SPaMCAST 274 Jeremy Berriault on Testing and Test Professionalism

Published: Jan. 27, 2014, 10 p.m.

b'Check out\\xa0\\xa0274.\\xa0 The SPaMCAST 274 features our interview with Jeremy Berriault.\\xa0 We talked about testing, test professionalism and testing in academia.\\xa0 Sometimes it is easy to forget that testing is one of the primary tools to manage quality in software development and that test professionals are a core part of any development department.\\nJeremy\\u2019s bio tells us that his main goals within the Quality Assurance discipline are to ensure that the value is achieved across the organization and that it is a valued profession to be in.\\nHe has had 20 year progressive career growth within the Quality Assurance discipline .Jeremy has a wealth of knowledge on QA processes, planning and continuous improvement. Working for large Canadian financial institutions he has a great appreciation of the risk mitigation a QA group can bring to an organization and their clients to ensure there are no financial or privacy impacts. \\xa0His long career has introduced him to many leaders and knowledge experts within the QA discipline that have helped increase his own experiences.\\nJeremy is very approachable and is very collaborative because he believes that ownership of the processes does not sit with one individual. He enjoys working within a diverse group of individuals where everybody learns from one another and improves as a team.\\nJeremey can be found on\\xa0.\\xa0 Down load his paper \\u201c\\u201d by clicking on the on the link. His email address is jeremy.berriault@rogers.com\\nRemember to register for the "Influential Agile Leader" events led by Johanna Rothman and Gil Broza.\\xa0 Check out the full details at www.InfluentialAgileLeader.com\\nGet in\\xa0\\xa0with us anytime or leave a comment here on the blog.\\xa0 Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating it on\\xa0. It helps people find the cast. Like us on\\xa0\\xa0while you\\u2019re at it.\\nNext week the SPaMCAST features my interview with Jeremy Berriault.\\xa0 Jeremy and I discussed his research on test professionalism.\\nThe Software Process and Measurement Cast has a sponsor.\\nAs many you know I do at least one webinar for the\\xa0\\xa0(ITMPI) every year. The ITMPI provides a great service to the IT profession. ITMPI\'s mission is to pull together the expertise and educational efforts of the world\'s leading IT thought leaders and to create a single online destination where IT practitioners and executives can meet all of their educational and professional development needs. The ITMPI offers a premium membership that gives members unlimited free access to 400 PDU accredited webinar recordings, and waives the PDU processing fees on all live and recorded webinars.\\xa0\\xa0The Software Process and Measurement Cast some support if you sign up\\xa0.\\xa0\\xa0All the revenue our sponsorship generates goes for bandwidth, hosting and new cool equipment to create more and better content for you.\\xa0\\xa0Support the SPaMCAST and learn from the ITMPI.\\nShameless Ad for my book!\\n\\xa0co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or your team." Support SPaMCAST by buying the book\\xa0.\\nAvailable in English and Chinese.'