Speaker: Jeremy Kominar
Jeremy has over 6 years experience in Software Quality Assurance. His studies at the University of Guelph, Canada have allowed him to combine two diverse fields, Computer Science and Fine Arts, in his approach to testing. At RIM, Jeremy leads a team of security software testers. Jeremy’s tenure at RIM and experiences in the industry have exposed him to many testing processes he leverages within his team.
Blackstone’s Methods of Misdirection in the SDLC
wednesday 15:35 - 16:25
Misdirection is a powerful tool used by magicians to deceive their audiences. By contextualizing this tool and its methods in the SDLC, the potential exists to gain further insight into how we react to both the planned and unplanned events of a project.
Through exposure to these methods we can learn how to proactively identity project areas where such misdirection may occur and how we plan to deal with it.
Cognitive Bias and Blindness – Seeing Through Deception Through Magic
wednesday 13:10 - 14:00
Deception is a critical component of the fields of sleight-of-hand magic and software testing. As fallible humans, we are susceptible to being deceived through the limitations of our own cognitive processing. Often what we see and what we perceive are in congruent with one another. While this in congruence if favorable when the Magician tricks their audience, the stakes are raised when a similar in congruence allows bugs to go unnoticed by the Software Tester.
Sleight-of-Quality: A Magical Approach to Testing
thursday 13:10 - 14:00
The study of traditional magic principles can help testers raise their awareness of bugs that can be found in their testing environments, leading to improved QA. Software likened to a magical “trick” offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of method and effect. Psychological principles and heuristics in both fields causing both the software tester and the audience to be deceived. This talk will discuss and exploit the principles of magic in order to better educate testers.
