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May 28, 2016Sydney, AustraliaOn my way back to Toronto from Melboune, I dropped in on the Sydney Testers' Meetup for An Evening with Rapid Software Testing.
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May 23, 2016 - May 25, 2016Melbourne, AustraliaAn in-house, private session of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class in Melbourne, Australia.
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May 20, 2016 - May 21, 2016Melbourne, AustraliaIn Melbourne I gave the opening keynote at the inaugural Australian Testing Days conference, organized by TEAM.
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May 19, 2016Melbourne, AustraliaMy Melbourne junket continued with a one-day session of Rapid Software Testing for Managers, again organized by Rajesh Mathur and TEAM.
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May 16, 2016 - May 18, 2016Melbourne, AustraliaMy first visit to Australia in years—and my first ever to Melbourne—began with a three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Rajesh Mathur and Test Engineering Alliance Melbourne (TEAM).
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May 2, 2016 - May 5, 2016Orlando, United StatesThe annual pilgramage to Orlando, Florida, for the STAR East conference, organized by Techwell.
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Apr 25, 2016 - Apr 27, 2016Zurich, SwitzerlandThe first-ever occasion on which James Bach and I have co-taught the three-day Rapid Software Testing class. The class was organized by House of Test Switzerland.
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Apr 4, 2016 - Apr 8, 2016Christchurch, New ZealandA week of on-site consulting and teaching for a private client in Christchurch, NZ.
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Apr 1, 2016Auckland, New ZealandCritical Thinking for Testers and Technical People yet again, this time in Auckland. All thanks to Vicky Price, Merridy Marshall, and Edwin Dando of Assurity for organizing the two-week, pan-New-Zealand excursion of public classes and events.
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Mar 31, 2016Auckland, New ZealandAssurity hosted me in Auckland for another one-day Rapid Software Testing for Managers class.
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Mar 31, 2016Auckland, New ZealandAssurity sponsored an evening of How to Get What You Want from Testing for an Auckland audience.
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Mar 30, 2016Christchurch, New ZealandCritical Thinking for Testers and Technical People in Christchurch, once again set up by Assurity.
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Mar 29, 2016Christchurch, New ZealandAssurity continues the Grand Tour of New Zealand with a one-day public version of the Rapid Software Testing for Managers class in Christchurch.
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Mar 29, 2016Christchurch, New ZealandAfter class, a talk on How to Get What You Want from Testing for the Christchurch Agile Professionals Network, kindly hosted by the Christchurch office of SLI Systems.
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Mar 24, 2016Wellington, New ZealandCritical Thinking for Testers and Technical People, a one-day class organized by Assurity in Wellington.
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Mar 21, 2016 - Mar 23, 2016Wellington, New ZealandA three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Assurity, in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Mar 7, 2016 - Mar 9, 2016Brighton, United KingdomA public Rapid Software Testing class, leading into the TestBash conference in Brighton, England, organized by the Ministry of Testing.
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Mar 4, 2016Cambridge, United KingdomA one-day private Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing for a corporate client in Cambridge, England.
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Nov 22, 2015 - Dec 4, 2015Xi’an, ChinaEleven days of Rapid Software Testing classes and consulting work with a corporate client in Xi'an, China.
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Nov 9, 2015 - Nov 12, 2015Zurich, SwitzerlandA three-day Rapid Software Testing class and a day of consulting with a corporate client, arranged by House of Test Switzerland.
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Nov 6, 2015Zurich, SwitzerlandA testers' meetup in Zurich, organized by House of Test Switzerland. I delivered an updated version of The Rapid Software Testing Guide to What You Meant to Say.
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Nov 2, 2015 - Nov 5, 2015Maastricht, NetherlandsMy eighth annual trip to the EuroSTAR conference, this time for a one-day class and a track session on Exploratory Testing 3.0, among the usual events and diversions, in Maastricht, Netherlands.
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Oct 26, 2015 - Oct 29, 2015New York, United StatesThree days of the Rapid Software Testing class and a fourth day of consulting work with a corporate client on Long Island, NY.
