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Tested with Covid with Greg Paskal

15 August 2021 at 2:00 PM
By Test Guild
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Tested with Covid with Greg Paskal

About This Episode:

So, you’re getting ready to speak at a conference, and your flight is in the morning. Fever kicks in. It turns out you have Covid. What do you do? In this episode, Greg Paskal will share his story and lessons learned from his experience with Covid, and how it related to software testing. Discover why having a test plan is so important, the effect of isolation on team culture, the importance of quality in services, customer experience, and much more. Listen up!

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About Greg Paskal

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Greg Paskal is a natural innovator, pioneering new approaches across Quality Assurance and Test Automation landscapes. Greg enjoys mentoring others to excel as a craftsman of manual and automated testing. Author of Test Automation in the Real World and countless technical publications, Greg can be heard on the TestTalks podcast with Joe Colantonio. Creator of METS, the Minimal Essential Testing Strategy, Greg’s approach is recognized and taught by ASTQB as an effective, manual testing strategy.

Speaker at numerous conferences including the Automation Guild, StarEast, StarWest, and QA Trailblazers. Greg founded the Open Test Technology Forum, encouraging collaboration and focusing on greater quality across the SDLC. Learn more about his work at METSTesting.com, RealWorldTestAutomation.com and RecognizeAnother.com.

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