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Mr. Hans Buwalda
(Logigear Corporation )

Test Automation, Build to Last Action Based Testing Methods and Tools at Work!

Presentation Abstract

Action Based Testing (ABT) is becoming a more popular method to architect testing and test automation. The method has been proven for a wide range of applications including GUI, embedded software, Web, and client-server systems; and industries such as bioscience, logistic, transportation, telecommunication, finance and consumer product. In this session, Hans Buwalda offers a summary of ABT practices through the demonstration of the ABT Toolset™.

This test-development oriented toolset will elegantly puts you in control of the development, management and automation of even the most complex test sets. Take this opportunity to see how the method and supporting tools together will deliver the hidden weapon that has been missing from your testing arsenal.

About the Author

Hans Buwalda, ABT Chief Architect, leads LogiGear's Action Based Testing™ (ABT) research and development, including ABT Toolset™ operations, and oversees the practice of the ABT methodology. Prior to joining LogiGear, Hans served as Project Director at CMG in The Netherlands where he was the original architect behind what has now become TestFrame™ - an integrated method for planning, managing, and deploying software testing and test automation. Hans is an internationally recognized expert specializing in test automation, test development, and test management. He speaks and presents workshops at international conferences on testing concepts such as Action Based Testing, The Three Holy Grails of Test Development, Soap Opera Testing, and Testing in the Cold. Hans authored (along with Dennis Janssen and Iris Pinkster) Integrated Test Design and Automation: Using the TestFrame Method (Addison Wesley 2001). He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Free University, Amsterdam.