NZCS Test Professionals Network (Auckland) presents:

IAG’s Agile Testing Strategy

Jeff Bedwell, Test Manager of IAG, will be talking us through IAG’s agile testing strategy.  In today’s IT industry, the agile methodology is seldom implemented effectively.  Often times it takes a substantial investment of time, patience and discipline for a company to mature their agile approach.

IAG is one of these companies dedicated to refining their agile process.

Join us as Jeff talks us through the history behind the move to the agile methodology with one of the industry’s largest and most well known insurance firms.  The talk will cover:

• IAG’s background of testing beginning from the Waterfall Approach, Prince 2 methodology, and use of Rational Robot.
• The move to Agile Testing, including examples of what did and did not work
• Test pyramid and strategy
• How SCRUM was introduced
• Agile team approach - role clarity and separation
• Reusable scripts
• The team’s move from functional to technical testing
• Open source software selection - Fitnesse/Slim
• Champions
• SOA – concentration of effort on reusable items
• Successes to date

On behalf of the entire TPN, the committee would like to extend its thanks and appreciation to IAG who will be sponsoring the venue at their premises as well as the drinks for the evening.

We would be grateful if you could please forward this invite to others who may be interested in the event.

About The Speaker

Jeff Bedwell is currently the Test Manager at IAG and is responsible for championing the automation strategy and process, as well as managing the Test Team.  He has spent more than 25 years working at a variety of Insurance companies including Commercial Union, NZI and now IAG.

During that time he covered most areas of insurance including sales, head office and branch management before moving into TS as an analyst around 13 years ago. In TS he has worked as a Senior Analyst, Business Consultant, Project Manager and Team Leader before changing roles again and becoming the Test Manager at IAG around 3 years ago.

We hope that you can join us for this event.

Registration Details:

You can register for this event via Credit Card online now by using the link below, or alternatively call 0800 252 255 with your Credit Card details.

NZCS Corporate Partners and approved organisations can opt to pay by invoice by calling 0800 252 255 or emailing attendee and business details through to registrations@nzcs.org.nz. Credit criteria and other conditions apply.

Event schedule:

5:00 to 5:30pm - Registration & Networking
5:30 to 6:45pm - Presentation and Questions
6:45 to 7:00pm - Networking & close out

Drinks will be sponsored by IAG (Up to two drinks per person).