Your Testing Habitat is Rapidly Changing. Are You?
Ryan Volker
Targobank
Covid-19 led to rapid and immediate changes to our lives, our work, and our habitat. This transformational moment is happening before our eyes. These are not the only changes occurring. Testers must also accept that their professional habitat is also evolving. RPA, AI, Regulation and Agile methodologies greatly impact our environment. Such threats are growing, not receding. The soft skills needed by testers are ever increasing.
In this live event Ryan will shine a light on five soft skills, attributes, and behaviours testers must develop and grow to thrive in a changing habitat.
o Inaction or Action: change is constant
o Evolving Ecosystem: new core skills
o Rise above: go beyond testing
o Promote new voices: be the difference
o Our future habitat: reasons for optimism
Ryan will explore analogies and recommendations that are practical and applicable for all various methodologies. They are loaded with Ryan’s own personal testing experiences from creating, growing, marketing and leading international testing teams through habitat changes.
This session will explore the soft skills testers need to have in their skillset. The presentation will be followed by an AMA (Ask Me Anything) where you can explore some of these important skills and hear from Ryan on his thoughts why these skills are so important. Share your experiences, get Ryan’s advice or pick up some practical tips from Ryan that you can apply in your work.
Key Takeaways:
- Identify five skills, attributes, and mindsets required for the next normal
- Get to the heart of why soft skills for testers are the new core skills
- Gain pragmatic advice of success and experiences from the testing world
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About Me!
Ryan Volker experience spans almost 20 years in banking across both sides of the Atlantic. Ryan’s original habitat included U.S. Banking Operations and Online Product Management before launching a first-ever, multi-national testing department for a large German bank. The spotlight was squarely on identifying and delivering testing strategies for mobile, multi-channel and multi-platform banking products. The focus encompasses manual and automated testing using both waterfall and agile methodologies.
Through creating an in-house testing department and connecting business with IT, Ryan offers practical advice of success and stumbles from deep inside the testing jungle.