Australian Professional Tester Network

The Australian Professional Tester Network (APTN) was established in 2005 to represent the national interests of a growing number of Information Technology test professionals who work across many industry sectors like Telco, Banking, Retail, Education and Government.

APTN's Mission is to

  • Professionalise the testing industry - recognise testing as a career rather than a job
  • Enable a networking forum to share experiences and knowledge
  • Inform its members about the latest technologies and industry trends

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Upcoming Events:

There are no scheduled events at present. If you are interested in sponsoring an event please call 02 9467 5069 or

Recent Events:

Next Generation Testing & Requirements Based Testing

Proudly sponsored by Access Testing and Borland Software:

Sydney - 2 May 2007
Melbourne - 16 May 2007
Brisbane - 30 May 2007

Sam Warwick, Senior Automation Consultant for Access Testing, and founder of Odin Technology in the UK, talked about Next Generation Testing.

Test automation has picked up a poor reputation in the testing industry, but the good news is there is a better way. Sam talked about the evolution of test automation and the need for a standardisation of test case definition that works for both manual and automated testing. He also demonstrated AXE; the next generation in testing tools and automation frameworks.

Damien Bootsma, Senior Solutions Engineer for Borland Software talked about Requirements-Based Testing.

QA teams are often forced to make difficult choices due to poor requirements, lack of communication, late code delivery and other factors often well beyond their control. The result is often software that barely meets end-user expectations, or fails altogether. Damien demonstrated how to introduce quality earlier in the software development lifecycle.