Past Events

At the STAR East conference, abruptly moved online, two one-day classes: Critical Thinking for Testers, and X-Ray Vision for Testers—a workshop on how to analyze things. read more…

The Tricentis Accelerate online conference, during which I presented a shorter version of Testing Deep and Shallow. read more…

An online event for the Toronto Association of System and Softare Quality, in which I presented a longer version of Testing Deep and Shallow. read more…

A public presentation of the Rapid Software Testing Explored class, organized by Nine in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

Another one-day visit to another corporate client for a day of coaching and exercises in Rapid Software Testing approaches in Auckland, New Zealand. read more…

A one-day visit to a corporate client for a day of coaching and exercises in Rapid Software Testing approaches in Auckland, New Zealand. read more…

For the first time in New Zealand, a public presentation of the Rapid Software Testing Explored class, organized by Assurity. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client; then a couple of consulting days, featuring internal presentations and discussions in Auckland, New Zealand. read more…

My fourth time visiting a client to deliver a private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class in London, England, UK. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class, with an extra day of consulting, plus a presentation at the company's internal testing conference in London, England, UK. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a public-sector client in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. read more…

A testing meetup in Cardiff, Wales, at which I presented some idea on Testing Deep and Shallow. read more…

Working on Rapid Software Testing methodology and curriculum with James Bach on Orcas Island, Washington, USA. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client in Zaragoza, Spain. read more…

A day of consulting and a private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client in Munich, Germany. read more…

A lunchtime presentation on The Secret Life of Automation for the Kitchener-Waterloo Software Quality Association (KWSQA) in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. read more…

Vienna, Austria's first-ever public presentation of Rapid Software Testing Explored, organized by TechTalk. read more…

Having never visited Riga, Latvia, before this year, my second visit to Riga in two months. I presented two workshops at an in-house conference for a private client. read more…

In Prague, Czech Republic, my thirteenth consecutive year at the EuroSTAR testing conference. This time, I presented a tutorial on Using Risk to Guide Testing. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class for a corporate client in Monction, New Brunswick, Canada. read more…

Three days of Rapid Software Testing Explored, and a couple of days of onsite consulting for a corporate client in Altoona, PA. read more…

XP 2019 - The 20th International Conference on Agile Software and Systems Development in Montréal, Québec, Canada. I presented a one-day workshop on Analysis for Agilists, and a talk on Refactoring the Agile Testing Quadrants. read more…

A public, three-day Rapid Software Testing Explored class, organized by House of Test Switzerland, in Zurich. read more…

At Meetup of Test, a public presentation of Refactoring the Agile Testing Quadrants, organized by House of Test Switzerland, in Zurich. And you can watch a video of the talk! read more…

The STAREast testing conference organized by TechWell. I'll be giving two full-day tutorial workshops: Critical Thinking for Software Testers, and X-Ray Vision For Testers: How to Analyze Things in Orlando, Florida, USA. read more…

STPCon, San Francisco. A one-day presentation of A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing. read more…

An online webinar, Higher-Value Checking. This webinar is based on the session of the same name that I presented at EuroSTAR 2018. read more…

I did a one-day takeover of the Techwell Hub #testing Slack channel. There's a recap here. read more…

Satisfice Peer Conference (by invitation only in Orcas Island, Washington, USA. read more…

The Sydney Testers' Meetup, organized by Catherine Karena and Samantha Connelly. I gave a presentation on Rapid Software Testing in an Agile World. read more…

For a private client, an in-house, three-day Rapid Software Testing 4.0 class, followed by a day of consulting in Sydney, Australia. read more…

For a private client, an in-house, three-day Rapid Software Testing 4.0 class, followed by a one-day internal conference in London, UK. read more…

The EuroSTAR Testing Conference in Den Haag, Netherlands. At my 12th consecutive EuroSTAR, I gave a one-day class on Analysis for Testers, a track talk on Higher-Value Checking, and a lightning talk. read more…

