This is the presentation of Bernd Beersma(@bbeersma) & Erik Bits(@erikbits) created for the Belgium Testing Days. It's a vision on the changing profession of the tester by 2020.

1. The tester is Dead…
Long live the tester
Bernd Beersma |18-03-2014| Erik Bits
Belgium Testing
Days
International Software
Testing
“Doing” Conference

3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

4. m: +31 6- 10157172
tw: @erikbits

5. m: +31 6-11010659
tw: @bbeersma

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9. Introduction Growth Maturity Decline

10. <1956
•debugging-oriented period
1978
•demonstration-oriented period
1982
•destruction-oriented period
1987
•evaluation-oriented period
>1988
•prevention-oriented period
Gelperin, Hetzel”The Growth of Software Testing” [ Communications of the ACM,
Volume 31 Issue 6, June 1988, pp. 687-695].

11. Too many Functions
Too many
methodologies
We know too little
about too much
NOW!

14. Evolving
Technology
Changing
Customer
Demands
Changing
Development
Methods

16. Quality EngineerQuality Director

18. Heritage
Internal External
• Exploratory
• Verification & Validation
• Helicopter View
• Craftsmanship
• Techniques
• Functionality versus
Characteristics
• Test automation
• Virtualization

19. Tester 2014
Quality Director
Arm against external
factors
Quality Engineer
Extent Maturity fase
Generalist Heritage Specialist
Maintain & Gain
characteristics/skills
Tester 2020

20. For those who
are convinced
that their life as
a tester is over
by 2020 ,
We’d like to
say: “Don’t
wory…”
“…It’s
Not the
end of
the
world”