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Volunteer While You Sleep: Computing for Clean Water What happens when thousands of volunteers join together to donate their unused computing power for humanitarian research? Hopefully, through the Computing for Clean Water project, access to clean water is closer to reality for nearly one billion people around the world. |
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Autism and Software Testing: A Symbiotic Relationship Software companies are increasingly acknowledging the skills people with autism spectrum disorders bring to the workplace. These people are typically very detail-orientated and not bored by taking on repetitive tasks with a great level of precision, which makes them ideal candidates for testing. |
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Conference Highlights: UX Design, Stage Presence, and DevOpsThe Agile Development, Better Software & DevOps Conference West in June featured more than a hundred networking and learning opportunities and three tracks to choose from. Here, we recap three of the popular presentations, about lean UX, presentation skills, and how DevOps can benefit everyone. | 
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4 Frequent Feedback-Gathering Flaws If organizations really want customer feedback, why do they make it so difficult for customers to provide that feedback? Naomi Karten gives four examples from her own experience that suggest some things to keep in mind when gathering feedback from your customers. |
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Testing Nonfunctional Requirements in an Agile LifecycleAs organizations embrace agile, requirements become a challenge because they must be considered and validated in each (short) sprint. Ideally, nonfunctional requirements should be a continuous focus throughout the project. Here are some ways to better address NFRs in an agile development lifecycle. | 
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New Biometric Security with 3D Fingerprint ScansResearchers at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center are working on a security solution that’s similar to medical ultrasound imaging. The technology is a tiny ultrasonic fingerprint sensor that can measure a 3D image of your finger’s surface, along with a shallow layer of tissue underneath. |
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How to Stay Challenged in Your Testing Career On one hand, testers have to keep their heads down while working to meet tight schedules. But on the other, technology is advancing at a rapid pace, and testers have to ensure they are not lagging in their skills. Testers need to constantly strike a balance between these demands to stay challenged. |
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Agile, Waterfall, and the Blending of MethodologiesAgile doesn’t always require you to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Just because you plan to incorporate agile into your team (or even your entire organization), that doesn’t mean you need to scrap whatever other practices, such as outsourcing, or methodologies you’re using. | 
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