Location: Test trackTime: 2007-11-14 11.00Level: Intermediate
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Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants, UKLloyd has been involved in the software industry since 1980, studying computer science at LeicesterUniversity. He joined Pearl Assurance as a programmer in 1983 and worked there for five years before becoming a Senior Independent Test Analyst for Royal Life. Three years later he joined Peterborough Software where he became project manager for the Product Assurance department. He also set up and managed the Independent Test Unit for nearly 3 years. During his 8 years at Peterborough Software he worked through key issues in test management such as; testing to pre-defined deadlines, managing a test team, successfully implementing and using test automation tools and building quality into the testing process. He joined Grove Consultants in April 1999. Lloyd was chairman of the QARun User Group for three years, and is a lively and enthusiastic speaker at conferences and seminars. He has been a keynote speaker at EuroSTAR and AsiaSTAR and he has also spoken at StarEast, SQE Automation, Test Congress and Unicom conferences as well as Special Interest Groups in Software Testing in a variety of different countries. Lloyd, together with the other members of Grove Consultants, jointly chaired the first SQE Test Automation Conference in 2001. Lloyd has been Programme Chair for both the tenth and eleventh EuroSTAR conferences. He won the EuroSTAR Software Testing Excellence Award in 2004 in Cologne.At Grove Consultants, he provides consultancy and training in all aspects of testing, specialising in test management, people issues in testing and test automation.Lloyd is married to Chris, and when software testing, consultancy and training aren´t taking his time and energy - his two children are!
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Dispelling Testing´s Top Ten Myths and IllusionsUnder the guidance of a master magician, illusions can be fun and entertaining. Governed by the right circumstances, cultural myths can lead to better lifestyles. However if myths and illusions exist within our organization concerning the projects we work on, then these will distort the truth and ultimately limit testing´s effectiveness and efficiency.A myth that we can so often encounter is “quality cannot be measured", whilst it might be difficult to measure, Lloyd believes it can and should be measured regularly, otherwise we will never improve and this could lead to the illusion that testing provides no value.One illusion Lloyd often sees in organizations is “anyone can test", particularly when the project is unlikely to meet the deadline - people are then “drafted-in" to help with testing. This very act can undermine and undervalue the test team´s contribution and the worth that is placed on individual testers.Join Lloyd as he unveils the list of top 10 illusions and myths that we have to face as testers and test managers. Whilst it is important to identify them as they appear, Lloyd will describe ways to reduce their impact or how to eliminate them completely so that we become ultra effective test professionals who are listened to and respected within our projects and organizations.
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