The Ten Commandments of Disciplined Software Testing (8:30 - 12:00)

This is the same seminar that Dr. Hanna taught to thousands of test professionals around the globe. Dr. Hanna draws on his 35 years of experience working with different test teams and test professionals to present to the audience what he believes to be the Ten Commandments of Disciplined Software Testing. These represent a number of practices that every test team and every test professional must practice in order to deliver high quality systems.  These practices include:

1. Don’t Test without Requirements
2. Get Involved With The Requirement Process As Early As Possible
3. Formally Design your Tests
4. Minimize Script Writing And Maintenance
5. Systematically Develop Negative Tests To Assure Reliability And Predictability Of Releases
6. Track Your Test Execution Progress For Effective Status Reporting
7. Understand How Your Tests Will Affect Your Data
8. Incorporate Impact Analysis into your Regression Test Strategy
9. Maximize Code Coverage Through Collaboration
10. Participate in Code and Design Reviews

Best Practices in Requirement Management, Test Management and Project Management (1:00 - 4:30)

In the this presentation, Dr. Hanna will share with you his 35 years of experience working with different types of projects and helping software organizations of different types to improve the quality of their systems.   He will present a number of practices that have proven to greatly reduce the number of issue reports and maximize system reliability and predictability. Topics covered will include:

• Scenario-Based Development and Testing
• Model Based Requirement Definition and Validation
• Engineering Quality throughout the project lifecycle
• Total Integration and Traceability of all Project Entities
• Collaborative Validation and Verification
• Requirements-Based Project Management

The presentation will focus on how to adopt these practices independent of any tool.

Dr. Hanna will conclude the presentation by short demo to show how these best practices are supported in Rommana, a fully integrated lifecycle methodology and tool.

About your Seminar Leader

Dr. Hanna is a recognized educator, speaker and consultant in several areas of software engineering. His distinguished seminars on various topics have been highly rated by software professionals.   His experience with software goes back to the mid 1970’s, when he worked as a developer at the NCR Center and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Over the last thirty-five years, Dr. Hanna has worked in all aspects and capacities of software projects and processes.   He has trained over 50,000 professionals around the world over the last 20 years.  His passion and enthusiasm for testing, process improvement, and software engineering are contagious.