The Second UKSTAR Conference took place almost 2 weeks ago. With 50 world-class speakers and 400+ delegates in attendance, we had a
About the author: Jaap de Hond, Founder of ITs Quality Service, has more than 16 years of experience helping software providers and departments
While adopting the agile practice enables companies to shift left on testing and mitigate risks, it doesn’t mean they start testing often with a
Automation is old news. Most companies and tech leaders are already on board with automation and the promise it brings. What is newsworthy
Let me begin this post by throwing out some buzzwords: DevOps! Continuous Delivery! Agile! There.Now that we’ve dispensed with SEO pleasantries
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Luka Zadel. Luka is a software developer with a passion for new tech
The Liverpool Tester Gathering held their most recent Tester Meetup this last Tuesday (February 20th). UKSTAR were delighted to be able to send
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Aleksandar Ristic. As a Testing Consultant at Comtrade, Aleksandar is in
One of the biggest enemies of experienced testers is their own experience. It is not the experience of the tester per se, but the overconfidence
From the 12th-15th of February we held our ‘Golden Ticket‘ competition in conjunction with our UKSTAR Webinar Series. Particpants had to attend
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Joel Montvelisky. Joel started testing by accident as a student job back in
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Jitesh Gosai. Jitesh has over 14 years Test experience working with a wide
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Ali Hill. Ali Hill has been a software tester for over three and a half years.
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Chris Clements. Chris has been a tester for more than 19 years in various
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Hristo Gergov. Hristo Gergov is a Test Manager at Musala Soft with 6 years of
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Nicholas Hjelmberg. Nicholas Hjelmberg is a test and requirements manager at
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Yan Drugalya. Yan is a Professional C#/C++ developer. Yan has over 15 years of
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Rick Tracy. Rick Tracy is a “software engineer” at Rabobank, which basically
Join us this February for the UKSTAR Webinar Series We’ve gathered experts in Test Automation, Test Management and Agile Testing for this
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Thomas Mantsch. Thomas is a professional Software Tester, Consultant and Scrum
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Viktor Slavchev. Viktor’s profession is software testing and
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Lena Wiberg. Lena first entered the IT-industry during the last trembling
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Richard Paterson. Richard has over nineteen years experience in testing, test
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Fran O’Hara. Fran has 30 years’ experience in the software industry
BCS SIGIST (Special Interest Group in Software Testing) Practical Risk-Based Testing Workshop On Friday 1st December, the SIGiST hosted an
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Vlad Romanenko. Vlad is a QA engineer with a solid geographical
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Martin Zedeler. Martin is a freelance Test Manager with over 12
The Nominations for our Software Meetup Hero Competition have now opened. We had so many wonderful entries with testers looking to salute their
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Yann Person. Yann Person is currently Process & QA Manager for
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Saurabh Shrihar. Saurabh is an automation specialist managing a
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Jesper Ottosen. Jesper is a Test Manager at an outsourcing company
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Simon Prior. Simon is a QA Manager at McAfee, leading the
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Kinga Witko. A girl in IT. An experienced software tester.
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is James Thomas. James is one of the founders of Linguamatics, the
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Joep Lobée. Joep Lobée is an experienced tester who has been
Next up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Andrew Brown. Dr Andrew Brown is a principal consultant at SQS.
First up in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series for UKSTAR 2018 is Magnus Pettersson. Magnus started working in testing by coincidence like
The UKSTAR Software Meetup Hero Competition is Back! We’re back for our second year of the UKSTAR Software Meetup Hero Competition! See
We asked this year’s programme committee to share their thoughts on the 2018 Programme for UKSTAR. Hear from them why you should pick
The greater my technical understanding, the more I can identify tools to help me test effectively. Particularly in terms of observing the
Nathalie is always pursuing quality, not only in her job, but also in her hobbies. Her biggest hobby is being a Casualty Simulation Victim, which
The ‘Java For Testers‘ book is for people who want to learn Java. Particularly people on a team that want to learn Java, but who aren’t going to
We’re Back! Did you miss us? 😊 We are delighted to return to London on the 12 – 13 March 2018 for the second year of UKSTAR! London is
The very first UKSTAR software testing conference took place almost in March 2017. With 39 world-class speakers and 340 delegates from 27
UKSTAR Speaker Marianne Duijst is next up for Meet the Speaker series. Marianne will present her track on Tuesday the 28th at 3:30 p.m.
