As written in STAR Tester - August EuroSTAR Newsletter
by Dorothy Graham and Isabel Evans

How can we build a message for the future? In this conversation, Dot Graham and Isabel Evans discuss their manifesto workshops planned for EuroSTAR 2008. Dot’s workshop focuses on the past; Isabel’s on a route map to the future. They are pleased to be invited to co-host the third workshop which will draft a message for the future – a manifesto for testing in the next 5 to 10 years. Bob’s previous newsletter article gives the background and more information about his plans for the manifesto at the conference.
Dot and Isabel met in June to discuss their plans for the 3 workshops. Their conversation covers why they each chose their particular perspective, what a manifesto statement is, and even a few tongue-in-cheek “anti-manifesto” statements. Testers have a history of working together for the good of testing, whatever company or country they are from; Dot and Isabel see this as an opportunity to bring together ideas from a wide variety of people to produce a concise statement about testing to take the industry forward. Find out how you can contribute to the testing manifesto of 2008.

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