A public presentation of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class in London, UK, organized by Learning Connexions. read more…

For the first time ever in Croatia (Zagreb), the three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by the good folks at ChangeCon and Testival. read more…

A two-day live public Rapid Software Testing Applied class, organized by Improve Quality Services in Utrecht, Netherlands. read more…

A three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Improve Quality Services in Utrecht, Netherlands. read more…

At the STAR West testing conference in Anaheim, Calfornia, USA, organized by TechWell, I presented Critical Thinking for Testers on Monday, a one-day Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing on Tuesday, and a lightning talk on Wednesday. read more…

The first public presentation of the updated Rapid Software Testing 4.0 class was held in Seattle, Washinton, USA. And for the first time, the class was presented by all three RST instructors: James Bach, Michael Bolton, and Paul Holland. read more…

The QA Fest conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, at which I gave two talks, one on Risk Analysis, and the other on Regression Obsession. read more…

The first public presentation of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class in Kyiv, Ukraine. And it was sold out! read more…

A three-day Rapid Software Testing class and a day of in-house follow-up consulting for a corporate client in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. read more…

A three-day Rapid Software Testing class and a day of in-house follow-up consulting for a corporate client in Portland, Maine, USA. read more…

A talk on How To Get What You Want from Testing (for CTOs) at the True North CTO Meetup group in Toronto. read more…

A public Rapid Software Testing class in Toronto, organized by the Toronto Association of System and Software Quality. read more…

A public session of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class, followed by a keynote talk at the Testing Cup and Championship in Łódź, Poland. read more…

Two talks—"The Logic of Verification", and "Testers as Their Own Worst Enemies"—at the Heisenbug Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia. read more…

Three-day Rapid Software Testing class with a corporate client in St. Petersburg, Russia. read more…

The STAR East Testing conference in Orlando, Florida, USA. A one-day class on Critical Thinking for Testers; a one-day Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing, and a lightning talk on testing a product the way you'd qualify a candidate for a job. read more…

Testing is Testing, and Agile is Context: a talk at a meeting of the Toronto Association of System and Software Quality. read more…

In Copenhagen, a day of private, internal consulting for clients of PrettyGoodTesting. read more…

Rapid Software Testing for Managers—a long one-day class, organized by PrettyGoodTesting in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

A three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by PrettyGoodTesting in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

Private consulting with a corporate client in Montpelier, France. read more…

For the third year in a row, House of Test Switzerland presented Rapid Software Testing with both me and James Bach co-teaching the class in Zurich, Switzerland. This is very rare indeed, and each year we develop new material for the occasion. read more…

Rapid Software Testing made its first appearance in Mexico for a public three-day class in Guadalajara. read more…

Five days of in-house consulting with a corporate client in Portland, Maine, USA. read more…

The three-day Rapid Software Testing class, one day of consulting, and evening events with a corporate client in Columbia, Missouri, USA read more…

The three-day Rapid Software Testing class, one day of consulting, and evening events with a corporate client in Vienna, Austria. read more…

A keynote presentation and two workshops for an in-house testing conference for a corporate client in Shenzhen, China, along with several days of consulting to internal clients. read more…

A day of consulting for a private client in Montréal, Québec, Canada., including a breakfast presentation for the client's customers on The Secret Life of Automation. read more…

A webinar on How to Get What You Want from Testing (Mangers' Edition), as part of the regular Technobility Webinar Series presented by my friend and colleague Peter de Jager. There are also presentation notes. read more…

A public presentation of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by RealDolmen and CTG in Brussels, Belgium. read more…

The 25th EuroSTAR conference (and my 11th consecutive one). A one-day tutorial (Critical Thinking about Numbers and Metrics) and a track talk (Transforming Trainees Into Testers) in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

Two days of participation in the TestBash conference: a half-day tutorial on recording and reporting, and a plenary talk on Exploratory Testing 3.0 in Manchester, United Kingdom. read more…

A three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by the Ministry of Testing in Manchester, United Kingdom. read more…

