UPCOMING EVENTS
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A private Rapid Software Testing class, presentations, and consulting in-house for a corporate client in Bucharesti, Romania. read more…
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Why do we test? Why do we automate aspects of testing work? We do both to fulfill the fundamental mission of testing: helping the business to keep value high, cost low, and trouble to a minimum by finding problems quickly — before it’s too late. Rapid Software Testing Focused: Automation … read more…
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Mar 12, 2025Christchurch, New Zealandat the EPIC Innovation Centre, 17h30 The Web is abuzz with talk about “automated testing” and “test automation”. Automation comes with a tasty and digestible story: eliminate “manual testing”, and replace messy, complex humanity with reliable, fast, efficient robots! Yet there are many secrets hidden between the lines of the more … read more…
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Mar 10, 2025 - Mar 12, 2025Christchurch, New ZealandWhy do we test? We test to fulfill the fundamental mission of testing: helping the business to keep value high, cost low, and trouble to a minimum by finding problems quickly — before it's too late. Rapid Software Testing returns to Christchurch as Potentia and Resourcefully organize a three-day live presentation of more … read more…
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Feb 27, 2025Wellington, New ZealandPotentia, in partnership with Resourcefully, are proud to present an event you won't want to miss! Get Tickets It's the topic that's on everyone's lips... AI... We're all aware by now, that AI is transforming the world around us at an unprecedented speed and that of course, includes the world of testing. AI and automation are more … read more…
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Feb 24, 2025 - Feb 26, 2025Wellington, New ZealandWhy do we test? Why do we automate aspects of testing work? We do both to fulfill the fundamental mission of testing: helping the business to keep value high, cost low, and trouble to a minimum by finding problems quickly — before it's too late. Rapid Software Testing returns to more … read more…
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Feb 17, 2025 - Feb 19, 2025Auckland, New ZealandWhy do we test? Why do we automate aspects of testing work? We do both to fulfill the fundamental mission of testing: helping the business to keep value high, cost low, and trouble to a minimum by finding problems quickly — before it's too late. Rapid Software Testing returns to more … read more…
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Feb 12, 2025Singapore, SingaporeA live talk for the Singapore Taqelah! Meetup! Don't miss this exciting session—register now before spots fill up! Register here Talk Abstract: What Are We Thinking in the Age of AI? There's an incredible amount of noise around artificial intelligence these days, but very little reliable signal. AI will bring more … read more…
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Nov 27, 2024Toronto, CanadaA live talk for the Toronto chapter of The Test Tribe, titled Quality Engineering? Quality Assurance? Testing? Let's Get Back to Basics. Here's the abstract: Why do we test software? One easy answer is that we test because we're paid to test, but that begs the question. Why would anyone more … read more…
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Oct 14, 2024Portland, United StatesRapid Software Testing Focused: Automation is a full-day workshop about the essence of automation strategy: vision and setting goals that make sense for you and your organization. You can Register at the PNSQC site W10(Full Day): Rapid Software Test Automation Test automation is a hot topic. If you are in more … read more…
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Oct 14, 2024 - Oct 16, 2024Portland, United StatesKeynote: What Are We Thinking — in the Age of AI? In November, 2022, OpenAI released ChatGPT 3 — a Large Language Model (LLM) — that dazzled and surprised even the people who produced it. The LLM’s impressive output quickly led to magical claims that Artificial Intelligence (AI) would write all of our software, cure cancer, solve climate change, etc... Meanwhile, other claims (some of which new either) suggested that AI posed an existential threat to all humanity, or to testing and development jobs. Only a few people — mostly in the research community, and hardly any in commercial software development — actually tested these claims skeptically and seriously. In this keynote, Michael will challenge us — and himself — to critically assess our relationships with technology and hype — and our own beliefs. read more…
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Oct 7, 2024 - Oct 9, 2024Vilnius, LithuaniaA private Rapid Software Testing Explored class, presentations, and consulting in-house for a corporate client in Vilnius, Lithuania. read more…
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Oct 3, 2024Brașov, RomaniaA keynote talk for the Codecamp_Braşov Conference. Testing AI: Five Obstacles and Seven Workarounds There's an incredible amount of noise around artificial intelligence these days, but very little reliable signal. AI will bring doom and destruction, or a world where cheerful robots feed us peeled grapes while we lie on more … read more…
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Oct 2, 2024Brașov, Romania“Test automation” is a hot topic. If you are in the testing field, then you are probably being pressured to automate your work. But how should you go about it? Only certain specific aspects of testing can be automated, so which aspects should you focus on first? There are lots more … read more…
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Sep 30, 2024 - Oct 1, 2024Bucharest, RomaniaAbout Everyone involved in developing a product brings different perspectives to testing it. Developers wrote the code, so they have unique knowledge with which to test that. Testers didn’t write the code, so they are uniquely motivated to learn things about the product so they can test it. Some people more … read more…
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Sep 16, 2024 - Sep 27, 2024Gothenburg, SwedenTraining (Rapid Software Testing Explored), consulting, alumni reviews, and presentations for a corporate client in Gothenburg, Sweden. read more…
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Sep 12, 2024 - Sep 13, 2024Copenhagen, DenmarkRapid Software Testing classes, live and in person, return to Copenhagen, September 9-13, 2024! Organized by Nine in collaboration with Qalibrate, Michael Bolton will present RST Explored and RST Focused: Automation, along with a testing meetup (details to follow). See a video introduction from Nine's Jens Christian Christiansen. Rapid Software more … read more…
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Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 11, 2024Copenhagen, DenmarkPresented by Nine in collaboration with Qalibrate. Michael is presents RST Explored and RST Focused: Automation, plus a meetup. Together with James Bach, Michael Bolton has developed the context-based test method Rapid Software Testing. He is recognized throughout the world for his great knowledge and ability to communicate on the subject of testing software. read more…
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Sep 6, 2024Vilnius, LithuaniaA keynote presentation {“Shift Left or Squish Right: Testing in a DevOps Context”} and a half-day workshop on Critical Thinking Skills for Testers for a corporate client's internal testing conference. read more…
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May 27, 2024 - May 30, 2024Toronto, CanadaRST is a context-driven approach for testing any product that includes or involves software. It's designed to be the fastest, least expensive testing that completely fulfills the mission: exposing risk and finding problems before it's too late. Rapid Software Testing Explored is a three-day class that introduces the methodology. read more…
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Mar 26, 2024Online (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…
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Mar 4, 2024 - Mar 6, 2024Helsinki, FinlandAfter 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…
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