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Perhaps a Doctor’s note is required to secure our personal data?
Last month it was revealed that NHS managers have sent millions of medical notes overseas – as part of a cost cutting drive – and so it is an opportune moment to look once more at offshore centres. A...
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What is Data Masking?
What is data masking? Data masking is the process of obscuring information which is stored within the database by shuffling, encrypting, obfuscating or replacing data. Masking the data in such ways...
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Proposed EU Data Protection Law Delayed until 2015- Enough Time to get Data...
In 2012 the European Commission published one of the two proposed legislative texts after suggesting that the current EU data protection regime was out dated and needed modernising in line with the...
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Choosing a Testing/Requirements Tool – from a tester/user perspective
Practice what you preach. As a tester it is easy to review someone else’s requirements and find issues but what if you’re forced to create your own requirements? I was asked to put in requirements for...
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Healthcare.gov, BBC’s Digital Media Initiative, Universal Credit – all Lost...
We’re going to play a game. You’ve read that opening line and understand what I’ve written, yet I haven’t stated if it is a game for two people involving racquets and a ball or just me looking out of...
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IIBA Vendor Showcase Webinar
From Idea to Production — Continuous Development Starts with an Idea, not after Testing is Finished! Join us on Thursday October 16, 2014 at 12 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. EDT This IIBA sponsored webinar will...
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New Research Explains the Top Five Causes of Requirements Problems- We’ve got...
62% of organisations experience one or more challenges in over 30% of projects. 11% believe all projects begin with requirement problems. 61% of software projects fail, or are delivered late,...
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The Dangers of Outsourcing Data
The appeal of outsourcing is growing, fast. New research from Frost & Sullivan predicts that the European data services market will almost double in size by 2018. The report forecasts that the new...
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It’s time to show the C-level how it can be done
How does this statement make you feel? A new study found that 79% of C-level executives believe they can make technology decisions better and faster than IT staff. The finding came from Avanade who...
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What is the value of Agile Designer™?
Find out more about how Agile Designer™ can help to build better requirements, create the perfect set of test cases, improve test cases and detect changes, or how to create test data then visit the...
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Large Project Failure – Infographic
To find out more about Agile Designer™ and how it can help you to make your project a success then visit the Agile Designer™ website. The post Large Project Failure – Infographic appeared first on...
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What are the reasons for project failure?
Take a look at this graphic and see what we found to be the top causes for project failure. If you found this interesting why not check out the short video, “Agile Designer for Business Analysts”. Or...
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Requirements Engineering – Laying a Firm Foundation
Requirements are a vital element of any development life cycle. They are the reference point to what is to be completed, how to proceed and provide crucial criteria to evaluate the project’s success....
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Getting Upfront with Requirements
Vice President and Global Head of Assurance Services at TCS, Siva Ganesan, argues for what should now be common wisdom about gathering solid requirements. Writing for TEST Magazine, he describes the...
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What is still to be learned from NASA’s 328 million dollar failure 16 years on?
NASA launched the $328 million Mars Climate Orbiter into space back in 1998, with the mission to study the climate of the planet. Just nine months after the craft was launched, and before it had begun...
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Synthetic data: how the planned EU ban on testing with raw data is more...
In 2016, the EU might ban financial institutions and banks from using raw data for testing. The initiative might in fact save resources, improve quality, and increase data security. Writing for...
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Do you have SMART test cases?
Testing is often the cause for hold ups in software development projects. While testing is an important part of any project, it is an area that can be improved upon and done in a much more efficient...
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A picture Paints a Thousand Words
In a world where software needs to be delivered earlier, on budget and with all the required features, it might well be time to think about what could be slowing down IT projects and making them...
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The new Goldilocks Zone – Managing Test Data and Requirements
You’ve probably heard of the Goldilocks zone – the ideal distance from a star, neither too hot, nor too cold to support liquid water and therefore life (as we know it…Jim). Well, the concept of the...
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Test Automation: How Flowcharts reduce cost and improve efficiency, making...
Though testing is growing increasingly expensive, complete testing is not an unobtainable hypothetical. Recent Bloor Research concludes that a reluctance to prioritise improving the internal testing...
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