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Oct 19, 2015 - Oct 21, 2015Vancouver, CanadaA return visit to Vancouver, BC, for another three-day Rapid Software Testing class and other events, organized by PQA Testing.
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Oct 10, 2015 - Oct 12, 2015Maspalomas de Gran Canaria, SpainA three-day session of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client, who provides RST on Gran Canaria as a signing bonus for new employees. How about that?
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Oct 5, 2015 - Oct 6, 2015Chicago, United StatesA day of training and a day of participation at an in-house testing conference for a corporate client in Chicago, Illinois.
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Sep 28, 2015 - Oct 1, 2015Anaheim, United StatesTwo tutorial workshops and a track session at the STAR West conference, organized by SQE.
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Sep 17, 2015 - Sep 18, 2015Copenhagen, DenmarkA two-day presentation of Rapid Software Testing for Managers, organized by PrettyGoodTesting, at the Tivoli Congress Center in downtown Copenhagen.
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Sep 14, 2015 - Sep 16, 2015Copenhagen, DenmarkThree days of Rapid Software Testing work in Copenhagen, Denmark, organized by PrettyGoodTesting for a corporate client.
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Sep 10, 2015 - Sep 11, 2015Lund, SwedenA return to Malmö, Sweden, for another accelerated two-day session of Rapid Testing approaches.
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Sep 7, 2015 - Sep 9, 2015Utrecht, NetherlandsA three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by Improve Quality Services, in Utrecht, Netherlands.
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Sep 1, 2015 - Sep 3, 2015Mississauga, CanadaA three-day Rapid Software Testing class in-house for a corporate client in Mississauga, Ontario.
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Jul 12, 2015 - Jul 15, 2015Beijing, ChinaFour days at the China Test conference in Beijing, including a one-day Exploratory Testing Masterclass, a one-day Testing Workout, a one-hour track talk, and a keynote address.
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Jun 29, 2015 - Jul 10, 2015Wuhan, ChinaTen days of Rapid Software Testing classes and consulting work with a corporate client in Wuhan, China.
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Jun 7, 2015 - Jun 12, 2015Nevada, United StatesThe The Better Software Conference West, in Las Vegas, Nevada, organized by SQE. I gave a presentation with Laurent Bossavit on how not to get fooled by people wielding numbers.
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Jun 2, 2015 - Jun 4, 2015New York, United StatesMy first public Rapid Software Testing class in New York City, organized by Doran Jones.
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May 28, 2015 - May 29, 2015Stockholm, SwedenTwo days of consulting and new-tester training on Rapid Testing approaches with a corporate client in Malmö, Sweden.
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May 27, 2015Stockholm, SwedenA private afternoon event and an public early evening event at Sogeti in central Stockholm, Sweden.
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May 25, 2015 - May 27, 2015Lund, SwedenThe Let's Test Conference, an intensive three-day meetup held in beautiful, isolated Åkersberga, Sweden. Laurent Bossavit and I presented a workshop on Defense Against the Dark Arts—a session on critical thinking about numbers and published research.
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May 15, 2015Auckland, New ZealandA day of conversation and consulting in-house for a corporate client in Auckland, New Zealand.
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May 11, 2015 - May 14, 2015Auckland, New ZealandA three-day Rapid Software Testing class, with a fourth day of extra stuff, in-house for a corporate client in Auckland, New Zealand.
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May 4, 2015 - May 7, 2015Orlando, United StatesThe STAR East Conference in Orlando, Florida, USA, organized by SQE. I gave one-day tutorials on Rapid Software Testing and on Critical Thinking for Testers, plus a track session (with James Bach) on our Rapid / Agile Software Testing ecosystem.
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Apr 13, 2015 - Apr 16, 2015San Luis, United StatesA three-day session of Rapid Software Testing (with an extra day for consulting) for a corporate client in San Luis Obispo, California, USA.
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Apr 8, 2015 - Apr 10, 2015Vancouver, CanadaFor the first time in Vancouver, a three-day public Rapid Software Testing class, organized by PQA.
