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Can End-Users Help Enhance Product Quality?

It is a well-accepted fact that bringing end-user focus into a product is very important to its overall success. Testers have always been viewed as end-user advocates in product teams. What is becoming more important is to engage end-users in the product development cycle in every possible way.

Here Comes Another Mobile Wallet: Isis

Isis—the joint venture of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon—is the latest entrant in the mobile payment market. With a lackluster October 2012 soft launch in Austin, Texas, and Salt Lake City, Utah, is this another sign that the mobile wallet is a cool feature that no one really wants?

Romney Defeat Due in Part to Poor Software QualityMitt Romney's Election Day defeat is being attributed to a number of important factors including the failure of Project Orca, a key software application that was intended to help turn out the vote, monitor election results, and report on suspected election fraud.
What Is Acceptance Test-Driven Development?We help define the concept of acceptance test-driven development with the help of an interview between Ken Pugh and Ade Shokoya. As we raise the level of collaboration and shift the relationship between testers and developers, we realize the potential for faster, better products.
Why Agile Doesn't Always WorkThere are plenty of people who don’t believe agile development is worth the hype. And they may be right. Find out why some people are so opposed to agile.
The Product Canvas: A Complementary View

The product canvas, when used with a business model canvas, provides similar benefits to the product owner that the business model canvas provides to the product manager. Scott Sehlhorst examines the product canvas and the business model canvas and how the two tools can be used together.

An Interview with Rapid Software Testing Trainer Paul Holland Paul Holland is a recognized Rapid Software Testing trainer and a proponent of context-driven testing. See what Paul has to say about being a successful tester in any situation, testing career paths, and testing certifications.
As Software Jobs Increase, So Do Those Requiring Agile SkillsSoftware development jobs are more numerous than ever before, and hirers are increasingly looking for applicants who possess a certain skill—agile. With agile teams popping up around the world, there's never been a better time to be well versed in the manifesto.