Keynotes

Erik is a regular speaker both at national and international testing conferences and a leading international trainer in the field of software testing. As a keynote speaker, he has presented at conferences in America, Australia, Brazil, India, Japan, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Peru, South-Korea and throughout west and eastern Europe. At these conferences he often also runs tutorials.

The most important and most recent keynote presentations include:

BUILDING ON SUCCES IN THE AI ERA
During this evolving presentation Erik discusses existing testing approaches, methods and techniques. Which ones really work, and which ones provide the most valuable contribution towards project success? It does not have to be perfect, often “good enough testing” is sufficient. Five important and indispensable recommendations are presented that every project and team should implement in order to be successful and deliver business value. How these recommendations relate to AI, and testing with AI are also discussed. This presentation is based on many practical experiences in various domains.

“Enjoyed the range of topics and ideas; very helpful and something we all need to hear!”

REFLECTING ON AI AND SOFTWARE TESTING
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a great new technology. However, it is “only” a technology. During this short presentation we will discuss some things to consider when using or testing AI. The PPT-framework (People, Process, Technology) will be introduced as something to always keep in mind. The presentation closes with some easy to use practical applications for the tester, but especially with two important quotes to make one think and take home.

TMMi: BUSINESS-DRIVEN AND KEEPING IT SIMPLE
The Test Maturity Model integration (TMMi) has a rapidly growing uptake, and is now the de-facto world-wide standard for test process improvement. An overview is provided of the TMMi model and the way TMMi supports business-driven test process improvement. The presentation addresses how specifically to implement TMMi succesfully by keeping it simple. Finally the business benefits (and costs) that can be achieved with TMMi will be discussed.

TEST PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (TMMi) IN THE ERA OF DEVOPS AND AI
TMMi has become the de-facto standard for test process improvement in the world of software testing. However, the context is changing rapidly, after Agile we are now faced with the challenges of DevOps. AI, especially Gen-AI, is taking a leapfrog. How do these developments impact testing, test process improvement and how does TMMi deal with this? During this keynote an attempt is made to answer these challenging questions. Learn how to apply TMMi in a DevOps context, and how TMMi and AI can reinforce each other.

“Your expertise and the way you delivered complex ideas in an understandable and engaging manner made a significant impact on the audience.”

RISK-BASED TESTING (FOR AGILE PROJECTS)
This presentation discusses real-life techniques (PRISMA and Risk-Poker) for applying structured risk-based testing. It presents how risk identification and analysis can be carried out in close co-operation with stakeholders  and the team. It also addresses ways on how the outcome of the risk analysis should be used to define a differentiated risk-based test approach. The techniques have been developed in practice, and has been tuned through many test projects in various domains. Practical experiences are discussed, together with problems encountered and results achieved.

TEST STRATEGIES, ANALYTICAL TESTING AND MORE
Software will never be defect free. At the same time the importance of software to the society, and it’s complexity are growing at a high rate. Just applying traditional testing practices in many cases in not enough anymore. This keynote will discuss the various test strategies that can be applied, and how they can assists the test professional. Special focus will be given to analytical testing. What is analytical testing and how can it be applied in today’s challenging projects? How does risk-based testing relate to analytical testing? These and many more questions will be dealt with during this keynote.

TEST MATURITY IN THE FINANCIAL DOMAIN
Financial institutions benefit from rigorous testing by having confidence in the reliability and performance of the software. A questionnaire-based survey was designed and subsequently an international survey was conducted involving sixty financial institutions from across the globe to understand their level of test maturity. In this presentation their motivations for doing test process improvement and the benefits they achieved are discussed. Concrete examples of the benefits achieved are provided. The role of test automation with test process improvement at the financial institutions is also reported upon in this presentation.