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    2024

  • Mar 26, 2024
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Do Large Language Models represent the end of testing as we know it? Are testers doomed to extinction? Or is ChatGPT this year's Watson, non-fungible tokens, or Metaverse? Michael Bolton looks at the current state of Large Language Models, and how they relate to testing - and how serious testers need not fear the future. read more…

  • Mar 4, 2024 - Mar 6, 2024
    Helsinki, Finland
    After a sold-out Rapid Software Testing Explored class in 2023, Hidden Trail is hosting another! Register Here Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. more … read more…

  • Feb 22, 2024
    Ghent, Belgium
    Michael is the co-creator of Rapid Software Testing (RST), a testing method and mindset that allows for better and more confident testing. In February 2024, Michael is coming to Belgium especially for Axxes! Our Axxes Testing League is constantly looking for ways to take their knowledge to the next level, and came to Michael. And you can enjoy this! On Thursday, February 22, Axxes is hosting a BREWT meet-up where Michael will talk about RST and the issues that are currently on his mind. We will make it an interactive evening, where you can ask questions as well. read more…

  • Feb 19, 2024 - Feb 23, 2024
    Antwerp, Belgium
    A private Rapid Software Testing Explored class, presentations, and consulting in-house for a corporate client in Antwerp, Belgium. read more…

  • Feb 7, 2024 - Feb 9, 2024
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Public Class in the Auckland. Save the dates.  Details to come. Learn powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs. Organized by Potentia and Resourcefully in Auckland. read more…

  • Feb 5, 2024
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Creating, applying, and maintaining useful automation to support testing can be immensely valuable. It’s also a huge challenge. This one-day class is designed to help you help you meet that challenge, looking through the lenses of the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. This course is suitable for Testers, Developers, Project and Business Leads. read more…

  • Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 2, 2024
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    Rapid Software Testing, a context-driven methodology for testing any product that includes or involves software. Through hands-on activities and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about software testing. Then we show you powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs. read more…

  • 2023

  • Dec 12, 2023 - Dec 14, 2023
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Hidden Trail is hosting an Ask Me Anything (AMA) webinar with Michael Bolton, diving into some deep testing questions. This is your chance to present your burning testing related questions directly to Michael! Sign up here for the AMA Session    December 12th, 4-5pm (EET) Hidden Trail is hosting Rapid more … read more…

  • Oct 27, 2023
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Excellent testing is an open investigation by skilled technical people. Excellent test management requires you to center on the people who do testing—their skills, behavior, and relationship to the rest of the development process. This class will help you to be a better test manager. Some approaches to testing require more … read more…

  • Oct 26, 2023
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Risk-based testing means organizing test strategy around suspected product risks. This means testers perform risk analysis before tests are performed, to guide the testing process; while performing tests, to notice possible problems and to adjust the strategy; and after the product is released, to learn about risks that were missed more … read more…

  • Oct 25, 2023
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Futureproofing Testing, a public talk and meetup sponsored by Nine and Qalibrate Nine, Kongens Nytorv 18, Copenhagen Time: Doors open at 17:00. The first session starts at 17:30   read more…

  • Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 25, 2023
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to more … read more…

  • Oct 9, 2023 - Oct 12, 2023
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    Training (Rapid Software Testing Explored), presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden. read more…

  • Sep 25, 2023 - Sep 29, 2023
    Christchurch, New Zealand
    Training (Rapid Software Testing Explored), presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Christchurch, New Zealand. read more…

  • Sep 19, 2023 - Sep 21, 2023
    Auckland, New Zealand
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow you to more … read more…

  • Sep 18, 2023
    Auckland, New Zealand
    A one-day visit to a corporate client in Auckland, New Zealand, to talk about testing and exploration. read more…

  • Jun 19, 2023 - Jun 23, 2023
    Vienna, Austria
    Training, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Vienna, Austria. read more…

  • Jun 13, 2023
    Antwerp, Belgium
    Measurement, Metrics, and Magic Numbers Tutorial at the 2023 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. In the tutorial, we’ll learn about reliability and validity in measurement and metrics. We’ll analyze some common testing metrics, and learn how to recognize when they’re dangerous, based on smoke and mirrors. read more…

  • Jun 13, 2023
    Antwerp, Belgium
    Critical Thinking Skills for Testers Tutorial at the 2023 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference. In this interactive, hands-on and minds-on workshop, Michael Bolton shares specific techniques and heuristics of critical thinking that can help testers deal confidently and thoughtfully with difficult testing situations. read more…

  • Jun 5, 2023 - Jun 9, 2023
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    Training, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Sofia, Bulgaria. read more…

