March 24 and 25th I'll be offering the two-day version of the exploratory testing course David Christiansen and I developed. It's a good course for testers of all levels, including your business partners who perform acceptance testing of a "finished" product. The mix of lecture and practice helps you transition from book learning to practical experience - in the class we test real software, which helps cement the concepts we learn in class as working practices. We'll spend a lot of time doing testing, we'll talk about how to manage that testing using Session Based Test Management, and we'll talk a little bit about some tips and tricks to help foster adoption. More here...

We've posted the 2009 schedule for the Indianapolis Workshops on Software Testing. We're looking for people willing to share experience reports and people who just have a general interest in the various topics and would like to attend and ask questions.

Here's a summary of the lineup:

• February 26, 2009: Presenting test results


• March 27, 2009: Test-driven development


• June 27, 2009: Test design and development


• August 28, 2009: Testing mobile devices


• September 26, 2009: Automation and performance logging


• October 29, 2009: Time management for testers


• November 21, 2009: Managing your focus while doing exploratory testing

If you're interested in attending any of the workshops, please drop me a line at mike@michaeldkelly.com.