casting 2013 pradeep
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CAST is about storiesI have at least one!
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Good stories are result of visionI have one, too!
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Vision comes after being inspiredI have been inspired by you
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Inspiration leads to leadershipI am helping myself be one
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Being a leader is a test!I am going through one, today!
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Building and running a company focused on exploratory & CDT
Successfully!
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Reasons for me to start a company
To prove a point, live the way I want to, crib less, walk the talk & support
people like me!
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I had hope, not a business plan.
I have more hopes now!
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Starting is easy, building is tough
I had support
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Fail safe, fail early and then fail to fail!
Looks like a lesson from testing?
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No chicken, No eggs
We had great testers with us
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Passion + Vision demands SacrificeOur testers wanted to feed the company first
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Love from the outer space
CDT testers love us
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Sacrifice brings responsibility on how we test
Passion adds to the coal
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Part 1
How we test
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We solve customers business problems
…through testing
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We test for sales and competition
Consciously
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We sell business value to customers
Co-incidentally, that’s what they seem to need
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We don’t talk bull shit
No ROI, No Test Cases, No Pass Percentages
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We genuinely help customers
We co-own their business problems /through/ testing
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We can’t work with all customers
We give everybody a chance though
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We test to discover blind spots
Our own blind spots, too
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We test to make our customers win
Sad truth: Not everybody in this world wants to win
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Enough talk, let me show you!
Seeing is believing!
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We test to discover blind spots
Our own blind spot, too
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Part 2
How we deal with customers who don’t value testing
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We don’t deal with them
Unless there is hope
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Losing customers is okay
Reason behind the loss is important
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Part 3
How we hire and fire testers
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Let’s give the driver’s test
Some people can drive in some locations
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Let’s give a chance to mothers
They have great potential
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Let’s give school drop outs a chance
They are fundoo, for obvious reasons
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Let’s make it hard for people to fake
We bake (fire) the fake
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We messed up, too
Paid a heavy price for it
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The market sucks
It has filthy testers, thriving
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We create our own!
Thanks to Mama Mia Santa Maria
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Part 4
Our Academy & Start-up Test Lab
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We run a baby shark training centre
We prepare them for the rough seas
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Start-ups are the future
We are already there
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Start-ups don’t have money
We don’t need money always
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Start-ups understand testing value, faster
We know how to do it!
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Part 5
How we facilitate
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Culture can eat strategy for breakfast
Keith Klain said that
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Our testers set trends
Commanders, Master Shifu and the Panda
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We teach courage to testers
Sometimes it is used against us!
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Our testers co-own this company
So much of load on us, lowered
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Our testers plug holes
They don’t wait for us to find and plug them
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We bring the bald eagles!
They show us our blind spots
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We are social media friendly
There is good power in it (to those who know how to use)
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We are okay to be ashamed!
We will do something about it, immediately, though
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Our testers are like CDT community
They write blogs, argue, speak, test and are passionate
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Part 6
Winnovation
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Don’t say it, just do it!
It doesn’t need to be
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Mind mapping
We are punters and hunters!
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COP FLUNG GUN
Shooting mobile apps!
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Browser add-ons
Give us a web app, we will show you how to disintegrate
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Academy
The first of its kind (no second)
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Part 7
CAST 2016
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Rewinding the future today
Simple becoming obvious
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Testing becomes more sexy
The life beyond finding bugs
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OR
The world continues to be blind!
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Our world is beautiful
You could create your own!