Our Mission and Purpose

The Association for Software Testing is dedicated to advancing the understanding of the science and practice of software testing according to Context-Driven principles.

The Association for Software Testing (AST)  is a professional non-profit association that is dedicated and strives to build a testing community that views the role of testing as skilled, relevant, and essential to the production of faster, better, and less expensive software products. We value a scientific approach to developing and evaluating techniques, processes, and tools. We believe that a self-aware, self-critical attitude is essential to understanding and assessing the impact of new ideas on the practice of testing.

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Financial Services SIG Presents: Dinner and Panel Discussion "How To Reduce The Cost Of Software Testing"

Come join us for a fun evening of food, networking, and learning as some of the Testing industry's experts answer your questions about how to handle 2012's most important issue: Cost Reduction of Testing. There is no cost to attend, but you have to RSV...

CAST 2012 - Tutorials Announced

The Association for Software Testing is proud to announce the CAST 2012 Full-Day tutorials for  its seventh annual conference, CAST 2012, to be held July 16-18. CAST 2012 will be held in San Jose, California, in the busy heart of the Silicon Valle...

CAST 2012 CFP - Sessions/Workshops [Closed], Emerging Topics [Open]

The Association for Software Testing is pleased to announce its seventh annual conference, CAST 2012, to be held July 16-18. CAST 2012 will be held in San Jose, California, in the busy heart of the Silicon Valley, at the Wyndham Hotel. The theme of th...

AST Grant Program

The Association for Software Testing is piloting a Grant Program designed to advance testing at the local level. Under this program AST will reimburse local volunteers and groups who are doing good things for the software testing community that align w...

BBST Test Design

Short summary for the restless and easily bored: Take all courses that the Association for Software Testing (AST) are offering, they are worth every minute and cent you spend on them. Just trust me on this.For those of you with too much time and nothin...