STARWEST 2025 - DevOps
Customize your STARWEST 2025 experience with sessions covering DevOps.
Sunday, September 21
GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) Certification Bootcamp
Fundamentals of AI—ICAgile Certification (ICP-FAI)
Tuesday, September 23
A Quality Engineering Introduction to AI and Machine Learning
Although there are several controversies and misunderstandings surrounding AI and machine learning, one thing is apparent — people have quality concerns about the safety, reliability, and trustworthiness of these types of systems. Not only are ML-based systems shrouded in mystery due to their largely black-box nature, they also tend to be unpredictable since they can adapt and learn new things at runtime. Validating ML systems is challenging and requires a cross-section of knowledge, skills, and experience from areas such as mathematics, data science, software engineering, cyber-security,...
Instill a DevOps Testing Culture in Your Team and Organization
The DevOps movement is here. Companies across many industries are breaking down siloed IT departments and federating them into product development teams. Testing and its practices are at the heart of these changes. Traditionally, IT organizations have been staffed with mostly manual testers and a limited number of automation and performance engineers. To keep pace with development in the new “you build it, you own it” environment, testing teams and individuals must develop new technical skills and even embrace coding to stay relevant and add greater value to the business. DevOps really...
Test Automation Workflows with Cursor
NewPeople know Cursor as a vibe-coding tool, but it can be so much more. This hands-on tutorial will equip you with many tips on making your test automation workflow more efficient and turning you into a real 10x engineer. We'll look at how to personalize your experience with Cursor, orchestrate a migration of a testing project, use diagrams and visualization tools to plan your test automation strategy, create your own custom Cursor rules, and enhance your test suite. You’ll learn how to build your own MCP server and more. By the end of this tutorial, you'll think of cursor as less of a vibe-...
Crafting Metrics that Drive DevOps and QA Excellence
When delivering high-quality software at speed, metrics are pivotal in driving informed decisions and continuous improvement. However, not all metrics are created equal. Misguided Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can lead to confusion inefficiency, and even undermine your DevOps and QA transformation efforts. In this session, we’ll combine the power of DORA metrics with practical strategies to craft metrics that redefine how your organization measures success. Drawing on real-world experience, we’ll discuss the purpose of metrics and learn how to determine the true purpose of QA and...