6 Key Considerations in Choosing a Software QA Test Company
The last decade and particularly 2020 has proven that software is an integral part of our lives. We rely on it for almost everything from banking and working out to shopping and working remote. We are so dependent on technology and software that we take …
Maintaining Quality with a Remote Workforce
Whether working for a large corporation, consulting as part of a team or teaching the nation’s schoolchildren and university students, operating remotely has become a familiar scenario. The fact is that while many of us are familiar with the remote environment, others have become the …
The Evolution: From ADA to WCAG
For those of us who live and breathe quality assurance and software testing, the term WCAG has become a key phrase in our daily lexicon. It has to be, because as a website accessibility testing provider, we must ensure our clients are compliant with what …
Regression Testing is Everything
In the digital world in which we exist today, there is a saying—launch early and launch often. With this effort for continuous improvement and agile iterations comes the need to test updates and changes to every kind of software in every phase of implementation. So, …
Website Accessibility: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It’s Done (Part Two)
In Part One of our series we started a discussion on Web Accessibility — the practice of ensuring there are no barriers preventing interaction with, or access to websites by people with physical disabilities, situational disabilities, and socio-economic restrictions on bandwidth and speed. We also …
Website Accessibility: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How It’s Done
In part one of this two-part post, we’re discussing how website accessibility has progressed to where it is today.
The Evolution of User Experience to Website Accessibility
Websites have come an exceptionally long way since the Unix-based text-heavy pages of the late 1980s. The Netscape …
Ensuring a Quality IEEE 2030.5 Stack Integration
One of the most important parts of the overall project of building an IEEE 2030.5 interface is the development or acquisition of the core protocol stack. Considerations must be made regarding resources, time, and technology available. But regardless of how you acquire your core protocol …
Building a Great IEEE 2030.5 Interface
As distributed energy resources become a larger portion of the energy produced for consumption, managing and optimizing their contribution becomes an important task. California Utilities have recently invested in building out an ecosystem for IEEE 2030.5 – a communication protocol they have determined will best …
FROM CHEMIST TO QA ENGINEERING MANAGER
A few years into his career as a chemist with the United Kingdom’s laboratory of the Government Chemist in the mid-90s, Paul Morris noticed he was having issues with his eyesight. After a series of consultations with his physician, he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, …
CPUC E-5000 Brings Major Changes to Rule 21
On Thursday, July 11, the CPUC approved Resolution E-5000 regarding modifications to CA Rule 21 and the IOU Advice Letters. This order contains five major changes that impact our IEEE 2030.5 CSIP customers:
E-5000 extends the date by which inverter-based DER IEEE 2030.5 CSIP (Phase …
10 Reasons to Use Agile Software Development
Well executed Agile software development methodology helps teams significantly improve the quality of their software at each release. Not only that, it allows teams to adapt to change quickly.
The Agile process consists of short, time-boxed iterations known as sprints. Each sprint results in a …
Get the Most from Automated and Manual Functional Test
As mobile software becomes more complex and customer demand for quality increases, mobile application testing must be at the forefront of any project. Just one small “quirk” or bug can be damaging for a company’s reputation. Integrating automated and manual functional test into every phase …