DER End-End Assurance: California’s Rule 21 Conundrum
Led by California and the IEEE 1547 Work Group, the electric utility industry is rapidly developing a standardized method to communicate with and manage the growing penetration of DER assets at the distribution level. The California PUC, in conjunction with the IOUs and vendor community, …
Continuous Testing: A Journey of Ongoing Improvement and Effort
Technology has fundamentally changed the way businesses operate. Remaining relevant and gaining the competitive advantage is top of mind for most technology business executives. One of the ways businesses are attempting to stay competitive is by accelerating their release cadence. Adopting the tenets of Agile …
Diversity in Software Test: How a Diverse Workforce Impacts Revenue and Software End-User Satisfaction
Diversity shapes our world. As individuals we have different tastes, experiences, strengths, preferences, ideas and dreams. Much like biodiversity benefits the environment, or a diversified portfolio benefits the investor, diversity benefits us as a society — and on a smaller scale, it benefits the workplace.
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Developing Your Testing Superpower: Why You Should Cultivate Empathy in Software Test
“User experience focuses on understanding and designing experiences tailored to human behavior” ~ Dr. Carly Finseth, Teach Like a Gamer: Adapting the Instructional Design of Digital Role-Playing Games (Studies in Gaming)
In the hubbub of developing and testing your software product, leveraging the value-add of …
The Tech Talent Shortage: Why Your Recruitment Strategy May be to Blame
No matter who’s list you look at (like this one, or this one) STEM programs dominate the list of ‘most useful’ college degrees, with disciplines like web development, software engineering, computer science and data analytics hogging the top spots. Code Camps, both free and paid, …
Women in Test: Fiona Charles
The Women in Test Series
Women in Test is a series focused on women in the software testing world, and the ways they advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the discipline. The software industry has traditionally been a homogeneous field, but as we know, times …
Women in Test: Gem Hill
The Women in Test Series
Women in Test is a series focused on women in the software testing world, and the ways they advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the discipline. The software industry has traditionally been a homogeneous field, but as we know, times …
Women in Test: Melissa Eaden
The Women in Test Series
Women in Test is a series focused on women in the software testing world, and the ways they advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the discipline. The software industry has traditionally been a homogeneous field, but as we know, times …
Women in Test: Jenny Bramble
The Women in Test Series
Women in Test is a series focused on women in the software testing world, and the ways they advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the discipline. The software industry has traditionally been a homogeneous field, but as we know, times …
Women in Test: Ash Coleman
The Women in Test Series
Women in Test is a series focused on women in the software testing world, and the ways they advocate for inclusivity and diversity in the discipline. The software industry has traditionally been a homogeneous field, but as we know, times …
Maximizing Load and Performance Testing Efficiency in an Agile Environment
A given of the Waterfall development methodology was that load and performance testing were done at the end of the development cycle. Both required the entire system to be integrated and its functionality verified in order to produce meaningful results.
Issues in performance times for …
Outsourced QA Testing – 4 Rules to Guide Your Management Strategy
Whether you are working as part of an outsourced team or you’re in-house managing an outsourced resource there is one aspect that rings true about both experiences. That is, poorly defined expectations for outsourced partners will derail your project. And, the communication skills of all …
