A personal story that illustrates just how quickly a lack of testing, and forethought about user experience, can negatively impact otherwise wonderful products, even from world-class organizations.

LogiGear Magazine June Issue 2021: DX & CX’s Impact on Software Testing

The biggest news out of Dreamforce last year was Salesforce’s acquisition of Slack — this week, it became official! And while most of us are familiar with the communication platform, surprisingly there’s only a 5% overlap between organizations that use both Salesforce and Slack in their day-to-day operations. Obviously, Salesforce is going to be looking to ...

A lack of planning or foresight can doom Digital Transformation (DX). To provide the best customer experience (CX) possible, check out this strategic guide to effectively plan and implement your DX. Many organizations have sped up their processes in the name of Digital Transformation (DX). Part of these changes were business necessities brought about by ...

Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Continuous integration and continuous deployment merge development with testing, allowing developers to build code collaboratively, submit it to the master branch, and check for issues. Source Digital Modernization Digital modernization is the adoption of new technology. It involves upgrading systems, platforms and software to meet today’s modern needs. Source Digital Transformation ...

2021 Editorial Calendar – Q1 Digital Transformations in 2021 – Reshaping QA in the SDLC Addressing QA in Agile/SAFe Optimizing QA in Agile/SAFe Addressing Domain-Specific QA Digital Transformations in 2021 – Reducing Cost & Increasing Efficacy in your Business Processes The Perks? Get featured – on the front page!Get exposure – we send out our ...

Digital Transformation alleges major benefits for end-users and the organization as a whole––but does it actually improve work life for employees? Check out this QA Professional’s tester-monial on their experience with Digital Transformation.

Because of the type of work I do (consulting projects at different companies), I’ve been lucky in my Software Development career to have worked on a bunch of software projects specific to hardware devices or integrating new hardware into software systems. Starting with the Palm Pilot, I worked on some operating systems (OS) projects, firmware, ...

Digital Transformation is changing the global business environment with efficiency, security, and connectedness; learn how to overcome common roadblocks to DXs so that you can reap the benefits of a digitized business model.

Digital Transformation brings a slew of benefits for the overall business. We’ve identified 4 key benefits that we find universal to any company undergoing Digital Transformation.

With the adaptations of Digital Transformations becoming increasingly popular in the global business environment, we wanted to make sure you were in-the-know about the driving forces behind Digital Transformations––as well as possible roadblocks to an implementation! (Please click the image to enlarge this infographic)

Tcl/Tk Language Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses, including web and desktop applications, networking, administration, testing and many more. Open source and business-friendly, Tcl is a mature yet evolving language that is truly cross platform, easily deployed and ...

LogiGear Magazine March Issue 2021: Metrics & Measurements: LogiGear’s Guide to QA Reporting and ROI

A while ago, I helped start a Software Quality Certificate Program as a part of the Software Engineering Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz Extension in Silicon Valley. I was on the Board of Advisors. While putting the curriculum together, a few people suggested a Measurement and Metrics course. Since I was teaching ...

One of the most common challenges faced by business leaders is the lack of visibility into QA activities. QA leaders have a tough time communicating the impact, value, and ROI of testing to the executives in a way that they can understand. Traditional reporting practices often fail to paint the full picture and do not ...

Picture a series of sprints: There are a variety of features being developed, with an eye towards having automated tests related to those features. Work starts to move along and Test Automation work likewise goes along with it. However, at some point, there invariably is that moment, usually in the middle of the project, where ...

Sprint Planning is something that most Agile Teams do. But when every team has different needs, there isn’t always a “one size fits all” approach. As a result, it’s not always clear what the role of QA should be. Should QA be an integral part of the Sprint Planning process? Or should Testers simply be ...

One of the difficulties of being a Software Tester is that when you’re doing your job really well, it’s unnoticeable! Unlike Software Developers, who are creating a product that will then be seen by management, Software Testers create tests that will help validate that the product is working correctly. When we do a great job, ...

