LogiGear Magazine September Issue 2021 – Designing, Testing, & Delivering Excellence The post LogiGear Magazine September Issue 2021 – Designing, Testing, & Delivering Excellence appeared first on LogiGear Magazine ..read more

In Agile/Safe Development, quality is sometimes sacrificed for scalability. Learn how to correctly scale your system without diminishing quality. Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to watch and participate in a variety of projects related to testing numerous systems. Over time these systems have grown to reflect various configurations designed to handle large numbers of users. For the growth in the front end, we allowed for load balancing of machines and dynamic addressing so that multiple machines would handle the increasing number of simultaneous connections. On the back e ..read more

Integrated teams Something we’ve learned in the Covid-19 pandemic is that we have to work together-whatever together means. Very few teams stayed co-located; even teams in the same town worked at home. We’re all working remote. Hopefully all the thinking, tools, work and effort we put into having offshore teams work together benefited us here. Especially soft skills work- communication tools, communication infrastructure, regular check-in’s, the importance of face-to-face video rather than simply an email or a phone call check-in – having those tools in place, and using them for some time, mad ..read more

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. The post When Gifts Become “Curses” appeared first on LogiGear Magazine ..read more

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 change that so, along with keeping our eyes peeled for sweetheart deals to woo users from one platform to both, it’s also an important time to brush up on your Slack knowledge and get a sense of how the platforms can combine to further ..read more

13 Leaders Share the Favorite SDLC The Forbes Technology Council features seasoned leaders that have tested their knowledge in the field. From the Classic Agile, to more modern SDLCs like BizDevSecOps, hear from them on their favorite SDLCs, and why they chose them. Read more Best Places to Work in Los Angeles: MK Partners! LogiGear Group’s MK Partners was announced as one of the best places to work in Los Angeles. As featured in the LA Business Journal, MK Partners nabbed the #16 spot of best places to work in Los Angeles in the small business category, and made the top 100 overall. Read mo ..read more

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 The adoption of digital technology to transform services or businesses, through replacing nondigital or manual processes with digital processes or replacing older ..read more

LogiGear Magazine June Issue 2021: DX & CX’s Impact on Software Testing The post LogiGear Magazine June Issue 2021: DX & CX’s Impact on Software Testing appeared first on LogiGear Magazine ..read more

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 an unprecedented health issue. The global pandemic of COVID-19 has had more effect in driving DX projects than any other business challenge in the past few decades. Having said that, the benefits to performing a DX project(s) go beyond the pres ..read more

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, drivers, and the like. Some of the skills I developed I never used again… but, many skills opened up doors to other jobs and my knowledge in testing hardware integration, particularly automating testing of wifi-enabled smart devices (IoT) and voice syste ..read more