ASQ Section 1313 Boulder, CO Date: 8 Feb 2010
Boulder/Denver Area Quality related Meetings
by non-ASQ Boulder organizations and Companies
Meeting Summary:
Software Quality Association in Denver (SQuAD): 9 Feb 2010 Meetings
Agile Denver "Software": 15 Feb 2010 Meetings
IEEE Denver - Reliability Society: 2 Jun 2009 Meeting
Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx): 5 Nov 2009 Awards
Meeting Details:
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**** Software Quality Association in Denver (SQuAD) ****
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Feb 2010 Meeting
Date: 9 Feb 2010 (Tuesday)
Topic: Software Test Automation - Getting Started
Presenter: Scott Allman
Synopsis:
You asked for monthly SQuAD presentations on automation.
But where to start?
There is so much to learn and some technology - you fear it is the good
stuff - may not apply to your job. In an interactive manner Scott will
quickly review a host of popular, free, tools for testers.
Since our meeting time is brief he will show examples to help you
identify tools which match your organizations particular technologies
and current needs.
Think about the major technologies where you work, your organization's
appetite for new tools, and your own interests and skills as we sprint
through an overview of popular testing tools. A tool's real muscle is
shown at different stages in the software testing lifecycle but here is
how Scott will organize the presentation:
Stage 0 - Prepare to automate: downloading and the art of Google - XAMPP
Stage 1 - Design the Experiments - FitNesse, Excel and alternatives
Stage 2 - Create the Data - load testing and other tools
Stage 3 - Set up the Lab (and clean it up later) - TestLink
Stage 4 - Execute Tests - Nunit, scripting languages, static
analyzers (FindBugs)
Stage 5 - Analyze Results -Chainsaw, screen capture tools
Stage 6 - Report Results (and archive them) - TestLink, JIRA
Stage 7 - Retrospect: How good are the tests? - Emma
Biography:
Over the last seven years Scott Allman has introduced several software
test automation tools to his SQuAD colleagues: Ant/XML, Canoo Webtest,
Fitnesse, and TestLink. An engaging speaker, he taught computer
science courses at University of Colorado, Boulder and has made number
presentations at national conferences. During the last three decades he
started QA/Test organizations at seven different companies. Currently he
manages a team of software engineers testing open standards for cable
television. For more on this month's speaker visit Scott Allman’s Linked profile
Location: PPA Event Center, 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado 80211
Just North of Invesco Mile High Field.
Direction: Take I-25 to 23rd Ave. Exit #211.
Head West to Clay Street. Turn South (left) on Clay.
Turn West (right) on 21st Ave. to Decatur St.
PPA Event Center is on the corner of 21st Ave and Decatur St.
Parking: Free and just North of the Building (furthest from the stadium).
Time: 4:00pm Networking and Refreshments
4:30pm Presentation
5:30pm Question and Answers: QA Book Giveaway
6:30pm Meeting over
For more SQuAD information, see their web pages at: SQuAD
or contact Cathy Kiser at 303-619-9444
Upcoming meeting Dates and Topics:
Normally Second Tuesday of the Month (Sep to May)
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**** Agile Denver "Software" ****
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Feb 2010 Meeting
Date: 15 Feb 2010 (Monday) 5:00pm to 8:00pm
Topic: web app testing with Selenium
Presenter: Jason Huggins of Sauce Labs
Synopsis:
- For those of you not already familiar with Selenium, it is "a portable
software testing framework for web applications. Selenium provides a
record/playback tool for authoring tests without learning a test
scripting language. Selenium provides a test domain specific language
(DSL) to write tests in a number of popular programming languages,
including Java, Ruby, Groovy, Python, PHP, and Perl. Test playback is in
most modern web browsers. Selenium deploys on Windows, Linux, and
Macintosh platforms."
- Selenium is broadly used by web development teams at companies like
Google, Amazon, Yahoo!, Microsoft, and Salesforce.com
- Overview of Selenium, what it does, what it doesn't do
- How to get started with Selenium IDE, RC, and Grid
- Why I started Sauce Labs (Selenium as a Cloud Service)
- Selenium in 2010... Selenium 2
- Future trends: Adobe Flex, mobile (iphone/ipad, android),
HTML5 (canvas, video)
- Best practices for succeeding with Selenium
Biography:
- Jason Huggins co-founded Sauce Labs and currently leads product
direction. Prior to Sauce Labs, Jason was a Test Engineer at Google where
he supported the grid-scale "Selenium Farm" for testing Google
applications such as Gmail and Google Docs. Jason's experience also
includes time at ThoughtWorks in Chicago as a software developer. While
at ThoughtWorks, Jason created the Selenium testing framework out of the
need to cross-browser test a new in-house time and expense system.
