To learn more, visit my new blog at http://www.setheliot.com/blog/2014/11/24/ddq1/

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You may (or may not) have heard my 1 hour overview of creating your roadmap to data-driven quality (DDQ).  I really like that talk because after every section there is a “your turn” call to action where I challenge participants to apply what we just learned to their software.  And while I know y’all were doing just that in your heads, 1 minute is just not long enough to create an actionable strategy

So now I am thrilled to announce that I, along with my talented colleague Monica Catunda, will be running a one-day hands-on workshop where we will work with you to create your DDQ strategy.

Create Your Roadmap to Data-Driven Quality

Date: November 3, 2014

Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Place: STPCon Fall 2014: Denver, CO

If you have any questions about the workshop please let me know.  I hope to see you there.

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic -Arthur C. Clarke

I recently had the opportunity to present a closing keynote to a Microsoft customer – my choice of topics!

It should be little surprise that data and services were in the mix.  Mobile is an area I have lacked in my past public pronouncements, and to make up for that it too is included here:.  Therefore I present to you:

Indistinguishable from Magic: How cloud services, big data, and mobile enable software success and customer delight

For each of these “magics” I discuss their specific “powers” and how they combine.  I recommend the PPT version as the presenter notes and animations will supply more of the context of the talk.

You can check it out on the PerfBytes page, or listen below

Answer me this: how many, how much, averages, standard deviations, frequency distribution or just plain yes or no? It's very hard to know whether your testing effort truly has worth if you don't take a few steps into a few scientific techniques for data analysis. Seth Eliot joins us for a conversation about Data Driven Performance as we learn about the science behind application data, metrics and instrumentation and how to leverage an understanding of the real-world in load testing. We chat about hippo's, the international space station, zero gravity, motorcycle maintenance and mucus creation.

I had a great audience for my presentation of Create Your Roadmap to Data-Driven Quality.  I really enjoyed the questions and discussion afterward.  The decks can be downloaded here:

There is no recorded video from this presentation, but you can watch video of a previous presentation here

I will be delivering the keynote at the First International Workshop on Reliable Data Services and Systems (RDSS).  Looking forward to seeing you there

• Data Systems Quality Deserves a Data-Driven approach
  • Seth Eliot, Principal Knowledge Engineer, Microsoft

Abstract:

Data systems are evolving.  Storage is distributed and so is processing.  Massive parallelization enables us to crunch increasing data sizes reaching past 100s of petabytes.  Many data systems are moving to cloud services, and even traditional database management systems are taking on the best aspects of services such as access to telemetry and system updates. How we assess the quality of our data management systems/services also needs to evolve.  Data-driven quality (DDQ) is the key to this evolution.

Testers have traditionally relied on test results, but the data sources now available to the tester and the ability to process these are expanding like never before.  DDQ strategies such as Testing in Production (TiP) are essential tools for most testers, but the question is how do teams implement these strategies to benefit their specific product?  The data needed can be big or small, real-time or delayed, synthetic or organic.  So it is critical that you know what data you need and understand how much is required. In this talk, you will learn about the latest tools and techniques used at Microsoft to get insights from this data about product quality.  Seth will take you through the critical thinking and framing to understand how data-driven quality can benefit your product and team.  He will then describe a roadmap for how teams can implement a data-driven quality strategy and take their testing to the next level.

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The future of quality is easy with EaaSy and MVQ

Episode #41 PerfBytes Live! at STPCON Spring 2014

UTest is renaming itself to Applause

4:30 Talking about yours truly (Thanks guys!).  Mark described Data-Driven Quality (DDQ) as “Using a phenomenological understanding of the real world”

6:40 revisiting the argument about “schools of testing”

12:50 Shift Left

14:50 News of the damned

28:00 Audience participation – What have you learned at STPCon?

33:00 John Montgomery like the way I tweeted about the Rex Black/Cem Kaner “debate” -