Looking for the best mobile app testing tools? Look no further – our friends from Skelia have researched 5 of them and we are ready to share the
What is the UKSTAR ‘Mad Hatter’ Competition? The final countdown to the first UKSTAR 2017 is on and to celebrate we’re giving
Accommodation With the very first UKSTAR taking place in the heart of London there is plenty of choice for accommodation nearby. Want to stay
Next up in our Meet the Speaker Series for UKSTAR is Speaker Bryan Jones Bryan will be presenting the Conversation Track: Head
Next in the Meet the Speaker series for UKSTAR we have Amela Teftedarija and Adisa Sinanovic. You can see how they answered our questions below.
UKSTAR Speaker Rik Marselis is next up for Meet the Speaker series. Rik will be part of a conversation track with Nathalie van delft on Monday
UKSTAR Speakers Laurent Py and Kateryna Shevchenko are next up for the Meet the Speaker series here. They will be co-presenting a Conversation
Next up in the Meet the Speakers series is UKSTAR Speaker Paul Colllis. Paul will present his session ‘Changing software delivery culture
UKSTAR Speakers Rick Tracy & Paula O’Grady are next for their Meet the Speakers Blog Post. Their Conversation Track ‘Skills
UKSTAR Speaker Jitesh Gosai is next for our Meet the Speakers Series. Jitesh will present his session ‘Mis-Adventures in Test Automation –
Meet the next UKSTAR Speaker – Cassandra Leung who’s next in our Meet the Speaker Series. Cassandra will be presenting her session
To kick-start 2017 we’re giving you a chance to see more from our fantastic organising committee before UKSTAR this February. You can
UKSTAR Speaker Siegfried Goeschl is next up in our Meet the Speaker series. He will be presenting his session ‘Gatling – Tales From A
Now in our Meet the Speaker Series we hear from UKSTAR Speaker Stephen Janaway. Stephen will be presenting his session ‘Moving Into
Vesna Leonard is next in our ‘Meet the Speakers’ series. Get to know a bit more about her with these questions. Vesna will be
The Nominations for our Software Meetup Hero Competition have come to a close. We had so many wonderful entries with testers looking to salute
Mirjana Kolarov is next in our ‘Meet the Speaker’ Series to answer our questions. Mirjana will be presenting her
Christmas is just around the corner and chances are you’ve got most of your shopping done. But there’s always that one friend that you just don’t
Something a little different is up now in our ‘Meet the Speakers’ series. Steve Watson and Bhagya Mudiyanselage will be co-presenting
UKSTAR Speaker ALbert Witeveen is next for our ‘Meet the Speaker’ series on the UKSTAR blog. You can see how he answered our
Another addition to our meet the speakers series. Here we asked Kevin Harris to answer our questions so that you can learn more about him. Kevin
Nathalie will be hosting one of UKSTAR’s Conversation Tracks along with Rik Marselis. Her presentation is titled ‘DataEthics: We
Before UKSTAR this February we’re giving you a chance to ‘meet’ the speakers. We’ve asked everyone on the UKSTAR
The UKSTAR Software Meetup Hero Competition aims to recognise those you go the extra mile for the Software Testing Community. Meetups are a great
You’ve decided to go to UKSTAR this February and not only that you managed to score a 2 for 1 ticket. That means you have an extra £599! To make
This week members of the UKSTAR Team attended SoftTest 2016 in Dublin where we got the chance to talk face-to-face with so many software testing