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Criteria Plans Managing Acceptance Criteria Plans

Some of the hardest and most crucial instances in any project execution are the user acceptance test phases. But having a thorough and clearly documented process for evaluating acceptance and exit criteria that you previously agreed on with the end-user will help you handle expectations and plan on results.

David Meyer discusses wearable technology Wearables and Contactless Technology: An Interview with David Meyer

In this interview, David Meyer, who manages mobile banking product development at FIS, talks about his upcoming Mobile Dev + Test presentation. He discusses his relationship and experience with wearables and details the many facets of contactless payment applications. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Jim McKeeth discusses mobile and embedded applications Developing, Testing, and Using Mobile and Embedded Applications: An Interview with Jim McKeeth
Podcast

In this interview, Jim McKeeth, the lead developer evangelist of Embarcadero Technologies, talks about the current and future states of wearables. He explains how thought input is changing the way we control different devices, as well as what excites him most about wearables.

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Mac Gambill discusses wearable tech and health The Future of Wearables and Health Tech: An Interview with the Founders of Nudge

In this interview, Nudge founders Mac Gambill and Phil Beene explain the relationship between health and wearables. They discuss how big the wearable market can get over time, as well as the relationship wearables have to health information and the Internet of Things.

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Jaimee Newberry discusses how to engage your users Designing for Engagement: An Interview with Jaimee Newberry
Podcast

In this interivew, UX coach Jaimee Newberry talks about how to create a more engaging product for your users. She explains why it's so important to connect with customers on an emotional level, as well as how empathy and tone can change how a developer creates software. 

Josiah Renaudin's picture Josiah Renaudin
Quality Engineering Lessons I Go Back: Valuable Lessons in Quality Engineering

Terry Wiegmann noticed that in certain conversations with clients and team members, a single phrase can take her back to some “aha” moments when she grasped fundamental quality concepts. She shares some of these major learning moments throughout her career and how they can apply to quality engineering.

Terry Wiegmann's picture Terry Wiegmann
Crowdsourced Testing Using Your Own Crowd for Crowdsourced Testing

A company used crowdsourced testing as part of the testing process when redesigning its website. This testing employed internal resources to achieve the benefits of crowdsourced testing at a greatly reduced cost and provided the added benefit of getting company employees used to the new site. Read on for a review of the process.

Nels Hoenig's picture Nels Hoenig
Philip Lew discusses mobile app UX Mobile App UX and Usability: An Interview with Philip Lew
Podcast

In this interview, Philip Lew, the CEO of XBOSoft, talks about his upcoming presentation, how user experience relates to mobile, the connection usability shares with UX, and how your company can take an important first step towards improving your mobile user experience.

Cameron Philipp-Edmonds's picture Cameron Philipp-Edmonds
System Maintenance The Future of System Maintenance

The role of the tester has changed significantly over the years. Allow your mind to wander and think about how it might continue to change. Imagine a world with increased transparency for code changes and more visibility of details. What could the future of system maintenance look like?

Joe DeMeyer's picture Joe DeMeyer
Testing Your Apps Picture Imperfect: Methods for Testing How Your App Handles Images

On a website and in digital files, images present a set of complications and differentiations that you need to keep in mind when your application receives and presents them. Your application might rely on a library, plugin, or service built somewhere else to handle this image management, so you should test the image uploader to ensure it works correctly and handles common points of failure. Here are some things to watch out for.

Brian Noggle's picture Brian Noggle

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