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Embracing Adversity: a Learnership’s Story

Ezanne Grobler

Adversities are not uncommon in the business world, with organizations often facing challenges that can either make or break them. However, embracing adversity and turning it into an opportunity can…
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Embracing Change Through Learning for Software Testers and QA Teams

We are in the midst of a shift in the techno-economic paradigm. This is clear from the enormous surge of new technologies and products emerging every day. These new methods…
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How I am Unfolding my Potential as a Neurodivergent in Testing

Viviane Hennecke

In this talk, Viviane Hennecke shares: - How I am Unfolding my Potential as a Neurodivergent in Testing. Ever felt different or worked with someone who you couldn’t understand? Who…
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Growing Pains – Lessons Learned from the Incredible Rise and Collapse of WCW

Chris Armstrong

Can you think of anything that once was so huge, that a future without it seemed implausible? That was me in the 1990s with pro-wrestling’s hottest property, WCW (World Championship…
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Graceful Degradation: Failing with Style

Samer Naqvi

“Failure is a part of the process. You just learn to pick yourself back up.” ― Michelle Obama We do a lot to reduce the chance that our application is…
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How to Prevent your Next Software Release Ending in Disaster

Andrew Brown

You have a major release scheduled. You have prepared a comprehensive plan, including contingencies, back-out routes, and go/no-go decision points. Yet, despite all your preparations, it all ends in disaster.…
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It Only takes One Genius

Isabel Evans

Rather than a typical presentation, in this talk, Isabel Evans is joined by Kristoffer Nordström & Rob Lambert for a tea & biscuits chat around well balanced teams. Our projects…
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EuroSTAR 2023 Virtual Community Stage

Community is what brings us together, no matter where we are. We have been delighted to welcome so many to this virtual get-together. At EuroSTAR, we are encourage community participation…
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You Don’t Talk About THAT at Work

Sophie Küster

There are things you don’t talk about with your colleagues – even less so with your boss. Mental health issues are certainly a big no-no. When I first started working…
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6 Ways to Sharpen Your Soft Skills

Soft skills are gaining significant popularity lately and for good reasons. After the pandemic, employers realised that these skills could revolutionise any work environment and provide long-term benefits. As the…
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Put Your Mindset To The Test: The One Asset You Need To Shape Your Testing

Barry Ehigiator

“Your mindset is the most powerful asset you need to shape your testing, and the contribution you make to your team.” The discussion about mindset in the software testing…
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Tips on Hiring App Developers and Testers

Did you know that more than 80% of people worldwide have access to a smartphone? This figure is increasing and is expected to pass 90% by 2026. As an intelligent…
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Performance Management Software: What it Offers and What it Lacks

Organisations are always looking for ways of being more effective at evaluating and measuring performance. That’s because performance management helps to improve their bottom line, hence the need for performance…
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How to Polish Your Workplace Through Soft Skills Training

When we think about workplace skills, we often jump straight to things like technical prowess, qualifications, and achievements. Why is this? It’s not surprising if you think about it. Our…
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Mama Said My Shape Was Okay – A Better Shape than I, T and X

Jihad Ghandour

“At school, I was the shortest, and I had the darkest skin. Everyone bullied me for that, but Mama said my shape was okay. I always thought I needed to…
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Soft Skills & Its Importance in Software Testing

What are the soft skills that testers need to have? This is a question that is often asked and many have tried to answer it. At EuroSTAR Huddle we will…
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Frustrated? It Might be your Fault – A Guide to Good Communication

Jeffrey Fredrick and Douglas Squirrel

Are you trying to change the way you work but running into a brick wall? Maybe trying to do that cross-silo collaboration everyone keeps asking for, but they just don’t…
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Fantastic Biases & Where to Find Them in Software Development

Michael Kutz & João Proença

Why did all our test cases fail because of this simple bug? Nobody tried that out before? How did five people agree to implement this terrible feature? Why are our…
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The Human Side of Testing

Amanda Perkins

We’re known for breaking things and testing the limits, and patience, of our team and our systems. We advocate for quality in all things and we advocate for the end…
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AMA on Building Your Personal Brand

Raj Subrameyer

Raj Subrameyer is an export of the human side of software testing. Join Raj for this exciting talk and AMA where he will share his experience on building a personal…
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Acing an (Virtual) Interview in the new normal

