Archives for January, 2012
by Thomas Murphy | January 31, 2012 | 1 Comment
DVCS has become a popular trend in agile development with many open source projects making use of GIT and Mercurial and other vendors offering DVCS like function (see Hype Cycle for Application Development, 2011) but they are still a bit too on the edge for most enterprise use. Concerns about security, a still emerging toolset [...]
Category: Agile ALM Open Source SCCM Tags:
by Thomas Murphy | January 23, 2012 | Submit a Comment
An element of software quality often overlooked is the issue of usability. With internal applications you train users on the process to follow and this may make up for a world of ugly. The web has changed our perceptions and devices and Apps will continue to drive home the need to deliver applications that are [...]
Category: Testing Usability Tags:
by Thomas Murphy | January 23, 2012 | 3 Comments
The explosion of devices and apps is creating a strain on testing organizations. A broad number of tools have hit the market and we expect to see strong growth in the number of options during the next three years. A plethora of challenges exist: gestures, geolocation, motion, and how to realistically conduct load tests to [...]
Category: Mobile Testing Tags: Cloud Testing, Functional Automation, SOASTA