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Comment by Stephen Blower on May 3, 2013 at 11:23

Schedule:

18:30: Arrivals and Networking

19:00 – 20:00: Stephen Blower: QA is broken, Fix it! with Q and A

20:15 – 20:30: Paul Berry: Lightning Talk: “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” Why date and time bugs keep happening..

20:30 – 21:30: Networking

Comment by Stephen Blower on April 11, 2013 at 18:00

Sheffield Test Gathering: Test is Broken, Fix It! : 14th May.

Please signup here

The format for the 2nd Sheffield Test Gathering:

I will be delivering a talk titled: Test is Broken, Fix It! This will be the talk that I am delivering at the Romanian Test Conference and I would greatly appreciate your honest feedback.

So what's it about?

The introduction will probably lead you to believe that my talk is going to be about QA strategic planning, or a personal account of my previous and current experiences. Well it's going to be both, but my main point will be that I want to rip apart the formalised old processes and move on with the new.

Currently you would think this is actually happening especially with all the blogs, tweets, books and courses on various forms of agile methodologies but in reality although some parts of these frameworks are viewed to be beneficial and desirable in theory, implementing the changes often fail due to lack of fully understanding what is actually involved and how long it will take to see results.

This is the main question I will be exploring in my talk: Why is it that software development tends to follow hierarchical structures, top down approaches, with smatterings of coordinated team interactions and involvement? Discuss...

If you would like to deliver a lightning talk, demo an interesting application relevant to testing or take part in anyway please contact me directly and I'll be more than happy to welcome you into the group.

Sponsorship for this event is also more than welcome.

Comment by Stephen Blower on March 25, 2013 at 18:22

And more good news:

This Event is being sponsored by, James Aspinall.
 
James is kindly putting on food for all attendees:

James specialises purely in Testing from a recruitment point of view. He spends a lot of time reading and learning about changes and breakthroughs in the Testing Field expanding his understanding of testing skills without the practical hands on experience. You could call him a “Theoretical Tester”, a Tester with no Testing experience.

Comment by Stephen Blower on March 24, 2013 at 15:56

Hi All,

Only 5 days to go until the inaugural Sheffield Test Gathering and I have some exciting news, we now have two speakers for the night.

Paul Berry: Who will be talking about "The Five Myths of Testing." 

And 

Iain Mc who will be showing us how to use SubSteps a BDD extension to Cucumber.

 

This is really exciting news and I would hope that you all show them a warm appreciation for volunteering to talk and supporting this event.

We also have 30 people confirmed that they will be attending this event, which is brilliant news.

See you all on Thursday 28th March at the Rutland Arms, upstairs.

Stephen Blower 

Comment by Stephen Blower on March 19, 2013 at 10:07

Sheffield Test Gathering on March 28: Come and Join In here

This meetup now has 20 confirmed people attending, it should be a great first event and I'm hoping there might be a small surprise on the night, I'll confirm if there will be a surprise when I know.

Comment by Stephen Blower on March 11, 2013 at 13:31

I've posted the upcoming Sheffield Test Gathering here

Comment by Stephen Blower on March 11, 2013 at 13:19

Thanks Rosie for setting up the group.

If people are interested I've setup a group on LinkedIn as well here

My very first Test Gathering is on the 28 March, already have 20 confirmed attendees for this inaugural event, so if your in or near Sheffield come and join in.