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• OKRs vs. SMART goals in software development

  OKRs and SMART are two goal-setting approaches. Knowing their differences and how to implement each is essential to steer your business objectives in a clear direction. Continue Reading

• How to gradually incorporate AI in software testing

  While some software teams may find themselves wary to weave AI into their software testing routines, a gradual introduction of AI-based testing strategies could be worth the effort. Continue Reading

• A few simple strategies to reduce software test redundancy

  While comprehensive test coverage is a must, software teams must make conscious efforts to keep suites from becoming overpopulated with hampering numbers of redundant test cases. Continue Reading

• How to write a business requirements document in Agile

  An Agile software team shouldn't rely on rigid processes or a control board to get the job done, but it still needs to make business requirements a central focus. Enter the BRD. Continue Reading

• Test frameworks and examples for unit testing Python code

  Unit testing is a crucial aspect of software development. Teams can adopt Python for unit testing to optimize Python's advantages and built-in framework options. Continue Reading

• The attributes of an effective database testing strategy

  Teams need to implement a proper database testing strategy to optimize results. Explore effective database testing attributes here.Continue Reading

• Code comment best practices every developer should know

  Source code can benefit from well-written code comments. If teams implement proper writing strategies, code comments can be a great tool to explain code intent.Continue Reading

• Make the shift-left testing approach work for your team

  Developers test to find defects and correct flaws before an application reaches release. But the ever-quickening pace of development puts pressure on testing.Continue Reading

• 10 essential Scrum Master skills

  From sprint planning to servant leadership, Scrum Masters help Agile developers, product owners and other team members perform at their best. Here's what makes a good Scrum Master.Continue Reading

• Best practices for low-code integration within dev pipelines

  When a nontechnical team leads the charge on application development, it still falls to developers and testers to integrate low-code tools and apps into the pipeline.Continue Reading

• Who writes acceptance criteria?

  Product owners are usually responsible for acceptance criteria. But everyone who has a say in the final product should be involved in the process.Continue Reading

• The major differences between QA and SDETs

  How do SDET and QA roles differ? The similar positions both focus on code testing, but it's their unique focuses that makes them a valuable part of an Agile team.Continue Reading

• Make quality a priority in your software engineering culture

  A software team needs quality to ensure a strong product. Here are some ways to implement quality in all facets of development and build it into every software release.Continue Reading

• The 5 prevailing Agile pitfalls that prevent true adoption

  To successfully implement Agile and maintain its momentum, teams must often overcome a predictable series of both technical and cultural adoption challenges.Continue Reading

• Why security chaos engineering works, and how to do it right

  While 'chaos' doesn't sound like something software security managers would want, chaos engineering has an enticing amount of value when it comes to identifying potential threats.Continue Reading

• Here's why you still need exploratory testing documentation

  While documentation is an important part of exploratory testing, it doesn't have to be extensive -- and it shouldn't get in the way of learning about the software.Continue Reading

• Emphasize culture in your Agile implementation approach

  Team structure and culture should be a primary focus during any shift to Agile principles and methodologies.Continue Reading

• 4 low-code best practices to streamline adoption

  To be successful with low-code adoption, organizations must clearly define project goals, ensure the right mix of staffing and tools, and regularly asses business value.Continue Reading

• How test summary reports yield business value and benefits

  The data a test summary report compiles can provide great benefits to a development team -- and, in turn, business value to the larger IT organization.Continue Reading

• 6 key phases of the software testing lifecycle

  For QA teams, a successful software testing process starts long before the actual test occurs.Continue Reading

• Implement reliability testing methods, tools for better dev

  Reliability testing can play an integral role in software development. Here are some methods and tools to incorporate into your app development lifecycle.Continue Reading

• Smoke testing vs. sanity testing explainer on key differences

  While smoke and sanity testing are both techniques QA professionals use to quickly identify feature defects, they differ when it comes to scope, automation requirements and timing.Continue Reading

• How to scale Scrum with Scrum of Scrums meetings

  Enterprise-scale software development can be difficult to coordinate across multiple teams. For Agile-adhering IT organizations, Scrum of Scrums is one way to stay organized.Continue Reading

• How software testing affects a successful multi-cloud strategy

  Here's how QA professionals working with multi-cloud can deal with the increased complexity associated with the strategy, plus the risks and workflow factors.Continue Reading

• 6 ways to perform microservices load testing

  While it's not easy to conduct load testing in hectic microservices environments, certain best practices can help testing teams ensure fair and equal distribution of workloads.Continue Reading

• How to develop a dependable regression testing strategy

  Haphazard code changes can quickly break any application. Learn what a successful regression testing strategy entails, including the necessary scope and test suite requirements.Continue Reading

