SQS Software Quality Systems

Programme Monday 29^th September 2008


9.00 - 9.10 OPENING Competitions and Book Reviews Wayne Mallinson
9.15 - 10.15 KEYNOTE Profit From Applying Lean Principles to your Testing Brian Swain, Takt-Group Wayne Mallinson, Test and Data Services
Management	Practitioner	Management
10.20 - 11.00 Agile Quality Management - Axiom or Oxymoron? David Evans SQS-UK	10.20 - 11.00 Don't Take the P out of Testing Mike Hendry Unum	10.20 - 11.00 Green Testing - The Race Against Waste Joan Jordan o2
11.00 - 11.30 C O F F E E B R E A K
11.30 - 12.10 A Thinking Framework for Context - Driven Test Documentation Matthew Archer Ivar Jacobson International	11.30 - 12.55 Testing Career Oriented Presentations and Round Table Discussions Testing Has no Future…Unless Ian Howles, EDS Is Testing on a Kamikaze Course? Michael Pilaeten, CTG Discussion on Certification for Testers Michiel van der Voort, BCS Steve Dennis, SQS Geoff Thompson, UK Testing Board and ISTQB	11.30 - 12.10 Workshop How to Boost Your Productivity in Software Testing through Successful Outsource Partnerships Mike Bartley
12.15 - 12.55 Implementing an Agile Culture Jason McIvor, James Barker Carphone Warehouse		12.15 - 12.55 "Test" Isn't a Four Letter Word Daryl Elfield Ernst & Young LLP
1.00 - 2.10 L U N C H O P E N I N G O F E X H I B I T I O N A N D T H E E X H I B I T O R' S F O R U M

2.10 - 3.10 KEYNOTE IT Productivity - Governance and Procurement Tim Willoughby, Local Government Computer Services Board - Ireland
3.10 - 3.30 E X H I B I T I O N A N D C O F F E E B R E A K
Management	Practitioner	Management	Practitioner
3.30 - 4.10 Global Model for a Testing Centre of Excellence Jason Taylor BUPA	3.30 - 4.10 Testing a Virtual Juggling Program Han Toan Lim Logica	3.30 - 4.10 Moving Testing from a Project to a Centralised Service Mark Mitton Lloyds TSB	3.30 - 4.10 Establishment of the Central Register for Ethical Security Testers (Crest) Ian Glover Siemens
4.15 - 4.55 Difficult Decisions for Test Managers - Role Plays from the Coal Face Moderated by Daryl Elfield Ernst & Young LLP	4.15 - 4.55 Requirements Quality Boosts Tester Productivity Petra Heck Independent Requirements Specialist	4.15 - 4.55 Lean Case Study in IT	4.15 - 4.55 Running A Centralised Performance Testing Service In An Ecommerce World Peter Pinto Friends Provident
NETWORKING SESSION