[Event] SQABD Lightning Talks 2

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Full Event Video (WMV), 261 MB


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The event was sponsored by Bording Vista and was organized by SQABD. It was held on August 27, 2008, at Washington Hotel, Gulshan-1.

As always, this event was for the software development professionals, that includes programmers, testers, project managers, quality analysts, program managers and others.

We had 170+ participants and as usual the organizers did a great job managing it. We all had a great time!

All the presenters had 5 minutes each for their presentations, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. Here are the list of topics and the presenters at the event:

• Better Software with "Convention Over Configuration" Design Paradigm. Presented by Ahsanul Bari, Web Application Programmer, Trippert Labs.


• Testing Mnemonics. Presented by Noor E Nazar (Shimul), Test Engineer, Therap (BD) Ltd.


• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS). Presented by Molay Ash, Senior Software Engineer, Bording Vista.


• Bideshi Experience. Presented by Jan Friis Nielson, CEO, Bording Vista.


• Selenium. Presented by Tanvir Afzal, Test Engineer, Somewherein.


• More Talk, Less Tension. Presented by Shaikh Sonny Aman, Senior Developer, Trippert Labs.


• Comment Sensibly. Presented by Foyzul Hassan (Shakil), QA Engineer, Enosis Solutions.


• How to keep your team motivated and extract most out of it. Presented by Hasin Hayder, Senior Software Engineer, i2we.


• Being in one profession playing the roles of others. Presented by Sabina Islam (Dahlia), Test Engineer, Therap (BD) Ltd.


• Words of Wisdom (a SQABD reserved slot). Presented by Fokhruz Zaman, Founder, Millennium Information Solution Ltd.


• Scrum. Presented by Md. Mozammel Haque, Development Team Leader, Vantage.

We would like to thank our sponsor for believing in us and funding us to create this great event!

Everyone, stay tuned for the upcoming SQABD Lightning Talks 3, COMING SOON! Like we always say, this is going to be even better!

[Event] SQABD Lightning Talks

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Full Event Video (MP4), 870 MB



Full Event Audio (MP3), 126 MB


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This was truly an exciting event, and the first of its kind in Bangladesh. The event was sponsored by Therap Services, LLC and was organized by SQABD. It was held on March 31, 2008, at Washington Hotel, Gulshan-1.

This event was for the software development professionals, that includes programmers, testers, project managers, quality analysts, program managers and others. I appreciate everyone's enthusiasm. I think it was great to have all these people with different skills under one roof, enjoying themselves!

We had 130 participants and the organizers did a great job managing it. It was fun!

Those who missed it can watch the full video from the download link above. Be sure not to miss the next one. This was the first of the series of such events we plan to have.

All the presenters had 5 minutes each for their presentations, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A. Here are the list of topics and the presenters at the event:

• What is preventing me to write nearly accurate code. Presented by NHM Tanveer Hossain (Hasan), Head of Technology, SomewhereIn
• How fun fosters motivation -- from a developer's view. Presented by Shaikh Sonny Aman, Senior Developer, Trippert Labs
• Git -- Stupid, Fast, distributed content tracker. Presented by Md. Mozammel Haque, Project Manager, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• Test automation using non-testing tools. Presented by Intekhab Sadekin, Software Test Engineer, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• SQA Empowerment. Presented by Md. Ayman Noor, Principal SQA Engineer, Relisource Technologies Ltd.
• Scenario based testing, defect replication and minimize the defect step. Presented by Md. Shaiful Islam, Senior Executive Software Testing (Manager In Charge), Bangladesh Internet Press Limited
• Establish traceability from tests to requirements. Presented by Md. Liakwat Ali Khan, Manager, Projects, Bangladesh Internet Press Limited
• Developing without being a developer. Presented by Sabina Islam (Dahlia), Software Test Engineer, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• AutoHotkey and the way I use it. Presented by Kabir Ahmed, QA Engineer, SoftwarePeople

Here is a detailed writeup on the event at one of the blogs of Therap Services, LLC (the Event Sponsor).

We would like to thank our sponsor for believing in us and funding us to create this great event!

Everyone, stay tuned for the upcoming SQABD Lightning Talks 2, to be held on August 27, 2008. This is going to be even better!

[Event] Work and Life at Microsoft USA by DAC-Bangladesh

DAC-Bangladesh (Microsoft) held a career seminar in Dhaka on December 13, 2007, by partnering with Microsoft Bangladesh Limited and BRAC University. The goal of the event was to help Microsoft find the talented people, help audiences to know about Microsoft and career opportunities and life at Microsoft. The event was used for information purpose only. The presenters were Bangladeshi employees at Microsoft working in various product groups in USA.

SQABD had permission from the organizers to record the event and publish it.

[Roundtable] State of Software Test Teams in BD

Audio Recording (MP3)


SQABD held it's 12th roundtable on "State of Software Test Teams in BD" on 16th June, 2007. The event took place in Baton Rouge Restaurant at Gulshan, Dhaka.

