Topic 1: Building a test-first mindset in Agile Teams!

by Allen Toole – Advanced Certified Scrum Master, Principle QA Engineer

Agile Testing is a much-debated topic in Agile teams as the tester’s role gets challenging in the cross-functional scrum team. However, there are many types of testing activities that require specialized skills which every team may or may not have. In this session, Allen will present strategies that enable every team to put testing at the core of their product development engineering practices.

Agenda

• Understanding Agile Testing in the Context of Your Organization
• Mindset Current to More Ideal
• Testing Planning in Agile Context
• Testing Strategy (Agile Testing Quadrants and Visualization of Test Automation Strategy)
• Tester Role
• Questions and feedback

Topic 2: Demystifying DevOps

by Vivek Ganesan – Technical Agility Coach, Published Author of 3 Books

DevOps is a word that comes ridden with hifi jargon.  These jargons also repel some people because they make DevOps sound like rocket science. This short chat attempts to demystify the DevOps field for agile practitioners.

Agenda:
1. Introduction
2. DevOps and its interesting history
3. Famous Jargons
4. Way forward
5. Q&A