The ‘new normal’ means many things to many people. In all walks of life, we have to re-learn how to do simple things, and that’s no different in business. One…
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Our New Tomorrow

We have become so accustomed to the language of ‘the new normal’ that we have very quickly accepted the reality what we have been dealt. But this acceptance may yet…
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Outsourcing trends Post Covid-19

We as humans have fundamentally changed after the Coronavirus pandemic. Every industry and business is going through a similar process of change. The outsourcing industry is no different. So what are…
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30/60/90 Day Plan for New QA Leaders

Keysight Technologies

Have you or someone you know recently moved to a managerial position in software Quality Assurance? Designed for new QA leaders, this eBook is for you. Get up to speed…
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Career Advancement Q&A

During our Testing Voices community event on 29th June, we welcomed Raj Subrameyer for an Ask Me Anything session on Career Advancement in the New Normal. We had so many…
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Testing Voices 2021

EuroSTAR is proud to present our new exciting, free event for the software testing community - Testing Voices. Coming to you on Tuesday 29th June 2021 (13:00-16:30 CEST), Testing Voices…
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Test as Transformation

Keith Klain

Alignment in your test approach and business priorities is vital and will either accelerate or constrain enterprise transformation. Using his 20 years experience in building software quality management and testing…
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Testing Becoming Harder to be Valuable

Maaret Pyhäjärvi

We all like to think that the work we do is valuable, and that testers should be paid same as developers. If we want to talk about getting paid for…
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Different Teams, Different Testers

Veerle Verhagen, Hanna Schlander, Chris Armstrong, Sanne Visser, Shey Crompton

Imagine you discover a mysterious way to swap jobs with any tester in the world. This thought experiment is what we'll be diving into with this panel. In a different team you might function even better than you currently are. We'll…
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Unconventional Wisdom V18: Quicker, Cheaper, and Yet Better Proposal Evaluations

Evaluating vendor proposals can be one of the most intimidating and time-consuming aspects of acquiring software. Proposal Evaluations is a form of testing which potentially has far greater impact than…
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Career Advancement in the New Normal

Raj Subrameyer

Unlearn everything you know about your career and jobs. It is time we adapt to the new normal. You have worked in a company for over a decade. You have…
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Encouraging Children into Testing

Kari Kakkonen

This eBook explains that we should get children to start with software testing because otherwise we only get coding skills started at an early age, and as we know, software…
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Your Testing Habitat is Rapidly Changing. Are You?

Ryan Volker

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…
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EuroSTAR Summer Tutorials Are Here

EuroSTAR Conferences are renowned for their immersive experience. Every year those involved in software testing gather at the annual EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference to learn, communicate, discuss and explore different…
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The Pelzman Effect

Andrew Brown

We add test phases to find bugs and improve quality. But what if adding more phases made no difference? In the Peltzman Effect, humans adjust their behaviour in response to…
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Need for Software QA Engineers for The Financial Services Market

Software QA Engineering plays a major role in the Financial Services Market because it ensures stability and reliability in the core systems. Unlike many other industries, financial services require a…
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The Hammer and the Pickle

I’m not sure everyone is aware of some of the greats who have come before us but there have been many in our software development space. One of them is…
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Why Speak at EuroSTAR?

Ever think about sharing your testing story? This is an experience story about why you should speak at EuroSTAR. Speaking at a conference is a daunting task for most people.…
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Why Bother to Blog?

“Only through communication can human life hold meaning” is a quote by celebrated Brazilian educator Paulo Friere. Communication and hence human expression is one of the most important aspects of…
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What Testers can learn from Elephants

Iris Pinkster-O'Riordain & Greet Burkels

Do you know David Attenborough? He is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He studies, describes and researches wild life to create awareness and secure the preservation of nature. In…
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How to become a Conference Speaker

Fran O'Hara

Key Learnings from this session Why you should consider becoming a speaker Tips on choosing what to speak about How to ‘sell’ your talk to a conference committee 2021 could…
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“Dear Younger Me” by Rik Marselis

Welcome to the third in our series of open letters from members of the EuroSTAR Software Testing Community to their 28 year old selves. We are so excited to be…
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