Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing

The Los Altos Workshop on Software Testing (LAWST) is a periodic gathering of software testing professionals. Our goals are to share good practices and to develop insights into the strengths and weaknesses of testing practices. In many ways, we are engaging in “bottom up” improvement of the field, solving specific problems and learning about and improving the larger picture in the process.

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LAWST 1

Topic: Maintainability of Automated Tests
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: February 1997
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LAWST 2

Topic: Requirements Analysis for Automated Testing
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: July 1997
Participants:

LAWST 3

Topic: Test Documentation
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: February 1998
Participants: Chris Agruss, James Bach, Karla Fisher, David Gelperin, Kenneth Groder, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Doug Hoffman, III (recorder), Bob Johnson, Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Brian Marick, Thanga Meenakshi, Noel Nyman, Jeffery E. Payne, Bret Pettichord, Johanna Rothman, Jane Stepak, Melora Svoboda, Jeremy White, and Rodney Wilson.

LAWST 4

Topic: When Should Tests Not Be Automated?
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: May 1998
Participants: Cem Kaner

LAWST 5

Topic: A Framework for Test Automation Oracles
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: October 1998
Participants: Chris Agruss, James Bach, Jack Falk, David Gelperin, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Doug Hoffman, Bob Johnson, Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Noel Nyman, Jeff Payne, Johanna Rothman, Melora Svoboda, Loretta Suzuki, and Ned Young.

LAWST 6

Topic: Testability
Location: Los Altos, CA
Date: February 1999
Participants: Ned Young, Jack Falk, James Bach, Jeff Payne, Doug Hoffman, Noel Nyman, Melora Svoboda, Chris Agruss, Brian Marick, Payson Hall, Bret Pettichord, Johanna Rothman, Dave Gelperin, Bob Johnson, Sandra Love, Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), III (recorder)

LAWST 7

Topic: Exploratory Testing
Location: Cupertino, CA
Date: July 1999
Participants: Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), III (recorder), Jack Falk, Drew Pritsker, Jim Bampos, Bob Johnson, Doug Hoffman, Chris Agruss, Dave Gelperin, Melora Svoboda, Jeff Payne, James Tierney, Hung Nguyen, Harry Robinson, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Noel Nyman, Bret Pettichord, Rodney Wilson

LAWST 8

Topic: Measurement in Software Testing
Location: Cupertino, CA
Date: December 1999
Participants: Chris Agruss, James Bach, Jaya Carl, Rochelle Grober, Payson Hall, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Doug Hoffman, III (recorder), Bob Johnson, Mark Johnson, Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Brian Marick, Hung Nguyen, Bret Pettichord, Melora Svoboda, and Scott Vernon

LAWST 9

Topic: Grey Box Testing
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Date: March 2000
Participants: Payson Hall, Richard Bender, Jaya Carl, Jack Falk, Ibrahim El-Far, James Whitaker, Bret Pettichord, Brian Marick, Doug Hoffman, Hung Nguyen, Mark Johnson, BJ Rollison, Noel Nyman, III (recorder), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Cem Kaner (host), Elisabeth Hendrickson

LAWST 10

Topic: Testers’ Notebooks
Location: Cupertino, CA
Date: June 2000
Participants: James Bach, III (recorder), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Melora Svoboda, Karen Johnson, Doug Hoffman, Michael Snyder, Cem Kaner (host) Elisabeth Hendrickson, Noel Nyman, Mark Johnson, Brian Marick, Neal Reizer, Rocky Grober, Bret Pettichord, Marge Farrell, Jaya Carl, Chris Agruss

LAWST 11

Topic: Patterns and Web-Related Testing
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Date: October 2000
Participants: Chris Agruss, James Bach, Hans Buwalda, Marge Farrell. Sam Guckenheimer, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Doug Hoffman, III (recorder), Bob Johnson, Karen Johnson, Cem Kaner (host), Brian Lawrence (facilitator), Alan Myrvold, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Noel Nyman, Neal Reizer, Amit Singh, and Melora Svoboda.

LAWST 12

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Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Date: June 2001
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LAWST 13

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Participants: III,Chris Agruss, Sue Bartlett, Hans Buwalda, Anne Dawson, Marge Farrell, David Gelperin, Elisabeth Hendrickson, Doug Hoffman, Mark Johnson, Karen Johnson, Cem Kaner, Brian Lawrence, Hung Nguyen, Bret Pettichord, Harry Robinson, and Melora Svoboda

LAWST 14

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LAWST 15

Topic: Test Selection Strategies
Location: San Francisco, CA
Date: March 2003
Participants: Mark Johnson, Brett Petticord, Claudia Dencker, Doug Hoffman, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Geordie Kit, Harry Robinson, Joe Webb, Ross Collard, Chris Sepulveda, Neal Kuhn, Mary McCann, Brian Lawrence.

LAWST 16

Topic: Test Analysis Showcase
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Date: October 2003
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