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Share failures. Earn real trust.

Modern product teams face distance, speed, and constant change. The focus here is on simple habits that keep trust and flow. Clear calendars make help visible. Short written updates reduce noise and keep leaders aligned. Small wins get named so...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Legacy apps automated' with Jonas MenesklouUmar Usman Khan and Richard Seidl.

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Legacy apps automated

When classic testing tools fail on legacy interfaces, new approaches are needed. A practical case shows this clearly: Deutsche Bahn's mobile checkout...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Tools Don’t Solve Test Automation' with Péter Földházi and Richard Seidl.

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Tools Don’t Solve Test Automation

Test automation works when it solves real problems, not when it focuses on tools. The focus shifts to why, where, and how. The test pyramid places...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Quality Storming' with Georg Haupt and Richard Seidl.

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Quality Storming

Making quality visible. A pragmatic approach shows how teams map their value creation on a wall from the start to the end event. Standing up, with...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Performance Testing is not Load Testing' with Leandro Melendez and Richard Seidl.

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Performance Testing is not Load Testing

Over two decades, performance testing moved from bare metal and heavy browser scripts to APIs, cloud, and Kubernetes. The focus shifted from lab load...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Wind and weather - the challenges of testing wind turbines' with Florian Wartenberg and Richard Seidl.

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Wind and weather - the challenges of testing wind turbines

Wind turbines are much more than just large rotors that generate electricity. In the background, a modular interaction of software, sensors and...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'HUSTEF Recap' with Attila Fekete and Richard Seidl.

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HUSTEF Recap

A local testing conference grew from a small meetup in 2011 to a 700 person international gathering in Budapest. The program favors care for people,...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Man vs. machine: Who judges more fairly?' with Sam Goetjes and Richard Seidl.

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Man vs. machine: Who judges more fairly?

Trust in decisions does not arise in a vacuum. A study on hiring decisions compared human and algorithmic recommendations, controlled by a built-in...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'About the Visibility of Testers' with Cassandra Leung and Richard Seidl.

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About the Visibility of Testers

The evolving role of software testers is marked by questions of visibility, confidence, and influence within modern development teams. Testers often...

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Legal pitfalls in software contracts

When software fails, the cause often lies less in the code than in the contract. The decisive factor is whether success or effort is owed: If agile...

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