• Where requirements-based tests fit in software testing

  Requirements-based testing has its upsides and downsides, and it's not right for every software project. But certain dev teams should still adopt the method. Learn which ones.Continue Reading

• The crucial role of test scenarios, especially in automation

  Test scenarios are often touted as a key part of effective software testing strategies. But what exactly do they do and how can teams ensure the ones they develop are effective?Continue Reading

• AI/ML in software testing, cross-platform testing benefits

  AI-powered cross-platform and cross-browser testing has both benefits and complications. Learn more about the role machine learning technologies can play in these QA processes.Continue Reading

• 6 strategies for better software project portfolio management

  When implemented correctly, software portfolio management can help enhance communication across multiple IT teams for better product delivery. Here are six ways to do it right.Continue Reading

• Why and how to hold a sprint retrospective meeting

  Software development teams can learn from past mistakes to streamline and improve processes. Retrospectives help them do just that.Continue Reading

• Testing automated Kubernetes deployments, a GitOps benefit

  GitOps and GitOps tooling may be your answer to the tricky, taxing problem that is testing Kubernetes environments. Explore why, how and what's necessary to perform GitOps testing.Continue Reading

• What unit test coverage percentage should teams aim for?

  Unit testing is frequently needed, but what amount? Learn how to determine the amount of unit test coverage you need, what code to focus on, how to measure coverage and more.Continue Reading

• Continuous integration principles and standards to implement

  Development and DevOps teams, abide by these best practices and standards to make your IT organization's continuous integration processes as effective as they can possibly be.Continue Reading

• Follow these database testing basics for better data

  Data is typically a company's most valuable asset. The data should be treated as such, with vigorous, almost constant testing, regardless of its location.Continue Reading

• What productive backlog grooming sessions entail

  Backlog grooming is essential for smooth Agile software development. Here's what it takes to get user stories straight and organize a grooming session that yields results.Continue Reading

• How Agile team culture can help improve software quality

  Any Agile team that wants its team's culture to be squarely centered on improving software quality, should consider the following incentives and tactics.Continue Reading

• How to manage and maintain automated UI tests

  Examine how teams can navigate the obstacles associated with automated UI tests -- including maintenance, debugging, change management and business logic challenges.Continue Reading

• Who is responsible for integration testing?

  It's not always clear who is responsible for the integration testing of those new application components. Let's sort through the confusion.Continue Reading

• What are an SDET's roles and responsibilities?

  A QA professional remains essential to the creation of quality software, while a software development engineer in test adds a different layer to the process.Continue Reading

• 10 Scrum benefits and how to realize them

  Scrum can be difficult to implement and manage, but the effort is usually rewarded. When run correctly, Scrum delivers valuable benefits for the business and the development team.Continue Reading

• SAST vs. DAST vs. IAST: Security testing tool comparison

  Before your team decides upon a security testing tool, take into account both the methods and limitations of SAST, DAST and IAST. Consider what each approach brings to the table.Continue Reading

• 5 ways to write maintainable automation code

  Development teams can ensure the automation code they write is maintainable if they're careful about their tooling and the processes they adhere to. Consider the five rules below.Continue Reading

• 4 UX analysis methods that ensure optimal user experiences

  UX analysis ensures users will have smooth experiences. Use these four methods to analyze a UX. Learn what each method entails, when to deploy them and who performs each analysis.Continue Reading

• Mobile app security best practices for 4 vulnerability types

  Adequate mobile app security must assess various dimensions of software, including each OS's best practices, traffic and API calls, data storage and source code.Continue Reading

• How to address 5 common CI/CD implementation challenges

  CI/CD removes the manual steps involved when you create and install application code. Address these CI/CD challenges and ease the flow of your software pipeline.Continue Reading

• 6 ways to harness test automation in a CI/CD pipeline

  Effective automated checks in CI/CD help minimize and mitigate bugs and keep software builds and deployments running on time. Try these practical tips in your pipeline.Continue Reading

• Flow efficiency is one of the trickiest DevOps metrics

  Let's take a look at what it takes to measure flow efficiency, how it can help DevOps teams improve development practices and why it's not an easy metric to track.Continue Reading

• Top 3 application performance testing objectives and goals

  Let's explore the importance of result analysis, the right measurements and test design for application performance testing.Continue Reading

• Make the right assertions in iOS unit tests for proper dev

  Unit tests play an integral role in mobile app development. Here's an excerpt from 'iOS Unit Testing by Example' about why fast feedback and control can help testers.Continue Reading

• Waterfall or Agile? Predictive vs. adaptive SDLC explained

  Waterfall and Agile epitomize the differences between predictive and adaptive SDLCs. Here are some considerations that a dev team should know before it chooses a methodology.Continue Reading

