PNSQC 2013
2013-10-14
Portland, United States
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who it's for
quality engineers, software testers, qa managers, test automation engineers, engineering managers, process improvement consultants, metrics analysts
topics
defect removal efficiency; inspections and static analysis; pair programming effects; acceptance test driven development; queuing theory for test labs; cumulative flow diagrams; work-in-process limits; virtualized test environments; crowdtesting platforms; exploratory testing versus checking; estimation with range bounds; cross-cultural agile onboarding
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| PNSQC 2013 - Capers Jones | Capers Jones | 01h 19m |
Claims come from analysis of about 20,000 projects across 24 countries and show that the single best metric is defect removal efficiency — US average is 85% US… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Michael Mah | Michael Mah | 01h 21m |
Claims measured against a 12,000‑project QSM library and the SLIM model show collocated small teams, pair programming, and acceptance test–driven development… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Kathy Iberle | Kathy Iberle | 01h 25m |
Argues that applying queuing theory to test labs — counting batches, drawing a cumulative flow diagram, and using a visual board — finds hidden wait time and… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Douglas Hoffman | Douglas Hoffman | 01h 39m |
Argues common software metrics are misleading: measurement is hard, metrics invite gaming, and math is often misapplied. Shows concrete examples: defect… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Lee Copeland | Lee Copeland | 01h 13m |
Argues there are no best practices, only context-specific good practices; distinguishes automated checking (confirmation) from exploratory testing (discovery)… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Payson Hall | Payson Hall | 01h 19m |
Estimation focuses on documented assumptions, simple math and controlled experiments: define what’s in and out, gather data and commit arithmetic, then show… | ||
| PNSQC 2013 - Valerie Berset-Price | Valerie Berset-Price | 01h 41m |
Argues that Agile’s U.S.-rooted values clash with national cultures and that national culture “trumps strategy,” citing seven cultural dimensions, the Richard… | ||
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