Practical Agile Testing

Adam Roman, PhD, DSc. Professor of computer science at the Institute of Computer Science and Computer Mathematics at Jagiellonian University, where he has been giving lectures and seminars on software testing and quality assurance for many years. Co-founder of the "Software Testing" postgraduate program at Jagiellonian University. His research interests include software measurement, defect prediction models and effective test design techniques. As part of the Polish Committee for Standardization, he collaborated on the international ISO/IEEE 29119 Software Testing Standard. Author of monographs: "Testing and Software Quality. Models, Techniques, Tools", "Thinking-Driven Testing", "A Study Guide to the ISTQB ^® Foundation Level 2018 Syllabus. Test Techniques and Sample Mock Exams". Speaker at many Polish and international testing conferences (including EuroSTAR, TestWell, TestingCup, TestWarez). He holds several certifications, including: ASQ Certified Software Quality Engineer, ISTQB ^® Full Advanced Level, ISTQB ^® Expert Level - Improving the Test Process. Member of the Information Systems Quality Association (www.sjsi.org).

Michaël Pilaeten. Breaking the system, helping to rebuild it, and providing advice and guidance on how to avoid problems. That's Michaël in a nutshell. With almost 20 years of experience in test consultancy in a variety of environments, he has seen the best (and worst) in software development. In his current role as Learning & Development Manager, he is responsible for guiding his consultants, partners, and customers on their personal and professional path towards quality and excellence. He is the chair of the ISTQB Agile workgroup and Product Owner of the ISTQB ^® CTFL 4.0 syllabus. Furthermore, he is a member of the BNTQB (Belgium & The Netherlands Testing Qualification Board), an accredited training for most ISTQB ^® & IREB trainings and an international keynote speaker and workshop facilitator.

Wim Decoutere is a test analyst and expert, training expert, and BNTQB board member (secretary), as well as chair of IREB Foundation Work Group. He is a full-time trainer in different domains like testing, requirements engineering, business analysis and soft skills. He's an accredited trainer for ISTQB (CTFL, AL-TA, AL-TTA, AL-TM), IREB, IQBBA and MBTI. Some of his favorite topics are test design techniques, static testing, exploratory testing and quality characteristics. Wim has given training at many different locations in Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg, in Dutch, English and French, on premise and online. Before he became a trainer, Wim gained lots of experience as Test Analyst and Test Coordinator through a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry at different clients and sectors.