The success of Automation is often correlated to its ROI. Here are 5 KPIs that we find universally applicable when it comes to quanitfying your Test Automation.

Check out all of the new features and functionality of TestArchitect Version 9, aimed at helping accelerate companies on their Digital Transformation journeys.

Scrum Board A Scrum Board is a tool that helps Teams make Sprint Backlog items visible. The board can take many physical and virtual forms but it performs the same function regardless of how it looks. The board is updated by the Team and shows all items that need to be completed for the current ...

LogiGear Magazine December Issue 2020: Software Testing in 2021: The Year of Digital Transformations

Digital Transformation and IT Modernization projects have shifted into high gear during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tough on some teams is having to do more with less and speed up projects on reduced budgets due to the resulting COVID-19 business climate. On the other hand, other companies are adding funding and pressing the schedule under the ...

Introduction This article is part 2 of the 2-part series, Developer Testing? What is Testing and QA’s Place? Part 1 explored modern SDLCs, such as Agile, SCRUM, and Lean, specific to the dynamic of Developer Testing. It also discussed the traditional role of the Developer and the “testing” responsibilities typically delegated to them. The motivation ...

This is part 2 of a 2-part article series; part 1 was featured in the September 2020 issue of the LogiGear Magazine, and you can check it out here. Part 1 discussed the mindset required for Agile, as well as explored the various quadrants of the Agile Testing Quadrants model. Part 2 will delve into ...

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a software technology that anyone can use to automate manual tasks and business processes. The benefits of RPA are immediately quantifiable, and the technology can have a high impact across every function of the organization. RPA can accelerate process completions, reduce errors, boost compliance, save audit time and related costs, ...

We’re excited to share with you the latest and greatest features of TestArchitect Gondola, as well as how to use them. So, check them out below! Gondola Studio UI/UX ImprovementsGondola Studio’s new Test Execution Dialog makes it easy to configure and run your test. You can choose the browser or device you’d like to run ...

As the weather gets colder and the days get shorter, snuggle up with these LogiGear eBooks to solve some common testing problems! (Please click the image to enlarge this infographic) Conquer the Common Challenges of Continuous Testing by Tuan Truong. Continuous Testing (CT) is a key enabler for DevOps. Learn how to reap the benefits ...

At LogiGear, we’ve always prided ourselves on the content that we create. Our goal with each piece of content is to help inform our readers on cutting-edge testing practices and technology, thereby allowing them to transform their processes to reap the benefits of high-quality testing. As 2020 has come and gone, take a look at ...

Agile Release Trains (ART) The Agile Release Train (ART) is a long-lived team of Agile teams, which, along with other stakeholders, incrementally develops, delivers, and where applicable operates, one or more solutions in a value stream. Agile Release Trains align teams to a shared business and technology mission. Source: https://www.scaledagileframework.com/agile-release-train/ SAFe A set of organization ...

LogiGear Magazine September Issue 2020: Testing Transformations: Modernizing QA in the SDLC

As organizations’ Agile methodologies become mature, one of the trends in software development is for Developers to take on more testing, and are eliminating the QA job function. In this article, written by Michael Hackett, we explore how Devs test, to the misconceptions about Devs & the SDLC in this 1st part of a 2-part ...

LogiGear strives to keep its finger on the pulse of the latest trends in Software Testing. During this defining moment in history, we want to hear from you about how your work has been impacted by the pandemic in this quick 5 minute survey.

There is a growing software development dynamic of teams without Testers. When I first went into Software Quality, I learned one thing right away: My role was user advocate. My main job was to find bugs. This is the Lean principle called Amplified Learning. We learn about behavior by testing. Even then, validation was not ...

This is part 1 of a 2-part series. The 1st part will discuss the culture and mindset around Agile, and how Agile Quadrants are used. Part 2 will discuss how to use the Agile Quadrant, the significance of Automation in Agile Quadrants and how to use Agile Quadrants to overcome Quality Assurance headaches. Organizations aspire ...

