Last week, I spent my Wednesday evening talking with the folks at QASIG about test innovation. This is a variation on the talk I gave in November at Eurostar – changed enough so I didn’t get bored, and with some bonus chatter that can only come from a small friendly audience.
The recording is here if you want to take a look.
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Great talk, as always. Do you have the slides available somewhere?
Should be posted on qasig.org.