  • Jun 2, 2023
    Zurich, Switzerland
    Michel Bolton presents Keynote talk: The Rapid Software Testing Guide to What You Meant to Say at the GreaTEST Quality Conference in Zürich Switzerland. read more…

  • May 9, 2023
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Michael Bolton will be presenting Rapid Software Testing Focused: Risk and Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy  and talking about The Secret Life of Automation at the SIGIST conference in Stockholm. For more information and to Register  Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy Countless thousands of people create test cases and perform more … read more…

  • May 8, 2023
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Michael Bolton presents Rapid Software Testing Focused: RIsk. Risk-based testing means organizing test strategy around suspected product risks. read more…

  • Apr 24, 2023 - May 5, 2023
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    Training, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden. read more…

  • Apr 17, 2023 - Apr 19, 2023
    Helsinki, Finland
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a three-day live workshop that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you clear and powerful ways to think about testing that allow more … read more…

  • Apr 10, 2023 - Apr 14, 2023
    Lund, Sweden
    Training, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Lund, Sweden. read more…

  • Apr 3, 2023 - Apr 7, 2023
    Gothenburg, Sweden
    Training, presentations, and consulting for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden. read more…

  • Mar 27, 2023 - Mar 30, 2023
    St. Louis, United States
    A visit to a corporate client for a three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class, with an extra day of presentations and consulting. read more…

  • Jan 16, 2023 - Jan 19, 2023
    Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that more … read more…

  • Jan 9, 2023 - Jan 12, 2023
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows more … read more…

  • 2022

  • Dec 6, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    As the opening event for the Global Testing Summit 2022, I'll be participating in a live panel discussion with James Bach and Janna Loeffler.  The topic: "What is Good Testing?" The event, which runs December 6 & 7, is organized by Perfecto Mobile and BlazeMeter.  Our session kicks it off more … read more…

  • Dec 1, 2022
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    An online presentation for the fourth Agile Week at BNP Paribas Fortis. Thanks to Geert Lemmens and Yves Hanoulle for the invitation. read more…

  • Nov 28, 2022 - Dec 1, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An special online version of Rapid Software Testing Explored for the members of the QAUA in Canada group, organized by Mikhail Pavlov. I am honoured to be supporting this project to help Ukrainian refugees getting settled in Canada. read more…

  • Nov 17, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An ask-me-anything session with members of the QAUA in Canada group, organized by Mikhail Pavlov.  I'm delighted to be supporting this project. read more…

  • Nov 17, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    One-on-one coaching session with a private client. read more…

  • Nov 11, 2022
    Lund, Sweden
    In the morning, presentations for testers on Testing Deep and Shallow, and for managers on How To Get What You Want from Testing; and in the afternoon, a workshop on risk analysis. read more…

  • Nov 11, 2022 - Nov 14, 2022
    Lund, Sweden
    In the morning, a workshop introducing Rapid Software Testing principles; and in the afternoon, a workshop on risk analysis. read more…

  • Nov 9, 2022
    Malmö, Sweden
    “Shift Left or Squish Right—Testing in a Shifting World”—a track talk at the Øredev Developer Conference in Malmö, Sweden. read more…

  • Nov 7, 2022
    Lund, Sweden
    A day of in-house training on risk analysis. read more…

  • Oct 31, 2022 - Nov 2, 2022
    Stockholm, Sweden
    A course, a mind-set, and a skill set about how to do excellent software testing in a way that is very fast, inexpensive, credible, and accountable. The Rapid Software Testing Explored course is an intensive three-day, hands-on class, in which you do actual testing, working on exercises, puzzles, thought experiments, more … read more…

  • Oct 4, 2022 - Oct 6, 2022
    Yerevan, Armenia
    I presented a three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class to employees of Quality Tech Lab in Yerevan, Armenia. The Quality Tech Labs folks took some video while I was there. And here's a review of the experience from Aramayis ("Fob") Hovhannisyan, the founder and CEO of the company. read more…

  • Sep 28, 2022 - Sep 30, 2022
    Sofia, Bulgaria
    On the occasion of my first-ever visit to Bulgaria, three presentations set up by the South-East Europe Test Conference team.  September 28 was a one-day, pre-conference workshop on Analysis for Testers. The first official day of the conference, September 29, included a half-day tutorial on Critical Thinking for Testers. On more … read more…

  • Sep 20, 2022 - Sep 23, 2022
    Bucharest, Romania
    A private three-day the three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class class and a day of consulting for a corporate client. read more…