- When not programming in Python or JavaScript, Jason enjoys hacking on
Arduino-based electronics projects. Jason has spent time in New York
City, LA, and the Bay Area, but Chicago is his kind of town.
- Jason's favorite Selenium method is captureEntirePageScreenshot()
Location: PPA Event Center, 2105 Decatur Street, Denver, Colorado 80211
Just North of Invesco Mile High Field.
Direction: Take I-25 to 23rd Ave. Exit #211.
Head West to Clay Street. Turn South (left) on Clay.
Turn West (right) on 21st Ave. to Decatur St.
PPA Event Center is on the corner of 21st Ave and Decatur St.
Parking: Free and just North of the Building (furthest from the stadium).
Time: 5:00pm Door Open and Networking
5:30pm panel discussion: web application testing
6:30pm Presentation: web application testing
7:30pm More Networking
8:00pm Meeting over
For more Agile Denver "Software" information, see their web pages at: Agile Denver
or contact E-mail: Alex Viggio
Upcoming meeting Dates and Topics:
Normally fourth Monday of the Month at the
Tivoli on the Metro/Auraria campus in Downtown Denver
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**** IEEE Denver - Reliability Society ****
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Jun 2009 Meeting
Date: 2 Jun 2009 (Tue) at 5:30 pm
Topic: Risk Control Implementation During Product Architecture
Speaker: Chet Haibel
Synopsis:
- Early on in the New Product Development is when the opportunity is best
to insert Risk Control Measures to counter Hazardous Situations that
could lead to Harm.
- For medical devices this could be harm to the Patient, User, Bystander,
Property, or the Environment.
- Fault Tree Synthesis is a logical and visual way to stimulate team
creativity to identify methods of blocking the pathways that allow
Hazardous Situations.
Biography:
Chet Haibel has 25 years' experience as manager, coach, and mentor in
Reliability, Risk Management, and Quality in computer peripherals and
class III medical devices. Chet has been a R&D Engineer, Project
Leader, and Program Manager on a wide variety of new products at 3
different Hewlett-Packard divisions. Chet was instrumental in HP's
surpassing the 10X improvement goal in disk reliability.
Additionally, he has applied this risk management skill to product
reliability at IVAC (Eli Lilly), Johnson & Johnson, and Medtronic.
This medical device experience deepened Chet's appreciation of Risk
Management and Quality.
Chet is certified by Johnson and Johnson as a Six Sigma Green Belt.
Cost: Free
Time: 5:30pm Presentation
Food: After Presentation
Place: Days Inn, 5397 S. Boulder Rd. Boulder, CO
the corner of Manhattan Dr. and S. Boulder Rd.
Phone: Hotel at 303-499-4422
Directions
- From North Boulder:
Take Foothills Pkwy South to Table Mesa/South Boulder Road Exit
Turn Left (East) go under past Foothills and road becomes
S. Boulder Rd. Days Inn is two blocks on the Left (North) Side.
- From South (Denver):
Take US 36 to Boulder. Get off at the Foothills/Table Mesa/S Boulder
Exit. Stay to right side of exit so you get on to South Boulder Road.
If coming, please RSVP to (Sam Keene)
for food count by 1 Jun 2009
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**** Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx) Nov 2009 ****
**** Quest for Excellence VIII ****
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General Info: CPEx Annual Conference and Awards
Learn, Discover, Share, Results, Innovation Conference with
Examiner Celebration and CPEx Awards
Date-Time: Friday, November 5, 2009, 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
Place: Marriott Denver South at Park Meadows.
CPEx Best Practices Conference/Examiner Celebration/Awards Luncheon
Awards Presenters:
* Governor Bill Ritter;
* Dr. Joe Alexander, Baldrige Foundation Chair;
* Susan Kirkpatrick, Director, Colorado State Division of Local Affairs
Why Attend: What you will learn/do:
* Why performance excellence is required in tough times.
