Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton provides software testing services worldwide and
specialises in consulting, training and coaching for businesses,
teams and individuals.
This year Michael Bolton is teaching not only his
succesful Rapid Software Testing training, but also the
Rapid Test Management training. "Rapid Software
Testing for Managers" is a course about a
mission-focused, credible, and accountable approach to
test management that is very fast, very inexpensive, and
that delivers excellent results. The class is written by Michael Bolton and James Bach.
Rapid Software Testing will be held from the 21st of May
until the 23th of May. Rapid Test Management training
takes place on the 24th and 25th of May.
Rapid testing is a complete methodology
designed for a world of barely sufficient resources,
information, and time. It's an approach to testing that
begins with developing personal skills and extends to
the ultimate mission of software testing: lighting the
way of the project by evaluating the product. The
approach is consistent with and a follow-on to many of
the concepts and principles introduced in the book
Lessons Learned in Software Testing: a Context-Driven
Approach by Kaner, Bach, and Pettichord.
Read
more about Rapid Testing here
Rapid Software Testing for Managers is designed to help you solve the problems of managing a testing project when time and resources are scarce. Building on the Rapid Software Testing course and methodology, this class answers key questions about how to staff, plan, and run testing projects more quickly, less expensively, and entirely accountably. The skills presented in this class are applicable in any kind of test project, from agile to traditional.
Read more
about Rapid Test Management here
Students
about Rapid Software Testing:
"Last week I took Rapid Software
Testing from Michael Bolton. The three days of stuffing
my brain in the beautiful downtown campus of the
University of Toronto was loads of fun...If you don't go
to play each day, or you don't think you can break the
rules, or you simply want to become a better tester,
give Rapid Software Testing a try. I think you will
find, as I did, that it is three days well spent!"
"The training was a great exposure to a lot of different
concepts and methods of attacking problems, and the
rapid testing strategy looks to be very useful. On
Thursday a support issue came into the group that fell
in one of my feature areas, so I replied. I did a little
work before lunch, and while out at lunch I thought that
this would be a time to try some of the rapid testing
methods. Took about 10 minutes, noted steps and thoughts
as I was going, and arrived at a cause and possible
solution much quicker than I would have in the past."
Students
about Michael Bolton:
"Michael is a born teacher. He is a very engaging and an
effective speaker who knows his topic inside and out a
rare combination!"
"This course was highly informative and Michael was
excellent in providing examples from real life."
"Michael is an exceptional teacher with extreme
knowledge and commitment to this topic."