The discipline of software testing is changing with new approaches and new methods. With increasing focus on an agile and test driven development, tests have been given a more central role in the development of IT products, where the priority is quality assurance rather than quality. This shift in relation to the traditional approach to testing offers new challenges in both planning as related to performance. The ability to supplement or replace manual testing with automated test also requires much reflection on the practical and commercial level.
The conference focuses on the test's role in the development and on practical experience and best practice in relation to such Agile testing and test automation. In addition, also affected a number of key challenges in relation to establishing and managing a test department.