People and Teams
People and Teams
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It’s a New Year, and It’s Time to Face Your FearsInstead of making the same old New Year’s resolutions as everyone else and then abandoning them before the end of January, maybe the perfect resolution this year would be to tackle one of your greatest fears. Read on to learn how to acknowledge your fear and how it affects you, then set a goal to overcome it. | 
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Start the New Year with a RetrospectiveThis new year, instead of a resolution, consider a retrospective. Rather than just setting one large goal for yourself, you review what you've been doing, what's been working and what hasn't, what you want to accomplish, and what small steps you can take every day to reach your objective. | 
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Happy but Tardy? How Optimism and Punctuality RelateSome say optimists usually have something in common: They're always late. Could this be because optimists think they can do more in a specified period of time than they actually can? Or is running late unrelated to a sunny outlook? Regardless of whether you're an optimist, you can become a time realist. |
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Getting Started with Risk-Based Testing For software development, risk-based testing is becoming a major necessity to guarantee that users are getting the best experience possible without encountering too many issues. Quality assurance teams need to effectively gauge products based on the potential risk they bring. |
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The Potential Problem with Hiring Smart PeopleBelieve it or not, intelligence is not always an asset; it can breed hubris, excessive self-confidence, and a superiority complex. Therefore, when hiring, it's important to seek people who exhibit humility about their abilities, and to weed out the know-it-alls who want to be the one-stop decision-maker. |
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Surviving the IT Audit One of the most anxiety inducing and often frustrating experiences for IT managers can be surviving the IT audit. If you invest a little time in preparation, you can not only survive your next audit, but also perhaps even benefit from the support to improve your existing best practices. |
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Moving into a World of Conscious Quality Conscious quality is a quality effort that is independent, end-to-end, and stretches beyond the bounds of the core test team. If conscious quality is not adopted, we run the risk of losing the sanctity of our independence, impacting the quality of the product as well as our careers are testers. |
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Google’s New Online Cultural Institute Exhibition Brings Art through Technology You now have access to a cultural treasure trove of music, opera, theatre, dance, and performance art from around the world, courtesy of the new virtual Performing Arts exhibition unveiled by the Google Cultural Institute. |
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