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Mar 30, 2015 - Apr 1, 2015Brighton, United KingdomThe three-day Rapid Software Testing class returns to Brighton for a public course, hosted by the Ministry of Testing.
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Mar 27, 2015Brighton, United KingdomAt TestBash in Brighton, UK, a keynote presentation called The Rapid Software Testing Guide to What You Meant to Say, in which I noted ways in which imprecision in language can sometimes cause problems for testers and project teams. You can see this presentation here.
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Feb 23, 2015 - Feb 26, 2015Yerevan, ArmeniaRapid Software Testing visited Armenia for the first time, for a private class for a corporate client in Yerevan.
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Feb 20, 2015 - Feb 21, 2015Tokyo, JapanFor Rapid Software Testing's first visit to Japan, I presented a tutorial and a keynote address—How To Get What You Want from Testing—at JaSST, the Japan Symposium on Software Testing in Tokyo.
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Feb 12, 2015 - Feb 13, 2015Montreal, CanadaTwo days of consulting in Rapid Software Testing approaches with a team at a corporate client in downtown Montréal, Québec.
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Feb 2, 2015 - Feb 5, 2015London, CanadaA three day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client on the outskirts of London.
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Jan 27, 2015 - Jan 30, 2015Manchester, United KingdomA three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client in Manchester, UK, this time with the free day preceding the class.
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Jan 25, 2015 - Jan 27, 2015Amersfoot, NetherlandsThree days of a private Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client in Amersfoort, Netherlands.
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Jan 24, 2015Driebergen, NetherlandsThe second day of the Dutch Exploratory Workshops on Testing, in Driebergen, Netherlands.
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Jan 18, 2015 - Jan 22, 2015Brno, Czech RepublicA new country for the list: three days of Rapid Software Testing in the classroom, followed by two days of consulting for a corporate client in Brno, Czech Republic.
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Jan 12, 2015 - Jan 15, 2015Athabasca, CanadaA private three-day Rapid Software Testing class with an extra day of consulting and presentations, in-house for a client in Athabasca, Alberta.
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Jan 7, 2015 - Jan 9, 2015Calgary, CanadaA public three-day Rapid Software Testing class organized by PQA in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Jan 4, 2015 - Jan 7, 2015Calgary, CanadaOff to sunny, warm, Calgary, Alberta for three days of Rapid Software Testing in the classroom, and then a day of consulting for a corporate client. At least the welcome was warm!
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Dec 9, 2014Bucharest, RomaniaMetrics and Measures and Numbers, Oh My!—a presentation on measurement and metrics for a receptive audience at Tabara de Testare Bucuresti, a Bucharest testing meetup group.
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Dec 8, 2014 - Dec 11, 2014Bucharest, RomaniaIn Romania again—this time in Bucharest—to present the three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client. I provided some consulting and a testing game for the test dojo on the fourth day.
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Dec 4, 2014Stockholm, SwedenIn Stockholm, Sweden, I gave a presentation at a quarterly meeting of SAST, the Swedish Association for Software Testing on Rapid Testing and the Rapid / Agile Software Testing Ecosystem.
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Dec 3, 2014Stockholm, SwedenI visited a corporate client and did an information talk on Rapid Testing and the Rapid / Agile Software Testing Ecosystem.
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Nov 24, 2014 - Nov 27, 2014Dublin, IrelandA half-day tutorial and a track session at the EuroSTAR 2014 conference in Dublin, Ireland. The tutorial was called "What's the Problem?", on the nature of oracles and their role in recognizing problems that happen during testing. I compiled some notes on the subject. The track session, "Every Tester Has a PRICE" was essentially a brainstorming session and discussion on sources of project information. I gathered the ideas offered in the brainstorming session and created a mind map from them more…
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Nov 17, 2014 - Nov 20, 2014Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaOn my first trip to Romania I went to Cluj-Napoca, where I presented a three-day public Rapid Software Testing class and a one-day public class on critical thinking sponsored by Altom.
