Mr. Hans Buwalda

QW2002 Paper W2

Mr. Hung Nguyen & Mr. Hans Buwalda
(LogiGear Corporation)

Jump Starting Your Test Automation

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Presentation Abstract

Whether you’re looking for a new testing approach through automation or re-examining existing test automation strategies, your objectives are the same: Maximize test coverage, save time, and keep testing under control. A delicate combination of technical problems and management issues, test automation is a challenging task. Hung Nguyen and Hans Buwalda discuss how to start up or improve test automation to meet your goals. They address topics such as how to set up the right team, options for an effective and stable architecture, and how to deal with managerial issues you’re likely to encounter.

About the Author

Hung Q. Nguyen is founder, president, and CEO of LogiGear® Corporation. He’s held leadership roles in business management, product development, business development, engineering, quality assurance, testing, and information technology. Hung is an international speaker and contributor to industry publications. He authors and teaches software testing curriculums for LogiGear University and the University of California. He is the original architect of TRACKGEAR™, a Web-based defect management system, and the author of Testing Applications on the Web (Wiley). He also wrote (with Kaner and Falk) the best-selling book Testing Computer Software (Wiley), which is also published in Japanese. He holds a B.Sc. in Quality Assurance from Cogswell Polytechnical College, is an ASQ-Certified Quality Engineer, and a member of the Advisory Council for the Department of Applied Computing and Information Systems at UC Berkeley Extension.

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.