BLOG POST

• Find out more about this customer-focused way of delivering what people want, Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) at blog.softed.com >>> 
• In case you missed it: The Valentine's Day twinterview with Elisabeth Hendrickson re-published on blog.softed.com >>>

STANZ SPEAKERS

STANZ will have a mixture of international experts, senior New Zealand I.T. practioners and SoftEd's own talented trainers.

CONFIRMED STANZ SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

	Elisabeth Hendrickson Founder, Quality Tree Software (USA)  Respected thought leader in Agile Testing, a former member of the board of the Agile Alliance and co-organiser of the Agile Alliance Functional Testing Tools program  >>>
	Alan Page SDET, Microsoft (USA) Alan knows about testing at Microsoft. He was the lead author on the book How We Test Software at Microsoft, is currently on the Xbox team and also coaches and mentors testers across Microsoft  >>>
	Julie Gardiner QA Test Manager, Sage (UK)  Top flight consultant, trainer and QA Test Manager, Julie returns down-under. Agile or waterfall, ISTQB or ScrumMaster-ship, from doing to managing, across blue chips, retail, utilities, construction, the public sector her experience is vast   >>>
	Geoff Horne Founder, ISQA (NZ) Geoff has worked on a variety of testing and QA assignments and founded and run two testing companies >>>
	Sharon Robson Software Testing Practice Lead, SoftEd (AU) A founding member of the Australian and New Zealand Testing Board (ANZTB) Sharon develops and delivers Agile and Software Testing training courses at every level >>>

DATES

CHRISTCHURCH:   10 SEPT

AUCKLAND:            11 SEPT

LOCATION

Christchurch:
The Chateau on the Park
189 Deans Ave, Riccarton

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Auckland:
Crowne Plaza Auckland
128 Albert Street, Auckland

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COST

One day conference including all conference materials
$795

SPECIAL OFFERS

Early bird pricing:
$695 before 30 June 2012
Save $100

5th person free:
Book four people to attend the conference and the fifth goes free

ANY QUESTIONS?

Call 0800 268 773 and speak to Nicki, Matt or Jill

Email info-nz(at)softed.com

In 2012, for the first time ever, SoftEd is taking STANZ on the road to Christchurch and Auckland.

On the 10th September we'll be hosting a one day conference at The Chateau on the Park in Christchurch and on the 11th we'll be at the Crowne Plaza in Auckland. With us will be two internationally recognised test professionals, Elisabeth Hendrickson and Julie Gardiner, as well as local and SoftEd testing experts.

There will be keynote presentations and workshops to choose from and, as always, the speakers will be around all day, allowing you the chance to pick their brains.

STANZ 2012 will have all the usual high quality materials and sessions of any SoftEd conference, but in two new locations. To go with our brand new set up we have a brand new price of $795. Until 30 June 2012 we are offering an early bird discount of $695, saving you $100. If your organisation books four people to attend STANZ they'll receive a fifth place absolutely free.

If you have any questions please call 0800 268 773 and speak to Nicki, Matt or Jill.

We look forward to seeing you at STANZ 2012

Sessions at STANZ will include:

The 2012 Survival Guide: Lessons for Every Tester
This keynote with Julie Gardiner is a thought-provoking session with take-backs on important principles, tools, and skills you need to survive - and even flourish - as a test professional >>> 

Usability Testing in a Nutshell
Learn how to define usability goals and how to get management to take usability defects seriously. If you want to improve your skills in usability testing, this session is for you. Join Julie Gardiner as she describes usability techniques you can employ to demonstrate a user interface's efficiency and effectiveness >>>   

Testing Upside Down: Customer Focused Test Design
This test design approach includes an emphasis on testing end-to-end scenarios, real-time customer feedback, future customer trends and, most importantly, a flip of emphasis away from functional tests and towards tests that affect the customer perception of quality early in the product cycle. Alan Page's entertaining discussion will include concepts, examples and stories - along with tips any test team can apply to their own product >>>  

Leading The Way - From The Back of The Room
Learning how to balance the need for control with the need for innovation and solid delivery is vital. Key leadership principles and techniques, as well as how to apply them are discussed by Sharon Robson in this session >>>  

The Big Picture of Test Automation
In this 2.5 hour workshop, Alan Page will walk you through scenarios and exercises designed to get you thinking about every aspect of a top-notch test automation system - and arm you with ideas and solutions to enable you to take on any aspect of implementing test automation >>>  

Beginning with the End in Mind: Acceptance Test Driven Development (ATDD) in Practice
In this demonstration-based workshop, Elisabeth Hendrickson uses ATDD to implement a feature in a sample application, live, with acceptance criteria coming from the audience. Along the way, she gives an overview of the ATDD cycle and how it fits with other Agile development and testing practices including TDD, Continuous Integration, and Exploratory Testing >>> 

A Method of Assessing Testing Risk Mitigations
Geoff Horne will present a proven method for identifying and appropriately assessing risks and their mitigations for testing
projects. Look at how to assess risk impact across a different criteria and how to collate, present and interpret the results in a manner
that facilitates an easy sell to management >>> 

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