• The 5 reasons why big IT projects don’t get done

  Big projects take forever, never get done, and lose relevancy for before anyone uses them. Building things nobody uses is a waste of time, and money, but we spend fortunes doing it, over and over again. There is a better way. This article describes the five reasons why big IT projects don’t get done, and […] The post The 5 reasons why big IT projects don’t get done appeared first on Xebia Blog.

  22.10.2018 | 4:01 קרא עוד...

• Testing For Digital Accessibility

  'Learned the difference between usability and accessibility testing' is what the co-learners shared with us as one of the feedback for the accessibility testing workshop conducted on 23rd September.This workshop was hosted by Manumantraa and presented by Ajay Balamurugadas and myself.  In my humble knowing, this confusion can occur if/when the focus is not on testing but on imposing testers to learn about the process followed rather than about testing at any organization. The ecosystem makes you believe as a new tester, that knowing about testing fundamentals is not necessary but knowing the process is essential. As Sanath puts it 'lie' is at the center of the word 'believe'. Any belief about software testing needs to be formed by a tester and by deep diving to know and learn and mustn't be a blindly followed borrowed belief system. When we learn from the unlearned it impacts us and the next generations of testers know-how as this, in turn, gets passed down as software testing knowledge.So do *participate, discuss, talk and be involved in the learning that is happening around you, in your team, at your organization. *Participate - Take part assertively and effectively to contribute for the greater good. Testers who are on a learning path of a11y testing can find some of the below collated a11y testing tools useful and for reference only. For the ease of developing a11y tools for testing and for a deeper understanding a11y testing is broadly categorized into Visual, Cognitive, Speech, Mobility and Hearing impairment.  Some of the a11y testing tools[…]

  22.10.2018 | 3:46 קרא עוד...

• Effectiveness

  Effectiveness I recently had a bit of a wake-up call via Twitter. I asked the following question: “What’s the one thing /above all/ that makes for an effective organisation?” My thanks to all those who took the time to reply with their viewpoint. The wake-up call for me was the variety of these responses. All over the map might be a fair description. Which, given I’ve been writing about effectiveness in the context of organisations for more than a decade now, tells me I’ve some way to go to get my perspective across. Not that I’d expect folks to respond by simply parroting my definition, of course.And nor do I claim any special authority over the term. Goldratt defines (in)effectiveness as: “Things that should not have been done but nevertheless were done.” Drucker defined it as: “Successfully aligning behaviour with intentions.” Aside: It’s been my experience that (organisational) effectiveness gets little attention or focus in most organisations. And seeing as how in most organisations things are so ineffective, I’ve come to believe that those making the calls don’t see a need for effectiveness. Spectra Effectiveness is a spectrum. From highly ineffective through to highly effective. Note that this spectrum is orthogonal to the spectrum of organisational success (by whatever measure you might choose for success: revenues, profits, social impact, personal kudos, joy, employee satisfaction, customer satisfaction, quality, returns to shareholders, executive bonuses, w.h.y.). Effective organisations are not necessarily successful, and successful organisations are not necessarily effective. I posit that effectiveness[…]

  22.10.2018 | 2:25 קרא עוד...

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