There are so many aspects of any job that they don’t teach you about in school, and the Software Engineering field is no different. This is a collection of lessons learned in 5 years as a Software Engineer that are applicable and valuable for anyone to know in the software and technology fields. It took ...

Where does QA Fit in Agile? In Agile, QA responsibilities can be overlooked, or missed all-together. In this infographic, learn QA’s role in Agile and how it can bring both stability and relevance to the product. (Please click the image to enlarge this infographic)

Automated Testing is a huge part of DevOps, but without human-performed quality assurance testing, you’re increasing the risk of  lower-quality software making it into production.  Automated Testing is an essential DevOps practice to increase organizations’ release cadence and code quality. But there are definitely limits to only using Automated Testing. Without human quality assurance (QA) ...

ACID Properties In computer science, ACID (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) is a set of properties of database transactions intended to guarantee data validity despite errors, power failures, and other mishaps. In the context of databases, a sequence of database operations that satisfies the ACID properties (which can be perceived as a single logical operation on ...

LogiGear Magazine June Issue 2020: Transform Your SDLC With Continuous Testing

DevOps has been described as Agile on Steroids; DevOps has also been described as Agile for Operations/IT. I like both of those descriptions. Many organizations want Development, Test, and Operations teams to move to DevOps now. DevOps is a big topic, but DevOps is not the focus of this article. We will not be talking ...

Alexa Voice Service (AVS): Amazon’s service offering for a voice-controlled AI assistant. Offered in different products. Source: https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Alexa-Voice-Services-AVS Autopilot Short for “automatic pilot,” a device for keeping an aircraft on a set course without the intervention of the pilot. Source: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/automatic_pilot Blockchain Infrastructure: A complex, decentralized architecture that orchestrates many systems running asynchronously over the ...

Gondola by TestArchitect is a low-code Test Automation solution for End-to-End Testing across Web, API, and Mobile Applications. Gondola builds upon the TestArchitect family’s already-powerful testing capabilities in many ways, including faster mobile and web testing as well as heightened support for mobile application testing. LogiGear Product Manager Thuc Nguyen delves into why LogiGear created ...

Continuous Testing… what is it? When we first decided to do a magazine issue dedicated to the DevOps practice of Continuous Testing, I joked with someone: “It’s about testing continuously.” And their reply was: “Yeah. What else would it be?” I was joking, but clearly the joke didn’t land. Continuous Testing is about testing continuously, ...

What is Continuous Testing? In today’s high-tech, modern world, innovation is driven by 3 things: speed, efficiency, and quality. This rings true across essentially every industry, and the Software Testing industry is no different. In order to stay competitive in a growing marketplace, software companies need to release their products faster, at a higher-quality, and ...

For this month’s book review, I read Continuous Testing for DevOps Professionals: A Practical Guide from Industry Experts, by various authors and edited by Eran Kinsbruner. The book is divided into 4 sections: Fundamentals of Continuous Testing, Continuous Testing for Web Apps, Continuous Testing for Mobile Apps, and The Future of Continuous Testing. The Fundamentals ...

Disclaimer: This article was originally published in the LogiGear Magazine, but has been updated for the June 2020 issue. Leading an organization into Continuous Delivery is a daunting task that usually takes software development teams months if not years. This guide covers the main points that organizations need to consider to increase their chance of ...

In today’s retail marketplace, digital channels hold a prominent and often central position. Modern software practices emphasize the need for rapid development and deployment. The retail world is no exception to this need for speed. Continuous Testing is a great strategy for getting increasing velocity.

Jenkins is a Continuous Integration (CI) tool that controls repeatable tasks in software development. Check out this guide to see how TestArchitect seamlessly integrates with Jenkins to establish a CI environment for Automated Testing.

Do managers even matter? That’s a good question.  This is the question some MBA students asked for a research project at Google. They called the research, data gathered, findings, implementation, and follow-up “Project Oxygen.” It focused on gathering data regarding what qualities staff perceived would make a “good manager.” The results were not surprising. But, ...

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