  • Sep 14, 2022
    Montréal, Québec
    I gave two presentations of Shift Left or Squish Right: Testing in a DevOps Context at the ElevateDev'22 conference, organized by Genetec. read more…

  • Jun 27, 2022 - Jun 30, 2022
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that more … read more…

  • May 18, 2022 - May 20, 2022
    Zurich, Switzerland
    This unique class introduces Rapid Software Testing, which is a context-driven methodology for testing any product that includes or involves software. Through hands-on activities and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about software testing. Then we show you powerful new ways to think, to apply heuristic models, and to test responsibly and systematically, so that you focus on business risk and do the right kinds of deep testing that your project needs. read more…

  • Mar 28, 2022 - Mar 31, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that allows more … read more…

  • Feb 15, 2022
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    5 PM CET • 6 PM SAST • 11 AM EST About this Webinar Software testing experts and creators of the Rapid Software Testing methodology, James Bach and Michael Bolton, join Director of Inspired Academy, Bas Dijkstra, as they discuss how to remain relevant as a software tester in a more … read more…

  • Feb 7, 2022 - Feb 10, 2022
    Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored (RSTE) is a four-day online seminar that explores and explains the Rapid Software Testing Methodology. Through hands-on activities, exercises, and interactive discussion, we challenge assumptions and expose common misconceptions about testing practices. Then we show you a clear and powerful way to think about testing that more … read more…

  • Jan 17, 2022 - Jan 20, 2022
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A four-day RSTE class for North American time zones. read more…

  • 2021

  • Dec 1, 2021 - Dec 3, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Managed Online, for people in Europe, the UK, and points east. read more…

  • Nov 22, 2021 - Nov 25, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe and the UK and places east of there. read more…

  • Oct 20, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    "Blitz Consulting" – an ask-me-anything session for the Commited community in Ukraine. read more…

  • Oct 18, 2021 - Oct 21, 2021
    Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in Toronto (but whose testers are far across the sea). read more…

  • Sep 28, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A tutorial on Testing the Test Tools for the EuroSTAR testing conference. I presented set of heuristics for evaluating testing tools, written by James Bach and me. read more…

  • Sep 13, 2021 - Sep 16, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, daytimes for people in North and South America, and in the evenings for people in Europe, the UK, and Middle East. read more…

  • Sep 7, 2021 - Sep 10, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client, with participants in New York and the UK. Online training is not the same as in-person classes, but there is the advantage of being able to be in two places at once. read more…

  • Aug 25, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    "What Is Good Testing in 2021?", a panel discussion with me, James Bach, and Eran Kinsbruner from Perforce Software, who hosted the webinar. read more…

  • Aug 16, 2021 - Aug 19, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for the same corporate client as for which I taught a class the week of July 26. read more…

  • Aug 3, 2021 - Aug 6, 2021
    Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for New Zealand, Australia, Asia, and the Pacific. read more…

  • Jul 26, 2021 - Jul 29, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in the Toronto region. read more…

  • Jul 19, 2021 - Jul 22, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom for a corporate client in Toronto. read more…

  • Jul 15, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    A one-hour session on testers' résumés (or CVs) for a private client, a recruiting firm in the United Kingdom. read more…

  • Jul 14, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    A 90-minute "Ask Me Anything" session for a private client in the United Kingdom. read more…

  • Jul 5, 2021 - Jul 8, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe, the UK, the Middle East, and India. read more…

  • Jun 21, 2021 - Jun 24, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, in the daytime for people in North and South America; and in the evenings for people in Europe, the UK, and Middle East. read more…

  • Jun 2, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Commited is a testing community in Ukraine. They hosted an evening session of A Context-Driven Approach to Automation in Testing, for its Pro members. read more…

  • May 25, 2021 - May 28, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, for people in Europe and the UK, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and India. read more…

  • May 11, 2021 - May 12, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    For the first time, the EuroSTAR folk presented EuroSTAR Summer Tutorials. I presented a one-day class on test reporting the Rapid Software Testing way, entitled What's the Story? Powerful Test Reporting. read more…

  • May 4, 2021 - May 5, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    The Craft Conference, is based in Hungary and presented worldwide online. The conference hosted my one-day Rapid Software Testing Focused: Strategy workshop, split into two half-days, Tuesday and Thursday. read more…

  • Apr 27, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    The STAREast Virtual Conference continues with X-Ray Vision for Testers, a one-day workshop on analysis. read more…

  • Apr 26, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    For the STAREast Virtual Conference, the return of Critical Thinking for Testers, a one-day workshop on... critical thinking for testers. read more…

  • Apr 12, 2021 - Apr 15, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online; a public class over Zoom. read more…

