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We're very happy to have a hands-on workshop on note taking, run by Neil Younger and Karo Stoltzenburg.

In the workshop you will get some basic background on note taking, an introduction to popular note taking techniques and examples on how those can help you with your testing and reporting challenges. This will be followed by a hands-on testing session using specific note taking approaches of your choice. We'll wrap the evening up with a debrief session and discussion.

We'll have some laptops available for the hands-on session, but if you can, please bring your own!

There will also be drinks and snacks and a chance to socialize with fellow testers in Cambridge.

Many thanks to DisplayLink for hosting and sponsoring the event!

What: Take Note of Note Taking (Workshop)

The evening will be split into parts:

* We'll start giving some background on note taking, outlining motivation and introducing some note taking techniques and standard formats (SBTM, Cornell method, Mind Maps, Rapid Reporter, ...). This can give you an idea on how honing your note taking skills can help you as a tester to report in a more focused way, keep track of your progress and safe time doing so.

* In the second part of the Meetup we'll do a hands-on testing mission. Choose between any of the note taking methods introduced and apply them to the testing mission given. Try a specific note taking approach in order to find out whether it fits your needs and the needs of the task at hand.

* We'll debrief at the end to review our findings - what were the pros and cons of any of the used note taking methods? Were they easy to use, appropriate for the context, do we see benefit in using those?

* If time allows we will wrap the session up by zooming into a recent example of consolidating SBTM testing session notes at DisplayLink.

Who: Neil Younger, Karo Stoltzenburg

Neil has worked as a tester for over 15 years in the software industry including banking, consumer products, and security. He has worked within groups of testers, as an individual project team tester, and has also built and lead software test teams. Currently he is exploring his new roles of test manager and product owner for automation at Displaylink.

Karo has been a tester for about seven years, working on E-commerce platforms, web applications and supply chain management solutions for chemical companies. After being the sole tester in the company for most of her career, she relocated a couple years ago to the UK for the opportunity to join the lovely tester team at Linguamatics. She also runs the evening Software Tester Club Meetups in Cambridge - give here a shout (or send here a note ;)) if you'd be interested in any particular topics or speakers!

Sponsor: About DisplayLink

DisplayLink develops hardware and software solutions to enable easy connectivity between monitors and computing devices over standard interfaces such as USB, Ethernet, and wireless networks. DisplayLink’s technology increases productivity and ease-of-use in the multi-display workspace and is deployed to millions of users through globally branded PC products including universal docking stations, monitors, projectors, zero client systems and adapters.