TestIstanbul 2012 Keynote Speakers Dorothy Graham

Dorothy has worked in software testing for over 40 years. Originally from the US, her first job was developing testing tools for Bell Labs in New Jersey. She then worked as a developer for Ferranti Computer Systems in Manchester before moving to the National Computing Centre where she developed training courses in software engineering. She later became an independent consultant specialising in software testing and founded Grove Consultants in 1988. Over the next 20 years, Grove gained a reputation for the high quality of their training courses, materials and presentations establishing a world-wide client base. In 2008 she left Grove to work again as an independent consultant. She is co-author of four books: an introductory book for software testing together with more in depth books on Software Inspection and Test Automation. Dorothy was Programme Chair for EuroSTAR 2009 and was the Programme Chair for the first EuroStar conference in 1993. She has been on the boards of conferences and publications in software testing. She was a founder member of the ISEB Software Testing Board, and was a member of the working party that developed the ISTQB Foundation Syllabus. Dorothy is a popular and entertaining speaker at conferences and events world-wide. She was awarded the European Software Testing Excellence Award in 1999.

Lee Copeland
With more than 30 years of experience as an information systems professional at commercial and nonprofit organizations, Lee Copeland has held technical and managerial positions in applications development, software testing, and software process improvement. Lee has developed and taught numerous training courses on software development and testing issues and is a well-known speaker with Software Quality Engineering. Lee presents at software conferences in the United States and abroad. He is the author of the popular reference book, A Practitioner's Guide to Software Test Design.

"Prove Your Software Testing Skills and Win an iPad 2"

Testing Competition - March 19, 2012 - April 1, 2012
 

TestIstanbul Competition Committe is proud to announce that Testing Competition Registration is officially now open and anyone can register.

What is Testing Competition?

Testing Competition is a public competition open for anyone who is intereted in testing. Participating teams will receive a bugy software prepared by TestIstanbul Competition Committe and have the chance to test this software and report its bugs between March 19th and April 1st.

Awards
- The winner team will be awarded with iPad 2.
- The winner team will have the chance to present their approach during TestIstanbul 2012 Conference.
- First three ranked team will be awarded with a free full registration to TestIstanbul 2012 Conference.

Deadlines
- Registration Deadline: March 12, 2012
Teams who want to join the competition should fill in the registration form and fax it to +90-212-290 76 63 or send it to info@testistanbul.org
- Competition Dates:Competition will take place between March 19th and April 1st

Evaluation Criteria
Participating teams will be evaluated according to the below criteria

- Test Plan
- Test Design
- Test Execution (Automation)
- Test Reporting
- Bug Reporting

Competition Rules

- Test Team can not consist of more than five persons.
- Testers can utilize "Open Source" test automation tools.
  - Utilization of test automation tools will be awarded with bonus points.
  - Utilization of a " Non-Open Source" test automation tool will disqualify the team from the competition
  - If the team utilizes test automation tools, should define each tool's name and version.
  - Test scripts generated by using test automation tools should be shared with the testing competition committee
- Teams should use Test Case, Test Report, Bug Report, Test Plan templates shared on TestIstanbul web page.

Announcements
The winner and the other rankings will be announced on May 7, 2012 at www.testistanbul.org

Call For Papers/ Submission Guidelines

Paper submission is closed.

Notification of acceptance: January 20,2012