The increasing adoption of test automation across industries for software development and testing gave rise to a general belief that manual testing will soon become extinct and automation will take over all the testing processes. Although it is widely believed, it is not true. While automation is the right choice when [...]
The race to reach faster to the market and to become a preferred choice for customers is putting tremendous pressure on enterprises across diverse business domains. Every brand is building up strategies to ensure better and much better customer experience. Considering the focus is on making a digital impact, [...]
Google has recently published its annual list of top applications of the year, which are not necessarily the most downloaded ones, but are also some of the most popular ones. Why do some applications click so well and some just go unnoticed. There could be many factors responsible for [...]
On 27th September 2016, Salesforce.com Inc. introduced a new e-commerce service, further to its $2.8 billion acquisition of Demandware Inc. The Salesforce Commerce Cloud is here to enable customers to set-up online storefronts, in-store tablets/kiosks, and further add commerce functions with software support delivered over the internet. According to [...]
Disruption doesn’t send meeting invites! Xerox learned about it. Kodak was doomed with it. Encyclopedia Britannica never knew it coming. Nokia gave into it! And, Googles of the world can disrupt themselves. RajendraPrasad Thota, Global Practice Head – Advisory & Transformation at Cigniti in this blog post explains how the [...]
While business transformations are critical to meet the market demands and staying relevant in the context of change, the journey of transformation is no easy task. It is fraught with many risks, which if not handled well may de-rail the entire program and its efforts. The success or failure [...]
Agile software development practices have been gaining momentum over the last few years. A recent survey by Versionone, carried out between July and October 2014, states that 94% percent of all organizations surveyed (out of 3925 responses) now practice agile. Agile practices are preferred where project requirements change rapidly as [...]
Agile methodology is increasingly finding its place in software projects across the world. Statistics show 88% of businesses have adopted agile methodology, yet only 38% are using agile for more than 75% of their projects. This indicates that companies are still struggling with the end to end transformation to [...]
Being agile is today’s way for businesses to deliver the intended value their customers expect from their services. Agile software development practices are being hailed globally as the new benchmark in technology product/project delivery. In this context, agile testing finds an irreplaceable seat in the agile bandwagon. What is agile [...]
A recent Forrester report emphasizes the fact that consistent performance in agile teams must include agile testing as well. And for agile testing to succeed, testers must work intimately with the development team on day-to-day project activities. Agility adds new dimensions and areas of focus to the testing and QA [...]
