Managing Risk: From Identification to Mitigation

Risk is a very important concept in testing. However, despite all the attention given, it remains a rather abstract concept for most of us. Applying a risk-based approach is often proposed in test plans and strategies but such an approach is usually limited to identifying risks and determining which parts or components need the most thorough test approach. Mitigating these risks, and especially showing some 'proof' of this mitigation turns out to be a more difficult exercise.

In this presentation, André Verschelling will share his experiences and learnings with risk management from several recent projects. All phases of the process, i.e. identification, analysis and control will be illustrated through examples and special attention will be given to the visualization of both the risks themselves and the mitigation actions and results.

André Verschelling

André Verschelling started his career as tester and software developer, performing several test and development roles at IBM, Sogeti, Océ Technologies, Philips and Vanderlande. Next to this he has developed and deployed test courses and performed Test Process Improvement projects.

In 2015 André joined ALTEN NL where he is responsible for the test training curriculum and test competence development in Technical Software. In addition, he has worked as test architect and manager for companies such as Vanderlande, Lely, Ultimaker, Philips and currently ASML, supporting them in defining and deploying test strategies and processes within their R&D environments. André is also a board member of BNTQB, the Belgium and Netherlands subsidiary of ISTQB.

This presentation will help you define your own way of managing and reporting risk.

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