Design and Architecture

Tutorials

MH Take a Test Drive: Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Jared Richardson, Agile Artisans

Mon, 05/04/2015 - 8:30am

The practice of agile software development requires a clear understanding of business needs. Misunderstanding requirements causes waste, slipped schedules, and mistrust within the organization. Jared Richardson shows how good acceptance tests can reduce misunderstanding of requirements. A testable requirement provides a single source that serves as the analysis document, acceptance criteria, regression test suite, and progress-tracker for any given feature. Jared explores the creation, evaluation, and use of testable requirements by the business and developers.

Concurrent Sessions

T20 Virtualization to Improve Speed and Increase Quality

Clint Sprauve, HP

Todd DeCapua, HP

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 3:00pm

Many development and test organizations must work within the confines of compressed release cycles, various agile methodologies, and cloud and mobile environments for their business applications. So, how can test organizations keep up with the pace of development and increase the quality of their applications under test? Clint Sprauve describes how service virtualization and network virtualization can help your team improve speed and increase quality.

T24 Web and Mobile App Accessibility Testing

Nancy Kastl, SPR Consulting

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 3:00pm

If a website or mobile app is not accessible to all potential visitors, is it truly a quality product? Services, products, information, and entertainment on the web and mobile devices can be made available to millions of consumers with vision, hearing, or motor control difficulties by complying with accessibility standards. Assistive technologies enable access by converting the text and images of mobile screens and web pages into computerized voice.