• 5 examples of ethical issues in software development

  As software becomes entrenched in every aspect of the human experience, developers have an ethical responsibility to their customers.Continue Reading

• 4 innovations in software development and testing to watch

  These methods and technologies change the way developers and testers do their jobs -- or even what their duties are. Explore innovations related to AI, the flow of work and more.Continue Reading

• Jeff Gallimore: Psychological safety for remote teams

  Can chatter about household appliances contribute positively to digital transformation? Jeff Gallimore thinks so. Here's his take on psychological safety for remote dev teams.Continue Reading

• Essential mobile app development tools and programming languages

  Learn about the tools available for hybrid and native iOS and Android mobile app development and testing, as well as the programming languages developers use.Continue Reading

• 3 dramatic ways to increase developer productivity

  Developers work best when distractions are at a minimum, yet most organizations simply aren't doing their part to reduce them. Be brave and try these three aggressive methods.Continue Reading

• 4 alternatives to end-to-end testing microservices

  Microservices architectures deserve better than end-to-end testing. See how methods like contract testing, subsystem testing and more can fill the end-to-end test void.Continue Reading

• How to approach Agile team organization

  Should an Agile team have an architect? Does cross-functional mean constantly changing? How do teams set velocity and quality? Get the answers to set up and lead Agile teams.Continue Reading

• How to calculate project completion times

  Good project managers deliver on schedule, despite the challenges they encounter. Become a time and resource management pro and deliver on the expected completion date.Continue Reading

• Why development team membership should change regularly

  Static development teams might be hurting your company. But too much reorganization can cause chaos. Here's how to strike a balance that keeps teams engaged and innovative.Continue Reading

• How to craft a cloud testing strategy

  As more applications and workloads ascend to the cloud, organizations need to validate performance, functionality and other metrics. Here's a primer on testing in the cloud -- and on the cloud.Continue Reading

• How Lean value stream mapping cuts delay, boosts efficiency

  You have a backlog, work in short sprints, and track metrics on test coverage and defect rates -- so why does it still take so long to move code to production? Try visualizing it.Continue Reading

• 5 SMART goals for a QA analyst

  QA testers can earn respect and gain influence with peers through SMART goals. Take ownership of the software you work on, look up to good product managers and achieve these five goals.Continue Reading

• 4 ways to minimize test automation maintenance

  Test automation maintenance is inescapable. Here are four ways to reduce maintenance and ensure software testing is as effective as possible.Continue Reading

• Agile FAQ: Get started with these Agile basics

  Check out these tips on Agile basics for a quick catch-up or a great head start on maximizing the value of using Agile methods in your organization.Continue Reading

• Effective QA practices for RPA bot maintenance

  Effective RPA QA ensures your bots don't go haywire. Learn how RPA bots fail, effective QA workflows to fix them, and how, when and where human testers should get involved.Continue Reading

• To get results in low-code development, collaboration is key

  To capitalize on the efficiency of a low-code tool, a business will need to organize a team that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish. That's not easy to do.Continue Reading

• Examples of low-code projects show stumbles and successes

  Can business staff and software developers really work together on a low-code project? It's not easy, but it can be done.Continue Reading

• How experts run shift-left and shift-right testing

  It's time to eliminate the testing bottleneck. Perform tests early and late in the SDLC to keep software moving -- and cut down on defects.Continue Reading

• How to hold effective Agile sprint planning meetings

  Successful Agile sprints aren't about 10x developers or all-night testing sessions. It all comes down to how you plan. Here's how to plan sprints that run in an effective way.Continue Reading

• Software development must align with your business-side team

  Software development has become a company-wide process, with business teams now offering their input. DevOps must learn to work with them for projects to succeed.Continue Reading

• 5 ways to empower remote development teams

  It's hard to maintain productivity when you work from home. Take up these remote dev and test practices to keep software projects on track despite the obstacles.Continue Reading

• 4 ways to make a distributed Scrum team work

  Distributed Scrum team members must find virtual ways to replicate the workflows, practices, tools and perks that a colocated team has access to -- from the comforts of their homes.Continue Reading

• Can we fully automate our software testing?

  Your boss has jumped on the bandwagon to automate software testing. Don't despair. Software testing expert Matt Heusser walks through what to say -- and do -- to keep everyone happy.Continue Reading

• 10 tips on when to refactor code

  Developers only have so much time available. Here's how to prioritize code refactoring so you get the most value from the least amount of effort.Continue Reading

• Test automation maintenance requires knowledge sharing

  An important but overlooked aspect of test automation maintenance is the institutional knowledge of how the testing is done. Don't restrict that information to just a few people.Continue Reading

• How do you run effective standup meetings?

