1. Software Testing Foundations & Conventional Thinking
Every organization has some form of testing.  From this basic assumption, a foundational framework is presented for each participant to formulate a personal scorecard and process improvement plan.  Utilizing a combination of industry accepted standards and best of practice techniques a strong base is built from which all  future testing can occur.

2. Test Effort Budgeting
Software budgeting is challenged by the same conditions that project face.  Never enough time and the unexpected places testing work at risk.  Miscalculations and improper decisions (lacking sound knowledge) will place efforts at risk and low the value of the work performed.

3. Systematic Software Testing Practices
While applications are seldom used in a systematic way testing relies heavily on a tactically based approach.  The operating premise is that a baseline is necessary in order to as the foundation for all other testing, at present as well as into the future.

4. What is Testing Trying to Say?
Exceptional testing is lost if our communications is misdirected, ineffective, or not understandable.  Bring new life to the meaning of test communication and excite all stakeholders from management to those in the trenches.

5. Testing Challenges
Projects are constantly under attack and the effects reverberate throughout the entire term, including testing.  The ability of a testing group to adapt to a wide variety of situation will prepare them to respond in an appropriate and efficient fashion.

6. Right Fitting Testing to Various Development
Approaches With more than one way to reach a goal, testing needs to be ‘right‐fit’ for the situation.  A single approach, while easy to implement, will create erratic demands and missed opportunities for low cost early detection of goodness and of errors.

7. Business Cultural Pressures and Conditions
The longer the project the more change we can expect.  Even though we may try and hold change to a minimum the realities of today’s dynamic business climate require change.  Some of these adjustments can be postponed while others require midflight adjustments.  Sound test management is challenged to remain responsible while being responsive.

8. Business Dynamics and Control Effects in Testing
Change is a business reality and projects that fail to plan for this dynamic place create unnecessary risk.  Often this has a trickledown effect on testing and the results that occur.  Positioning testing to adapt and overcome these dynamics will produce positive results for the project, team and stakeholders.

9. Special Niche Testing Areas
A recent International Testing survey revealed that leading companies were marginally testing the basic functions of their software systems.  This left a large gap of opportunity for errors in both the foundation elements of the applications but also in the numerous areas that went totally unattended.  In this segment participants will gain an awareness of these application aspects, some of the leading reasons why they need to be examined (at least minimally) and how they may already be giving up information as a part of basic foundation tests.

10. Supporting World Class Test Success
Effective test service delivery can be further improved through appropriate use of support technologies.  In this segment an examination will be made of ways to improve precision, leverage engagement and increase efficiency without additional overhead burdens.