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Oct 27, 2014 - Nov 7, 2014Chengdu, ChinaA return visit to China, this time to Chengdu, for two more weeks of training and consulting in Rapid Software Testing with a corporate client.
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Oct 13, 2014 - Oct 16, 2014Anaheim, United StatesThe STAR West conference in Anaheim, California, USA. I presented a one day Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing, and a one-day class on Critical Thinking for Testers.
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Oct 2, 2014Vienna, AustriaI was delighted to attend and present at the Vienna Tester meetup, thanks to Kindly Host Tom Mansch and the sponsorship of Ebcont proconsult GmbH. This was also the first time that my daughter attended a presentation, such that I was able give her in-person credit for introducing the Horse Lunge Game that we often use as a testing toy.
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Sep 29, 2014 - Oct 3, 2014Vienna, AustriaA three-day Rapid Software Testing class (with an extra day of consulting work and another extra day of Rapid Software Testing for Managers) for a corporate client in Vienna, Austria.
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Sep 22, 2014New York, United StatesWhile in New York City, I gave a short talk at the first NYC Testers' Meetup, which I hope was the first of many. Many thanks to Huge Inc., the host of the event; to Doran Jones, the sponsor; and to the organizers: Kate Falange, Anna Royzman, and Perze Ababa.
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Sep 15, 2014 - Sep 24, 2014New York, United StatesAn intensive session of Rapid Software Testing with participants from Per Scholas. I'm excited about all of my classes, but this one was special. I owe a blog post on it.
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Aug 11, 2014 - Aug 13, 2014New York, United StatesAt the Conference for the Association for Software Testing (CAST) in New York City, I had the privilege of giving a workshop with Laurent Bossavit called "Thinking Critically About Numbers: Defence Against the Dark Arts". In addition, this was the conference at which the context-driven community, inspired by James Christie, initiated the Stop 29119 movement and Karen Johnson launched the Professional Tester's Manifesto.
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Jun 27, 2014Dublin, IrelandI gave a half-day presentation for the Dublin testing community as a warm-up event for the EuroSTAR 2014. The topic was How To Get What You Really Want from Testing, along with a brief diversion into the Rapid Software Testing Agile Ecosystem, which James Bach and I are developing as a radical revision to the ideas introduced in the Agile Testing Quadrants.
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Jun 23, 2014 - Jun 26, 2014Dublin, IrelandA three-day Rapid Software Testing class, in-house for a corporate client in Dublin, Ireland.
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Jun 12, 2014New York, United StatesFor the second time, I was lucky to attend the annual Per Scholas ROI dinner in New York, which this year honoured the work of the Per Scholas graduates and my colleage and friend Keith Klain.
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May 26, 2014 - May 28, 2014Lund, SwedenThe third annual Let's Test conference in Åkersberga, Sweden, the leading conference for the context-driven community in Europe. This year I presented a workshop on testing games and what we can learn from them with my partner in crime Paul Holland.
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May 5, 2014 - May 8, 2014Orlando, United StatesA full-day tutorial and a track session at the STAR East conference in Orlando, Florida.
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Apr 28, 2014 - May 2, 2014London, United KingdomA return visit to a client in London, UK, for four days (!) of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class.
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Apr 11, 2014 - Apr 17, 2014Beijing, ChinaA keynote talk at an in-house testing conference, in Beijing, China, followed by a Rapid Software Testing class and a day of in-house consulting for a corporate client.
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Apr 7, 2014 - Apr 8, 2014Toronto, CanadaA full-day tutorial, a keynote address, and a track session at STAR Canada in Toronto.
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Mar 26, 2014 - Mar 28, 2014Maspalomas de Gran Canaria, SpainA three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by ImmuneIT for its testing consultants, on Gran Canaria. If you're going to train your employees, why NOT send them to an island resort for a three-day class and then a few days of hanging around the pool?
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Mar 17, 2014 - Mar 19, 2014Porto, PortugalAn in-house, three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client in Porto, Portugal.
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Mar 15, 2014Porto, PortugalA plenary talk at the Blip Ripple conference, in Porto, Portugal. More information can be found here. I gave a talk entitled Testing Is More Than Checking.