  • Mar 15, 2021 - Mar 18, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online for a corporate client. read more…

  • Mar 1, 2021 - Mar 4, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A sold-out public offering of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom teleconferencing for people in North and South America read more…

  • Feb 18, 2021 - Feb 19, 2021
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A double live session—one for Indian time zones, and once for the Americas—for the ConTEST Conference. The topic: "Worlds in Collision", about the differences between the worlds of the tester, the developer, and the testing toolsmith. read more…

  • Jan 25, 2021 - Jan 28, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    A private session of Rapid Software Testing Explored Online for a public-sector client in the UK. read more…

  • Jan 11, 2021 - Jan 14, 2021
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Explored Online, presented via Zoom, for European, UK, and Indian time zones. read more…

  • 2020

  • Nov 30, 2020 - Dec 3, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An online presentation of the Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client. Interestingly, all of the participants in this class were developers. read more…

  • Nov 17, 2020 - Nov 19, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    The EuroSTAR 2020 Online conference, at which I presented Answering Hard Questions: A Tester's Communication Clinic on November 17, and a keynote entitled Let's Talk About Problems. read more…

  • Nov 9, 2020 - Nov 12, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    A four-day public Rapid Software Testing Explored online class. read more…

  • Nov 3, 2020 - Nov 5, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    At HUSTEF, The Hungarian Software Testing Forum. I presented a half-day version of my Analysis for Testers class. The was also the premier of a keynote video on What's Wrong with Manual Testing. read more…

  • Oct 5, 2020 - Oct 8, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    The STAR West Conference; unsurprisingly an online event. A full-day Critical Thinking for Testers tutorial, and a full-day session of X-Ray Vision For Testers: How to Analyze Things. read more…

  • Sep 23, 2020 - Sep 25, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An online presentation of Rapid Software Testing Applied with James Bach leading the class while I helped out. read more…

  • Sep 22, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A one-hour Ask Me Anything session for the QA ATL Conference, organized by AQAA. read more…

  • Sep 15, 2020 - Sep 18, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Another online Rapid Software Testing Explored, for people in Europe and the UK (and very early risers in North America). read more…

  • Aug 12, 2020 - Aug 14, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    A public presentation of Rapid Software Testing Managed Online! James Bach and I co-presented to a full house live via Zoom teleconferencing. read more…

  • Jul 29, 2020 - Jul 31, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Rapid Software Testing Applied online, with James Bach leading the class, while I helped out. read more…

  • Jul 24, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An afternoon online group consulting and Q&A session with a private client in Portland, ME. read more…

  • Jul 14, 2020 - Jul 17, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Another sold-out presentation of Rapid Software Testing Explored online, presented by James Bach with me providing support and colour commentary. read more…

  • Jul 13, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An online presentation as part of the QA Touch Virtual Series. You can find the recording and the transcript here, but beware: the transcript seems to have been done with voice recognition software that isn't as careful as a human transcriber would be. read more…

  • Jul 3, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    I was interviewed by Federico Toledo of Abstracta for the company's Quality Sense podcast series. QA Touch Virtual Series. read more…

  • Jun 26, 2020
    Online (for Asia/Pacific Time Zones)
    A virtual fireside chat with Ajay Balamurugadas at TribalQonf, an online conference organized by The Test Tribe in India. read more…

  • Jun 17, 2020 - Jun 19, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    Another Rapid Software Testing Applied class in which we applied Rapid Software Testing methodology to a real product, already in production. James Bach presented the class live via Zoom teleconferencing, and I provided support and colour commentary. An overview of Rapid Software Testing Appliedhere; details here. read more…

  • Jun 16, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    The Quare Meetcast, organized by Adam Matlacz, in which James Bach and I presented emerging ideas on experiential software testing (that's what people mean, by and large, when they say "manual testing"). read more…

  • Jun 10, 2020 - Jun 11, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Days Three and Four of Rapid Software Testing Explored online for a client in Estonia. read more…

  • Jun 9, 2020
    Online (for American Time Zones)
    An online meeting of the Denver SQuAD, in which another panelist and I discussed ideas about artificial intelligence in testing. read more…

  • Jun 3, 2020 - Jun 4, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    Days One and Two of Rapid Software Testing Explored online for a client in Estonia. One benefit of online classes is the capacity to break them up into non-contiguous days. read more…

  • May 19, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    A one-hour online presentation for a corporate client in the Netherlands. read more…

  • May 19, 2020
    Online (for Europe/UK Time Zones)
    An online London Test Automation in Devops meetup, organized by Andrew Taylor. read more…

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