In response to the overwhelming demand for these free educational seminars, we are now offering them live on the web. Now you can enjoy these seminars from IIST from the comfort of your home or office - and at no charge !

Imagine, these are the same practical, real-world educational seminars that thousands of test and QA professionals around the United States have enjoyed, learned from and raved about… and now they are made available as live Webinar sessions – allowing people from around the earth to attend! You will be able to interact live with our experts and Webinar attendees at no cost to you or your organization .

Of course, we also still offer our fantastic live, in-person seminars in cities across the United States…see the schedule below for upcoming cities. (View Free Public Training Schedule)

Experience the sensation that has attendees raving “ Incredibly informative…I cannot believe this is free … I am bringing information back for my co-workers to use!”

Course Title	Date & Time
We are currently working on the new free on-line live webinar schedules

Please Note: These seminars do not count towards the (CSTP) or (CTM) formal education requirements.

In accordance with its charter of promoting disciplined software testing practices, the International Institute for Software Testing offers these educational seminars/Webinars FREE of charge to software testing professionals, test managers and QA professionals seeking to improve their testing career. Normally, each ½ day session would cost $350 to attend.

These seminars/Webinars are packed with practical advice for the whole test team - at no charge! We are confident that after attending one of these “eye opening” sessions, you will consider registering for additional education from us. We have tremendous passion for the software testing profession, and wish to be your resource for education, professional development and consulting! 

• Complete and precise requirements are crucial for effective testing
• Get involved with the requirement process as early as possible
• Test for both functional and quality requirements
• Formally design your tests
• Separate your test data from test procedures (scripts)
• Make sure to do “enough” negative testing
• Track test execution progress for effective status reporting
• Understand how your tests will affect your data
• Include impact analysis in your regression test strategy
• Define testing as a process in its own right not as a lifecycle phase
• Select tools to support your process
• Get ready to attend code and design review meetings (static testing)
• Plan on being a test professional not just a tester

• Quality assurance vs. Quality control
• Define your test terminology for your test team
• Define your test process
• Get the team involved with the requirement process as early as possible
• Start test design during the requirement process
• Consistently conduct test design reviews
• Prepare your team to attend code and design review meetings
• Define your test strategy
• Perform regression testing that is based on impact analysis
• Get ready for test execution before it starts
• Collect simple measurements for process improvement and reporting
• Track test execution progress for effective status reporting
• Build a team of test professionals not just a team of testers
• Developing skills of the test team through continuing formal education

Should I attend Disciplined Software Testing Practices

As a test professional, can you confidently answer the following questions?

• Do you know what it takes to put out releases that meet customer expectations?
• How do you know that a requirement has been fully tested?
• What do you do when you do not have good requirements?
• When doing regression testing, how do you make sure you really test what needs to be re-tested?
• Do you know how to put together test design that covers as much code as possible?
• Do you know how to make sure that your test process has all the essential elements to effectively manage a test project

If you struggled with some of these questions, consider attending one of the ½ day session “Disciplined Software Testing Practices”.

Should I attend Effective Test Management Practices

As a test manager, can you confidently answer the following questions?

• Do you have defined test terminology for your test team?
• Are you starting test design during the requirement process
• Is your team attending and adding value to code and design review meetings?
• Are you collecting and tracking measurements for process improvement and reporting?
• Are you performing regression testing that is based on impact analysis?
• Are you tracking test execution progress for effective status reporting?
• Are you building a team of test professionals or just a team of testers?

If the answer to any of these questions is “no”, consider attending one of the ½ day session “ Effective Test Management Practices".