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Mar 12, 2014 - Mar 14, 2014Breda, NetherlandsA public three-day class Rapid Software Testing, in Breda, Netherlands, organized by CodeCentric.
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Mar 11, 2014Utrecht, NetherlandsTasting Let's Test Netherlands, held in Utrecht, Netherlands, was a one-day, appetizer-sized version of the main-course Let's Test conference in Âkersberga, Sweden in May. Here I presented a talk called "Getting Serious About Emotions in Software Testing".
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Feb 20, 2014London, United KingdomYet another London Tester Gathering, hosted by the inimitable Tony Bruce.
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Feb 20, 2014London, CanadaYet another London Tester Gathering, hosted by the inimitable Tony Bruce. Here I presented a short version of the
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Feb 17, 2014 - Feb 20, 2014Heathrow, United StatesAn in-house session of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client near Heathrow, London, UK.
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Feb 3, 2014 - Feb 7, 2014Haifa, IsraelA three-day in-house Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client near Haifa, Israel.
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Jan 24, 2014Copenhagen, DenmarkA keynote presentation at the first CopenhagenContext, a one-day conference on context-driven approaches, hosted by PrettyGoodTesting. Other speakers included Carsten Feilberg, Louise Perrold, Huib Schoots, and Henrik Emilsson.
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Jan 23, 2014Copenhagen, DenmarkA day of consulting and presentations on context-driven testing approaches in Agile environments for a corporate client in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Jan 20, 2014 - Jan 22, 2014Copenhagen, DenmarkA three-day in-house Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Nov 21, 2013Eindhoven, NetherlandsA visit to Eindhoven, Netherlands, for an evening talk in Sioux Software's "Hot or Not" series. The topic: "A Very Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing"
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Nov 18, 2013 - Nov 20, 2013Dordrecht, NetherlandsA visit to Dordrecht, Netherlands to present the three-day Rapid Software Testing class, organized by CodeCentric.
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Nov 4, 2013 - Nov 7, 2013Lund, SwedenI was first-ever non-European Programme Chair for the EuroSTAR 2013 in Göteborg, Sweden. EuroSTAR is Europe's largest testing conference.
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Oct 21, 2013 - Oct 25, 2013Lund, SwedenA private session of the three-day Rapid Software Testing class for a corporate client in Malmö, Sweden, along with a fourth day of consulting, coaching, and outside presentations.
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Oct 17, 2013Waterloo, OntarioI gave the keynote presentation at the Kitchener-Waterloo Software Quality Association's Targeting Quality Conference 2013 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The topic was The Role of Emotions in Software Testing, and the presentation materials are here.
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Sep 30, 2013 - Oct 3, 2013Mechelen, BelgiumRapid Software Testing's first foray into Belgium for a three-day course and a one-day testing retreat—a kind informal workshop with discussions, problem-solving, and exercises—in Mechelen. The events were organized by Co-Learning, InfoSupport, and ZSharp Consulting.
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Jul 15, 2013 - Jul 23, 2013Shenzhen, ChinaEight days of training classes, consulting, coaching, and presentations on Rapid Testing methodology to a corporate client in Shenzhen, China.
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Jun 24, 2013 - Jul 3, 2013Xi’An, ChinaNine days of training classes, consulting, coaching, and presentations on Rapid Testing methodology to a corporate client in Xi'An, China
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Jun 12, 2013New York, United StatesAttended the Per Scholas ROI Dinner, honouring Joe Squeri of Barclays. Here I am participating a heads or tails contest. I prevailed over 1:512 odds, only to lose to a woman who made ten correct guesses (1:1024). That's QA Symphony's Josh Lieberman in the foreground, and Perze Ababa to the right.
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May 23, 2013Lund, SwedenA visit to Gothenburg, Sweden, to scope out the site of EuroSTAR 2013, and also to deliver a presentation on How to Get What You Really Want from Testing for the Swedish Association for Software Testing. I also was given the privilege of a question-and-answer session with some of Martin Jansson's students.
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