A full-day tutorial on Critical Thinking for Testers, and a track presentation on The Secret Life of Testers at the STAR Canada conference in Toronto, Ontario. read more…

A five-day event, including a three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Tai Xiaomei and Odd-E in Shanghai, China. read more…

A one-day "Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing" and "Critical Thinking for Testers" at the STARWest conference, organized by TechWell in Anaheim CA, YUSA. read more…

Two half-day classes—"Critical Thinking Skills for Testers" and "Critical Thinking about Numbers and Metrics"—and a talk on "How To Get What You Want from Testing" and another on Rapid Software Testing in Agile Contexts at STPCon, organized by Software Test Professionals in Washington DC, United States. read more…

An in-house engagement: three days of the Rapid Software Testing class and a day of consulting for a private client in London, UK. read more…

A public version of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Improve Quality Services. Learn about the class here, and register here in Utrecht, Netherlands. read more…

Two weeks of assessment and consulting on testing and test strategy for a corporate client in Hangzhou, China. read more…

A week consisting of three days of Rapid Software Testing class training, followed by a two days of consulting and test management training for a corporate client in Johannesburg, South Africa. read more…

A day of private, internal consulting for a client of PrettyGoodTesting in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

The debut of the one-day Rapid Software Test Strategy class, organized by PrettyGoodTesting in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

A three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by PrettyGoodTesting in Copenhagen, Denmark. read more…

Four days of training and consulting in Rapid Software Testing with a private client in Dnipro, Ukraine. read more…

A day of consulting work with a private client followed by a testers' meetup by the seashore in Tel Aviv, Israel. read more…

A three-day public Rapid Software Testing class in Montevideo, Uruguay. read more…

A wonderful visit to the the TestingUY conference in Montevideo, Uruguay. read more…

A one-day Introduction to Rapid Software Testing and Critical Thinking for Testers at the STAR East Conference, organized by TechWell in Orlando, FL, USA. read more…

A talk at a session at the Test Master's Meetup on the social and technical dimensions of testing and the ways they interact with each other, hosted by Xebia Amsterdam in Amsterdam, Netherlands. read more…

A keynote presentation at the 8th International TestIstanbul Conference, sponsored by the Turkish Testing Board in Istanbul, Turkey. read more…

A Ridiculously Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing, at the second annual Quality Jam—a testing conference organized by QA Symphony in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. read more…

A talk for the Toronto Association of System and Software Quality (TASSQ), "No Test Cases Required", on chartering testing sessions. read more…

A public three-day Rapid Software Testing class, as part of TestBash week. I also presented a half-day version of the Critical Thinking for Testers class. read more…

For the second year running, James Bach and I co-taught a three-day class of Rapid Software Testing in Zurich, organized by Ilari Aegerter and House of Test Switzerland. read more…

A one-day tutorial and a keynote talk at CASTx17, organized by the Association for Software Testing, in Sydney, Australia. read more…

A week of consulting for a corporate client in Beijing, China. read more…

A very pleasurable evening testers' meetup at the Old Spring Pub in Cambridge, UK. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing class and a free day of consulting, in-house for a corporate client in Cambridge, UK. read more…

A three-day Rapid Software Testing class and a one-day Critical Thinking for Testers class in Tartu, Estonia. read more…

Consulting and training in Rapid Software Testing approaches, in-house for a corporate client in Shenzhen, China. read more…

For the ninth year running, the EuroSTAR testing conference, this time in Stockholm, Sweden. read more…

The STAR Canada conference in Toronto, Ontario, organized by Techwell. read more…

The STARWest conference in Anaheim, CA, USA, organized by Techwell. read more…

A day of in-house consulting with a local client in Mississauga. read more…

Reinventing Testers Week—WITS Peer Workshop, New Testing Conference, Masterclasses—organized by TestMasters Academy, in New York City, NY, USA. read more…

A private three-day Rapid Software Testing class in Guelph, Ontario, in-house for a corporate client. read more…