The event was fully sponsored by DSi. Selected Testers, Test Team Leads and Project Managers came together to share their experiences in software testing and communication with test teams. We discussed what works and what does not work, based on our experience.

SQABD had also made arrangements for members to join the live session online through SkypeCast.

Tareq Siraj, who was one of the participants, joined the discussions from Canada through SkypeCast. Although we had a lot of trouble at times with the bad internet connection, he was able to listen in. He gave a good overview of the discussions here.

The participants of the roundtable were:

• Shiblee Mehdi, Jaxara IT
• Syed Asadul Haq, Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Rezaul Karim, Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Mohammad Ayman Noor, ReliSource Technologies Ltd.
• Tauhidul Islam, ASA IT
• A. S. M. M. Monsur Ul Hakim, Millennium Information Solutions Ltd.
• Shaiful Islam, BIPL
• Tahmidul Islam, ReliSource Technologies Ltd.
• Sajjadul Hakim, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• Shariful Ikram, ReliSource Technologies Ltd.
• Tanveer Hasan, DSi
• Mojahedul Hoque Abul Hasanat, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• Parvez Bhuiyan, Southtech Limited
• Mohammad Zahirul Alam, SQABD
• Sharmin Farzana Khan, Therap (BD) Ltd.
• Fahmida Khatun, Therap (BD) Ltd.

The following participants joined through SkypeCast:

• Tareq Siraj, IBM Canada
• Iftekhar Hussain, Therap (BD) Ltd.

As always, it was a very productive session. We created an audio(MP3) of the roundtable recording for you to download. Since there were some technical difficulties, we had to delete portions of the recording that were not audible.

[News] 3 Year Anniversary Celebration

This is an old news. Better late than never I guess.

This was a gathering of the SQABD Management Team on the occasion of the 3 year anniversary of SQABD. The location was Baton Rouge Restaurant, Gulshan-2, and was held on March 10, 2007 from 12pm to 3pm.

The event was fully sponsored by Ardites. This occasion gave us a chance to meet face to face with all the Management Team members and discuss our responsibilities, achievements and our goals. We spoke to our guests from Ardites for feedback on our performance and their expectations.

By the way, Ardites is a Finnish company that has just started operation in BD and is planning to offshore their testing here. They gave us a presentation of their company during the event. We also gave a presentation of our activities.

Looking back, I noticed that a lot have changed since then:

• Our Yahoo Groups subscribers increased from 250+ to 400+
• Our member profiles increased from 60+ to 160+.

If you are one of our Yahoo Groups subscriber but have not added your profile yet then click here (it only takes a few minutes).

[Roundtable] Career in SQA and Testing

Audio Commentary (MP3)


SQABD held its 11th roundtable, with the support of BASIS. This roundtable was on "Career in SQA and Testing". Career in SQA and Testing is very new in Bangladesh compared to other careers in software development. Confusion regarding this career path is a common scenario. The purpose of this roundtable is to face the brutal facts regarding this career path in Bangladesh. We tried to identify how Employers and Academia can contribute to this area to positively influence the Bangladesh software industry.

The roundtable was held on January 13, 2007, from 4:15pm to 7:15pm. BASIS facilitated this roundtable by organizing the venue and providing the services for the meeting. SQABD moderated the meeting.


The participants of the roundtable were:

• Kabir Ahmed, SQA Engineer at Metatude Asia Ltd.
• Tahmidul Islam, SQA Engineer at ReliSource Technologies Ltd.
• A. S. M. M. Monsur Ul Hakim, Head, QA at Millennium Information Solutions Ltd.
• Sajjadul Hakim, SQA Manager at Therap (BD) Ltd.
• Manzoor Rahman, CEO at Expert Systems
• Muhammad Mahbub Hussain, Senior Software Engineer at M&H Informatics (BD) Ltd.
• Mohammad Abu Taher, Manager, QA and Support at DataSoft Systems Bangladesh Ltd.
• Khandakar Asif Hasan, Director at Spectrum Engineering Consortium ltd.
• Tauhidul Islam, Assistant Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Rezaul Karim, Senior Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Zularbine Kamal, Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Mohammad Zahirul Alam, Event Manager at SQABD

We feel it was a very productive session. We created an audio(MP3) commentary on this roundtable session with the following individuals:

• Ariful Haque, Assistant Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Tauhidul Islam, Assistant Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Anupam Ranku, Assistant Team Leader at Uniqa Software & Systems Ltd.
• Sajjadul Hakim, SQA Manager at Therap (BD) Ltd.

[Roundtable] Fixed Price Software Projects - Session 3

Meeting Minutes (PDF)


SQABD held its 10th roundtable, with the support of BASIS. This roundtable was the 3rd and final session on the discussions on "Fixed Price Software Projects". A fixed price contract between a provider and a customer defines the features, timing and price of a software project. The purpose of this roundtable was to identify the risks of undertaking these projects and how to mitigate the risks.

The roundtable was held on October 7, 2006. BASIS facilitated this roundtable by organizing the venue and providing the services for the meeting. SQABD moderated the meeting.