Innovate QA Events

🚀 We are still buzzing with excitement from our conference last week! The energy and passion of the quality community were truly felt throughout the event. A huge thank you to all our incredible speakers for sharing their knowledge and insights, and to everyone who joined us. Your presence made this event truly special! 🌟 Lee Barnes Aaron Evans Jennifer X Z. Sidharth Shukla Roy Y. Kim Filiatrault Artem Golubev Rhea Khanna Jeremiah Marble Vishnu Murty George Andraws Blake Hill, CSM Anna Royzman Also thank you to our premier sponsor testRigor and Forte Group for co-sponsoring our pre-party. Huge thank you to all of the volunteers Iryna Pereverzieva Irina A. Aleksandra Popova Viktoryia Shypitsa Kateryna White Natalia Vavilova Yulia Balenko! Let's keep the momentum going as we continue to learn, connect, and innovate together. Here's to the power of community and the pursuit of excellence in quality! 🙌 Stay tuned for the next conference date announcement and more amazing photos coming soon! #QualityCommunity #ConferenceVibes #ContinuousImprovement #LearningTogether

Last week I had the awesome chance to attend a series of panels via Innovate QA Events in Seattle. To start things off Artem Golubev provided an overview of testRigor, a generative AI based tool for software testing. There are clear upsides to any organization integrating such a tool. What I took away are that such tools are meant to elevate our quality of work rather than outright replace us as QA engineers. The first panel I atteneded was delivered by Roy Y. on the topic of Robot framework and its various integrations. I personally see it as a valuable addition to my skillset in regards to mobile automation. The panel used the example of network testing. From then on I spent time between talks from Sidharth Shukla giving an overview of Amazaon Q, a coding assistant that bears similarities to copilot. I gathered considerable insights from Jennifer Zhang's panel on accessibility. Key takeaways for me were the framing of various terms used in software development akin to the changes made in previous years referring to some processes as primary/secondary rather than less sensitive terms. Next up, Kim Filiatrault gave a panel that was most beneficial to those new to QA, his approach to automation framework is inline with what I’ve learned from courses and what I’ve implemented in my own work. Up next Aaron Evans gave a panel that sought to reframe how we as professionals view the different SDLC roles. At the same time Artem Golubev gave a more in depth panel around generative AI implementation in a QA workflow along with a very interesting intro from a panel guest, Keith Powe. Keith started in pro-football in Canada & Tampa Bay and after playing pro ball became software professional at the executive level. Keith even signed my schedule as a bit of a keep sake. Concurrent with Artem's panel, Jeremiah Marble presented a detailed panel on testing techniques for AI products. In this panel Jeremiah brought in examples and implementations that we use in the field. The day closed with Vishnu Murty giving a thorough demonstration of how we could automate a performance test and our organizer Anna Royzman walking us through an excercise on problem solving. Overall I am glad I took the initiative to attend this networking event and extend my gratitude to the orginizers, the connections that I made and everyone for attending. Ty Anna Royzman & Tatyana Arbouzova for orginizing such an awesome event 😄

🌟 My First US Conference Experience: Innovate QA in Seattle 🌟 Attending the Innovate QA Conference organized by Innovate QA Events in Seattle was a great opportunity to open familiar processes, solutions, and approaches from new perspectives. I discovered new tools and gained valuable insights from the diverse viewpoints shared by the speakers and attendees. This experience reinforced the importance of existing tools and being open to new solutions. By combining both, we can elevate product quality even with limited resources. Here are some key takeaways: 🔍 testRigor presentation & Workshop: Hands-on experience with an AI-driven testing solution. 🤖 ML & AI Discussion with Ankur Chadha: Learned where to dive deeper into the theory and practice of AI and ML. (Check out: theory - https://lnkd.in/dst9ZaTm, Kaggle.com for practice.) 🛠 Building an Effective Framework: Gained fresh insights into automation strategies. ♿ The Accessibility and Quality Disconnect: A deeper understanding of the obstacles faced in accessibility testing. 🤝 Networking: Connected with 16 new professionals on LinkedIn 💬 Meaningful Conversations: Enjoyed engaging with wonderful people and exchanging ideas. A big thank you to all - organisers, speakers and volunteers for creating such a valuable and enjoyable experience! 🙌

I had a great time at InnovateQA conference today. So many nice and friendly people in Seattle. I think the audience's favorite were the polyhedral dice on each table. My favorite part was the Aslok Hellosey / Cucumber "Rick Roll" that I added right before presenting. Here are the slides from my talk, as promised:

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