TestBash Germany 2019 - A Day Full of Great Conversations

TestBash came back to Munich again this year! Despite taking place at my home town, I had planned to skip this edition due a full conference schedule this year. However, when I learned that Parveen Khan will present as well, I instantly bought a ticket. She was one of the first persons that exchanged thoughts about my #CodeConfident challenge with me last year so I was eager to hear her speak.

This year was the first time that workshops were offered the day before the conference. I did not join them yet I only heard good things about them, so that's an option to consider next year. For me, TestBash Germany started with a nice pre-conference meetup where I met many people also from the local community again!

The next day, the conference started. The wonderful Alex Schladeback agreed to live blog again so check out her great posts linked below to get a good impression of the presented talks. Besides that, here are the sketchnotes I created on the day.

• "(Mis)Using Personas with the Seven Dwarfs" by Cassandra H. Leung

  "(Mis)Using Personas with the Seven Dwarfs" by @Tweet_Cassandra #TestBash pic.twitter.com/eIkhMk4aYB

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "When to Say No to Automation" by Jack Taylor

  "When to Say No to Automation" by @jack_taylor24 #TestBash pic.twitter.com/lCMXgGGj9F

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "A Tester’s Survival Guide for Agile Transition" by Parveen Khan

  "A Tester’s Survival Guide for Agile Transition" by @Parveen_Khan10 #TestBash pic.twitter.com/V1Ag0aD2HX

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "Performance Testing of Web Applications - so Much More than Running a Script" by Igor Samokysh

  "Performance Testing of Web Applications - so Much More than Running a Script" by @ISamokysh #TestBash pic.twitter.com/rgKtky5c9S

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "Dude, Why You Don't Test UX?" by Greta Ruškienė

  "Dude, Why You Don't Test UX?" by Greta Ruškienė #TestBash pic.twitter.com/lWnHoIMb8p

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "Rebooting Your Career and Your Life" by Ciprian Balea

  "Rebooting Your Career and Your Life" by Ciprian Balea #TestBash pic.twitter.com/e6059LT6s1

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "Let's Make Our Customers Happy!" by Rohit Singhal

  "Let's Make Our Customers Happy!" by @rohsin29 #TestBash pic.twitter.com/1IoG38ODLV

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

• "Qualitative Risk-Based Test Reporting" by Nancy Kelln

  "Qualitative Risk-Based Test Reporting" by @nkelln #TestBash pic.twitter.com/a0bvG5DpEA

  — Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) September 13, 2019

The only sessions I did not record was the infamous 99 second talks and the speaker panel that got added to the program. The latter was the best panel I've ever seen at a conference so far! Great questions and lots of wisdom shared. If you happen to have a Ministry of Testing Dojo pro account, this is definitely a recommended watch.

The conference day was over, yet conferring was not. Many joined the post-conference meetup where I had wonderful conversations with so many awesome people - about everything testing, how to treat each other well, and the world. Thank you all for a wonderful time!

Women in testing representing at post-TestBash meetup #testbash #womenintesting @lisihocke @Tweet_Cassandra @alex_schl @nkelln @sinobell pic.twitter.com/0J0Dyv5T1p

— Lena Pejgan Wiberg (@LenaPejgan) September 13, 2019

The awesome #TestBash attendees enjoying the post social, debriefing, networking and having fun! pic.twitter.com/S7joLRP5aD

— Ministry of Testing (@ministryoftest) September 13, 2019