The Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group holds monthly meetings, generally on Wednesday evenings, at Herndon-Reston area facilities.  


Meeting format:

6:30 - 7:00 Networking, food.
7:00 - 7:30  Each attendee introduces themselves and discuses their test automation interests/news/challenges/successes.
7:30 - 7:40 Announcements from attendees re job openings or re seeking work.
7:40 - 8:40 Presentation or Discussion Topic
8:40 - 9:00 Follow-on discussions


The meetings are participatory and discussion-oriented:
  • Meetings often include informal discussion-oriented presentations.
  • Meetings are technically oriented at times (and may include showing and discussing code). Example topics: unit testing, automation programming languages, tool specifics, vendor presentations, load testing, code coverage.
  • Some meetings are less technical and more oriented to design/strategy/managment subjects related to test automation. Topic examples: choosing a tool, when is a project ready for test automation, open source vs COTS, build vs buy, ROI, how to find a great automation engineer, automation estimation, etc.
  • It is expected that attendees will contribute actively to the discussons and be willing to discuss (in general terms, or, if possible, specific terms) past or current automation experiences, challenges, and successes.  


NOVATAIG President: Rick Hower
   email: rickhower@earthlink.net
Copyright 2008-2010 Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group
Northern Virginia Test Automation Interest Group
August 2010 Monthly Meeting

Topic:
Automated Test Environment Management (roundtable discussion)
Setting up, configuring, tracking, and managing test environments can be a challenge, especially when large numbers of differing test environments are needed and quick setup and teardown is needed for automated test runs. We will discuss these issues and tools and techniques for dealing with them.
Sub-topics may include:
* Virtual machines and managing them
* Cloud-based approaches
* Managing test environment software updates
* Tools
* Remote/automated installation and configuration
* Test data management
* System monitoring and reporting
* Controlling unauthorized changes to environments
* Etc


  When: Wed. August 4 2010 6:30 PM
 
  Where: Tortilla Factory Restaurant,
                Herndon (see Registration
                Page for location map & menu)
 
  Cost:  None, other than whatever you wish
              to spend on food/drink.  

  Please register -
  Meeting registration page
 


 
 

 

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