Enterprise QA: World Class Opportunities Awakened in the Revolution of Enterprise Agile

In the fast paced world of enterprise software, the role of testing has evolved from the mindless and unguided exploration of developed software to the development of tightly driven and testable product logic and the rapid execution of tests through continuous integration.  This discussion will take a high level look into the industry of enterprise quality assurance, investigating the evolution of the field over the last ten years, the nature of QA in the current enterprise marketplace, and the exciting technical opportunities that have emerged as a result.

The following topics will be discussed as part of this presentation:

• Common misconceptions regarding the nature and purpose of the QA industry.
• An investigation into the evolution of enterprise QA, as driven by the emergence of Agile.
• A strategy comparison between manual and automative QA, industry errors, and best practice.
• A walkthrough of the AtTask quality assurance model, presenting an example of a cutting edge QA process flow and methodology.
• An industry comparison on the professional opportunities available in the realm of enterprise QA with respect to related development disciplines.

Speaker: Michael Luciano currently holds the position of Director of Quality Assurance at AtTask, a leader and innovator in the PPM space of enterprise collaborative work management.  Mr. Luciano has over twenty years experience in the field of quality assurance, having worked to build high performance global teams and enterprise QA process for such companies as Xerox, EDS, HP, Thomson Reuters and, currently, AtTask.  Mr. Luciano has achieved a Masters of Science level of education in Information Technology, and has spoken at a number of institutions regarding the current state of the QA industry and the opportunities available to those interested in the field.