Shift-left testing Doing away with all the traditional paradigms of software development, shift left testing stresses integrating both key activities (development and quality assurance) from day one of the projects. This promotes the inclusion of quality assurance right from the requirement phase of development and carries down to the other phases as they follow. SQSPer … Read more
Readability The code should be readable which will help in quickly debugging the code in case of failure. Labeling with proper comments is recommended which will help understand flow of the code. Coding standards should be followed. Simplicity Break code to keep it simple. For complex code, learning curve becomes steep for support team to … Read more
1) Does Migrating the Data Integration or ETL Platform to Something Different Add Value? When looking at migrating your Data Integration or ETL platform to another, you need to really look at the WHY behind it. It’s not just the platform that adds or takes away value, it’s the environment it operates in that influences … Read more
If you open your computer to start on something new and find that you still have dozens of windows and documents open from the thing you were working on yesterday, that will slow you down. Just like if you go to the kitchen to make dinner and find that the kitchen is clogged up with … Read more
Legacy languages are hard to support The legacy languages and development tools needed to support the legacy system are increasingly difficult or expensive to obtain. This is a very common occurrence with 4GLs popular in the 1970s. People are scarce People that know the legacy languages are becoming difficult to find and retain. Younger staff … Read more
1. BI Strategy Organizations need to have a vision before they set themselves on a BI journey. Laying down a BI strategy with answers to below questions would help bringing clarity to this vision: What are the expectations from the BI implementation initiative? How are these expectations going to be achieved? Who will be the stakeholders? … Read more
1. Proactive Monitoring & Alerting Proactive monitoring is important to make sure corrective steps are taken to prevent issues like not meeting SLAs (Service Level Agreements). More focus in this area will certainly reduce downstream issue resolution ticket volume. Monitoring does not necessarily mean keeping eye on each and every job constantly. It is recommended … Read more
BI Testing Strategy The goal of testing BI applications is to achieve credible data. And data credibility can be attained by making the testing cycle effective. A comprehensive test strategy is the stepping stone of an effective test cycle. The strategy should cover test planning for each stage, every time the data moves and state … Read more
1. Opportunities for Improvement As the years are progressing, the volume of data is increasing. Attacks and threats are becoming more sophisticated. The traditional approach was mostly reactive in nature (i.e. when the incident would take place, the appropriate controls will be applied). Organizations should take a proactive approach where the technology environment eliminates the … Read more
The Strategy Apps developed by the company included Web Apps, Native Apps and Hybrid Apps. Jeff took stock of all the technology and testing methodologies and was confident that he would crack the deal for an Automotive Service Giant, where he was to first deliver his premier sales presentation for an App that the company … Read more
