gathering information about the quality of the product to help making informative decisions. to help reduce risk. to help bridging the gap between what we know and what we need to know. as quick as possible. email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

8. What is quality? email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

9. What is quality? email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo Quality is value to some person Jerry Weinberg Quality is value to some person ( who matters) Cem Kaner

10. email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo Acquiring the competence, motivation, and credibility to… And perhaps help make the product better, too Testing is… create the conditions necessary to… …so that you help your clients to make informed decisions about risk. evaluate a product by learning about it through exploration and experimentation, which includes to some degree: questioning, study, modeling, observation and inference, including… operating a product to check specific output… Ref James Bach & Michael Bolton

11. What software testing is NOT email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

12. What software testing is NOT Testers do not assure quality. Testers do not fix quality. Testers are not gatekeepers. Testers do not make the decision wether to ship a product or not. That is a management decision. email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

13. Story time email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo Daylight savings

14. Why software testing? email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo It’s so fun!

15. Wrap up Ignorance is bliss email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

16. Influences and inspiration My top influences and inspiration – Jerry Weinberg – James Bach – Michael Bolton –.. and then there are so many more I could have an entire talk about it. email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo

17. I challenge you! What do you want to learn more about? – Twitter: @mariakedemo – Email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com email: maria.kedemo@gmail.com twitter: @mariakedemo