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Cover of the expert talk on '10 years QS Barcamp Hamburg' with Georg Haupt, Christian Kram and Richard Seidl.

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10 years QS Barcamp Hamburg

The first full weekend in September in Hamburg has been dedicated to a special format for ten years: at the QS Barcamp, there are no fixed presentations, but rather sessions that are created in the morning at the marketplace - brought by the...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'How Motherhood Made Her A Better QA Manager' with Žaklina Polak Matanović and Richard Seidl.

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How Motherhood Made Her A Better QA Manager

The mother who can't get three kids to pick up toys without assigning clear ownership knows something crucial about bug tickets that many testers...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Effective test reporting without overhead' with Matthias Gross and Richard Seidl.

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Effective test reporting without overhead

When projects get into stormy waters, the quality of test reporting determines whether you are steering blindly through the fog or know exactly where...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Structured Exploratory Testing Strategies That Work' with Callum Akehurst-Ryan and Richard Seidl.

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Structured Exploratory Testing Strategies That Work

Exploratory testing fails in most organizations because teams treat it as an excuse to avoid planning—or worse, as a chaotic bug bash that surfaces...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Formal methods in software quality' with Michael SperberMarkus Schlegel and Richard Seidl.

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Formal methods in software quality

Testing software usually means trying out a few examples and hoping that the rest works. Formal methods take a radically different approach - they...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Why Managers Don't Listen to Testers' with Vitaly Sharovatov and Richard Seidl.

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Why Managers Don't Listen to Testers

Software teams face pressure on speed and cost. Quality often looks like overhead until real numbers tell a different story. Testing works like...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'How to create the perfect conference program' with Elmar Jürgens and Richard Seidl.

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How to create the perfect conference program

Large test conferences such as Eurostar thrive on the quality and diversity of their presentations. Here, the program is not created by chance, but...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Public Speaking - Testers on Stage ' with Maryia Tuleika and Richard Seidl.

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Public Speaking - Testers on Stage

Public speaking in the tech and testing industry is driven by diverse motivations ranging from sharing knowledge and building community to personal...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'AI-generated test cases in a regulated environment' with Alexander Frenzel and Richard Seidl.

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AI-generated test cases in a regulated environment

A regulated environment such as medical technology poses special challenges for test automation. Anyone developing machines here needs systems and...

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Cover of the expert talk on 'Why Test Automation Needs Design Patterns' with Kostiantyn Teltov and Richard Seidl.

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Why Test Automation Needs Design Patterns

Good test automation stands on design that treats test code like product code. Patterns such as Page Object cut duplication and make flows clear....

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