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Testing Wearables; Big Data, Privacy, and More

Wearables Big Data and Privacy - What if my watch was hacked? Would I care? Depends on who I am!

With the latest generation of high tech wearables - smartwatches, some may be rejoicing in how much functionality they seem to be gaining. With my Apple Watch, I can do so many things! But wait, what data is being collected when I do all these things? Is Wearables Big Data secure? What if the FBI wants it? Let’s list out a few of the tasks and some of the possibilities.

Agile Planning – The Importance of Agile Acceptance Criteria and Some Key Testing Tasks

When we start working with a client who is in the process of converting, or have converted to agile from waterfall, one of the most common questions is "What Do Testers Do in Agile?" The typical consulting answer is 'it depends'. As much as I hate to give that answer, it really does depend on what agile recipe you are using and the skills of your team.

Seven Test Automation Mistakes to Avoid

“The number one reason QA Managers lose their jobs is from failed automation initiatives. Is automation important? Absolutely! Don’t make a rookie mistake and waste your budget only to get negative ROI.” I've seen it first hand. I'd say there are 7 big mistakes that can undermine any automation effort...

Impact of GDPR on Software Testing

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As software testers we may think that GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has nothing to do with us. However, the keyword here is data. The problem is that to do our testing, we typically need data. You can’t do realistic end user acceptance testing without realistic data. Even before GDPR, getting good data for testing was a problem.

Especially with complex business rules whereby a location may dictate that certain rules are enacted, or when a transaction changes different data fields as it is processed, or when data becomes valid, invalid, […]

According to IDC Big Data market is projected to be a $50 billion industry by 2019.

Big Data is big and will continue to become bigger. Bigger in the sense of size as more data sources come to fruition as sensors and other applications come online. More importantly, Big Data will become “bigger” in terms of importance due to the insights that can be gained. These insights can provide great value to a company trying to understand its users or customers better and to optimize their service and product offerings in a personalized manner. Yet the old caveat “garbage in garbage out” applies more than ever to Big Data. That’s where Big Data Testing comes in. If the data is not validated, it can lead analysts astray leading to information and insights that are not only inaccurate but perhaps in the opposite direction. Don’t make the mistake of assuming your data is valid and accurate. Let wowubuntu support your Big Data initiatives with our Big Data testing services.

Software is Now the World (and Software QA is right behind)

Software is the great enabler of the “technology multiplier”. It’s what makes hardware smart and usable by people. Software is not only “eating the world”, it is becoming an unseen “force” behind much of what we see, do, and experience every day. We should all be thinking how to ‘software-ize’ our thinking....

Highly Effective Testing Habit #4: Be Agile First

As software engineers and testers, we are so deep into this “Agile” transformation movement, but often forget that Agile is also an adjective. Habit #4 is understanding that you must change parts of your "being" to implement Agile effectively.

Don’t Forget to Look for the Gorilla in the Software Testing Process

Cognitive biases such as inattentional blindness and anchoring can cause testers to make missteps during the testing process that can have disastrous effects.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testing

7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testing audience I read Stephen Covey’s famous book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People when it first came out in 1989, almost 30 years ago. I was just starting my career then and was able to apply many of the principles to not just my work life, but life in general. When I was invited to give the closing keynote at TestIstanbul, in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 25, I knew giving a tailored version of my 7 Habits of Highly Effective Agile Testers talk would work well for this audience.