Software Testing

The Real Lessons from the “Glitchy” Iowa App Debacle

By Stacy Kirk   It is impossible to overlook the major controversy that has been sparked by the failures of the mobile voting app that was commissioned to support the recent Iowa elections. This app, designed to tabulate and report results from the precincts – had significant glitches that resulted in a full day of…
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Building a Roadmap to Continuous Improvement

The Client Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is a top 10 largest Medicaid health plan and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. IEHP has been recognized locally and nationally for its innovation, excellence, and access to care for the low-income working residents of the Inland Empire.   The Challenge Our team was engaged…
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QualityWorks Offers Free Strategy Sessions to Help Companies Boost Digital Capabilities During COVID-19

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, QualityWorks, a California-based agile testing and development firm, is offering free strategy sessions as part of a digital solutions kit aimed at helping companies deal with the upsurge in demand for digital services. The sessions are designed to provide companies with insight into how they can expand their organization’s…
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Increasing Regression Test Coverage by 15x

The Customer Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® raises funds and awareness for 170 member hospitals that provide 32 million treatments each year to kids across the U.S. and Canada. Donations stay local to fund critical treatments and healthcare services, pediatric medical equipment, and charitable care. Since 1983, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals has raised more than $5…
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Quality From the Concept: The Role of UI/UX Design in Building Successful Apps

By Janique Morris   What are the odds of building a financially successful app? According to Gartner, it’s less than 0.01%. It may sound a bit ludicrous when you consider the fact that, every day, an average of 3739 apps are added to the Play Store and 1,372 to the iOS App Store. That’s almost 2…
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QualityWorks to Become First ISTQB Accredited Training Provider for English-Speaking Caribbean

QualityWorks Consulting Group is set to become the first “International Software Testing Qualifications Board” (ISTQB) accredited training provider in the English-speaking Caribbean as of August 2019.   As a pioneer in quality-driven development and test innovation throughout the Caribbean and the United States and top software testing (Clutch Awards, 2018), QualityWorks’ decision to partner with…
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Performance Testing for Presale of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

The Challenge Founded in 2000, Fandango is one of  America’s largest ticketing companies that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app. As the go-to destination for just about 36 million moviegoers each month, Fandango’s web and mobile applications experience significant traffic during major movie releases. For multiple years, during…
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Database Testing Using Slacker: How to Install Slacker

BY JAMEL REID   This is the second tutorial in a 3-part series dedicated to demonstrating how to use a tool called Slacker for database testing. In this video,  Jamel goes through the process of getting Ruby installed on Windows 10. This allows installing the Slacker gem to our environment which will then be used…
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Database Testing Using Slacker: Setting up SQL Server

BY JAMEL REID   This is the first tutorial in a 3 part series dedicated to demonstrating how to use a tool called Slacker to unit test a SQL Server database instance. In this video, Jamel will be setting up a database with two tables and a stored procedure. He will then perform a manual…
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Crisis Averted: The Value of Performance Testing

BY JAVON DAVIS   Creating and maintaining positive user experiences is one of the most influential factors in the success of any business. Thriving online platforms gain traction because they meet the consumers’ expectation of high-quality experiences which are underlined by factors such as ease and speed. Think about your favourite e-commerce platforms, for example.…
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