* Discover a proven framework for performance that improves your
workplace and delivers results
* Learn best practices in performance excellence from
Colorado and national leaders
* Access tools, techniques, and strategies to improve your organization
* Get involved in Colorado's organizational learning community and network
Presenters:
* Ron Fiala Process Improvement Manager, Cargill Corn Milling
North America, 2008 Baldrige Award Recipient. Mr. Fiala oversees
Cargill Corn Milling business excellence activities.
* Michael Levinson City Manager, City of Coral Springs, 2007 Baldrige
Award Recipient, is in his 15th year as the city manager
and is the first president emeritus of the Florida Sterling Council.
* Rulon Stacey President/CEO Poudre Valley Health Systems,
2008 Baldrige Award Recipient, has transformed PVHS from a single
community hospital into a health system.
* Tamra Johnston Innovation Manager, Cargill Corn Milling North America,
oversees Cargill Corn Milling's Innovation programs.
* Priscilla Nuwash Director, Poudre Valley Health System, is a senior
Baldrige examiner and responsible for operationalizing the Baldrige
Criteria for Performance Excellence at PVHS.
* Enrique Escalante GCC U.S. Division President, oversees the U.S
Operations and heads only the second organization in Colorado to win
the CPEx Peak Award.
* Susan Grant Director of Human Resources, City of Coral Springs,
implemented a quality initiative achieved the 1997 and 2003 Florida
Sterling Award, and culminated with the City's Baldrige award in 2007.
* Norma Krech CPEx Board Co-Chair, presents Small Organizations Solutions
to the Baldrige/CPEx process.
* Dr. Jim Walker CPEx COO, presents CPEx Nuts and Bolts.
Cost:
* All Day: $275 per person for for-profit organizations
* All Day: $225 per person for non-profit organizations
* Morning or afternoon (does not include breakfast or lunch)
$200 for-profit, $150 non-profit
* Breakfast or lunch only $75
SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE:
* Eagle: 10 registrations $2,000
* Big Horn: 5 registrations $1,000
* Elk: 3 registrations $600
Exhibitor Sponsorship: 2 registrations plus full exhibitor package $1,000
E-mail: Tom Mauro
Web site: CPEx
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**** Association for Software Testing: Conference ****
**** 13-16 Jul 2009 in Colorado Springs, CO ****
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Conference 2009: Serving our Stakeholders
Date: 13-16 Jul 2009
Location: Colorado Springs
Tutorial day: 13 Jul 2009
Conference days: 14-16 Jul 2009
Cost: Conference only: non-member $795; member $655, student $425
Cost: Tutorial only: non-member $895; member $745, student $515
Cost: Conference & Tutorial: non-member $1295; member $1135, student $875
Keynote: Jonathan Koomey,
Project Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
Consulting Professor at Stanford University,
and author of
Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving
The Association for Software Testing is pleased to announce its fourth
annual conference, CAST 2009, to be held July 13-16. The meeting will
be held in sporty Colorado Springs, Colorado, at the Antlers Hilton
Hotel. The Antlers Hilton offers stunning views of the Rocky Mountains
and Pikes Peak, which serve as a dramatic backdrop for this year's theme:
"Serving our Stakeholders"
Only rarely do we test software solely for the joy of finding a bug.
We test software because someone wants us to provide them with quality-
related information about their software so they can make better
decisions, fix important bugs, and/or assess regulatory compliance.
Those someones are stakeholders. Generally, stakeholders fall into one
of four groups and each have competing expectations: end users,
regulators, business leaders, or development teams.
End Users: Many testers focus on the needs and expectations of end
users. Do you? When you do, how do you go about donning an "end-user
persona"? How can you be an advocate for end users? Are end-users the
only stakeholders on your project?
Regulators: When are regulatory agencies your most important
stakeholders? When are they just another source for requirements?
Or do they just generate busy work? How can we satisfy regulators
without neglecting other stakeholders?
Business Leaders: You may think of managers and executives as your
primary stakeholders. Do you really give them the kind of business
information they need? How do you provide business decision leaders
with actionable information?
Development Teams: Do your developers thank you for finding bugs, or do
they hide when they see you coming? Do you treat them as your primary
stakeholder? Do you think it would be useful if you did?
Questions? Contact: Scott Barber
Vice President & Executive Director, Association for Software Testing
Web site: Association for Software Testing
e-mail: Executive Director
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