QW2002 Paper 8A2 Mr. Robert Sabourin (AmiBug.Com, Inc.) Training Testing Professionals: Making the transition to Web Based Application Testing

Key Points

• Training can be established to transition testing team from mainframe to web applications
• Many practical lessons learned and problems to avoid are presented
• Testing professionals should be taught how their current knowledge can be applied

Presentation Abstract

The Public Works department of the Government of Canada is currently participating in several major infrastructure software development projects which will enable existing applications and facilities to be accessible as multi-tiered web based applications. (some internal and some publicly available over the Internet). This paper describes a simple and effective training program developed to enable the existing, established, team of software testing professionals, to effectively test the new Web based and Government On- Line versions of these applications.

About the Author

Robert Sabourin, P. Eng. has 20+ years management experience leading teams of software development professionals to consistently deliver projects on-time, on-quality and on-budget. He is a well-respected member of the software engineering community who has managed, trained, mentored and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently writes and speaks to conferences around the world on software engineering, SQA, testing, management and internationalization.