  When it comes to Agile standups, throw out the rulebook. Effective standup meetings result from flexibility, not rigidity. Follow these five guidelines to get more engagement.Continue Reading

• What's the purpose of a Gantt chart for large-scale projects?

  A Gantt chart's selling point is that it's simple to understand at a glance. But a large-scale project, such as a DevOps transformation, quickly turns that advantage into a flaw.Continue Reading

• Pick user-centric software performance testing metrics

  Unlike other types of tests, performance tests gauge how well an application works -- not whether it fails. Testers must pay close attention to these metrics to keep end users happy.Continue Reading

• How Python makes automating security tasks a snap

  Security professionals with coding skills can get a lot done in not a lot of time. Hear why Python suits beginners and how it puts security and developers on the same team.Continue Reading

• 6 key ways to improve developer productivity

  Unproductive dev teams aren't necessarily staffed by unskilled or unmotivated workers. Give developers a boost with these concrete strategies, not strict mandates or inspirational posters.Continue Reading

• How to train junior developers in 5 steps

  Junior developers thrive on trust and training -- even if you're wary of the former and have little time for the latter. Here's how to get inexperienced programmers tuned up fast.Continue Reading

• What's in store for software development trends in 2020?

  New year, new IT priorities. While not all initiatives stick, these development and testing trends will shape how teams create, evaluate and deploy software. Get ahead of the curve.Continue Reading

• How to get DevOps into compliance, and vice versa

  IT organizations that are serious about DevOps, especially with integrated release pipelines, need compliance and governance workflows that dovetail with the app delivery approach.Continue Reading

• 4 DevOps communication principles to get teams talking

  One of DevOps' supposed benefits is better collaboration and communication, but it doesn't come out of nowhere. Address these communication challenges to get everyone on the same page.Continue Reading

• Automation, UX among top software development goals for 2020

  New Year's resolutions are a way to take stock of where we are, and where we want to be. Programmers, QA testers, UX designers and others share their software dev goals for 2020.Continue Reading

• 5 can't-miss software development news stories of 2019

  Before you finalize your 2020 plans, take a minute to catch up on app-dev news stories that will shape the next year. Here are the five top news stories for 2019, with analysis.Continue Reading

• DevOps in the enterprise requires focus on security, visibility

  App dev, quality and delivery challenges constantly pop up in DevOps implementations. Hear how overworked IT professionals deal with these challenges, and how tools can help -- or not.Continue Reading

• Is RPA the future of test automation?

  IT organizations will use test automation, RPA and low-code development tools to create, assess and automate complex processes in the near future.Continue Reading

• Low-code platforms face off: Mendix vs. OutSystems

  Low-code products target different audiences. So, will traditional or citizen developers use low-code platforms more in the future? We pit Mendix vs. OutSystems to explore each approach.Continue Reading

• How to perform test automation maintenance

  Automated tests run on their own, but they need a little help to stay in shape. Proactively address test automation maintenance with initiatives in these two key areas.Continue Reading

• Prioritize DevOps and Agile outcomes, not transformation

  Tools are easy; people are difficult. So, when it comes to an Agile or DevOps transformation, focus on the desired outcomes, not the process changes, as we discuss in this podcast.Continue Reading

• Why it's time to take IT burnout seriously

  Disengaged or apathetic employees are a sign of weak culture -- not weak people. In this podcast, Dr. Christina Maslach shares what IT job burnout looks like and how to address it.Continue Reading

• How to improve code quality, from teamwork to AI features

  Development teams must enforce code quality from day one. Take a multifaceted approach to write, and then manage, secure application code with this advice from experts.Continue Reading

• Mistakes to avoid in low-code app development

  Yes, low-code tools look easy to use. In certain situations, they are a great option. That doesn't mean users can't mess up if they're not careful.Continue Reading

• A low-code platform can do a lot, but it has limits

  If you're ready to jump into low-code development, you'll want to know what these platforms can help you accomplish and how to sidestep common troubles.Continue Reading

• 10 tips for effective change management in Agile

  Agile development encourages product owners to address customer needs through change. Follow these 10 tips for change requests and management practices that keep projects on track.Continue Reading

• 4 vital UX testing methods for concept through development

  Don't rely on a single UX test, and don't create an overloaded bottleneck that delays development. Instead, deploy these four UX assessments iteratively and often.Continue Reading

• A DevOps pipeline works only when the tooling works

  A DevOps toolchain needs to help IT people do their job, sure. But to do that, it also needs to provide useful glimpses into the process so that everyone is in the loop.Continue Reading

• Build a DevOps toolchain that's efficient and effective

  Is it possible to create a DevOps toolchain that meets the needs of developers, IT operations teams and business staffers? Here's how to devise a strategy.Continue Reading