October 02, 2016

Standardizing Requirements Descriptions on Scrum Projects for Better Quality

The direct impact of standardizing requirements descriptions on development can be seen in the example of a large social media company that owns several popular websites used by millions. A rapidly developing Agile project, with high reaching market goals set by stakeholders, existing documentation was narrowed down to information that served users and ongoing development purposes. The stakeholders were not interested in investing in the creation and support of hundreds of pages of documentation, which would have made sense and is common practice for most Agile projects. The client already had their own development team and many ambitious plans, but needed more resources to implement them. 


Will the coming robot nanny era turn us into technophiles?

Despite the thorniness of some of the issues between humans and robots, the reason we are entering this robot age is because of one simple fact: functionality. Robots will make our lives far easier. In fact, the robot nanny is a prime example: It will be adored by parents — and likely much more so than the human nannies who are known to call in sick, show up to work late and, on occasion, sue their employers when they hurt themselves on the job. Robot nannies will replace real nannies like the automobile replaced the horse and cart — allowing parents much new free time and opportunity to pursue careers. One major factor going for the development of robot nannies is their cost effectiveness. I’ve been either watching my kids or hiring nannies for the last five years.


Dear tech industry: Stop renaming stuff all the time. Just. Stop. It.

G Suite is the new name of Google Apps. Except Google Cloud is the new name for Google for Work (which is Google Apps, but for more people) and Google Apps, Enterprise, which had a comma in its name. Okay. Okay. Deep breath. Get off my lawn! No. wait. This isn't a get off my lawn moment. This isn't just whining on the part of a tech pundit who doesn't want to remember new names anymore. I got this. I read 50 tech news articles every morning. I can keep track of this because it's my job, and we have an editorial guide here at ZDNet. But regular users don't have the time for this crap. Renaming core products has serious repercussions beyond merely my desire to rant.


Retail cloud computing: The key benefits of moving to cloud-based SCM

The fact is, customers expect to be able to make purchases from whatever channel they choose in a fast, efficient manner. To make this happen, retailers are increasingly working to update traditional supply chain management (SCM) systems by embracing retail cloud computing. By using cloud-based SCM technologies and services, retailers can gain visibility and track inventory throughout the entire lifecycle, allowing them to ultimately become more agile, profitable and relevant to today’s tech-savvy and increasingly demanding consumers. Though traditional SCM platforms take a more siloed and transactional approach to the entire fulfillment lifecycle, this method no longer works in an omnichannel, hyperconnected world.


Banks like to talk about blockchain, but none wants to be the first to actually use it

If it becomes mainstream, proponents see many possibilities for blockchain. Instead of each party in a transaction keeping separate records and copies of contracts, blockchain is a bit like a Google document, where many people can look at the same record at once. The transaction takes place between two parties without an intermediary, and all changes are clear, unchangeable, and validated by everyone involved. Any additional transactions that take place get added to the chain and form part of a golden record of transactions. This opens up the possibility of what the industry calls "smart contracts." For example, let's say shoes are being manufactured in China for sale in the US. Every step of the process could be part of a blockchain.


Silicon Valley Selects Synereo Over Ethereum As Blockchain Platform

With this recent partnership Synereo is likely to catapult in the blockchain discussion and attract many of the top dApp developers. James Currier, Managing Partner at NFX, explained the Guild’s decision to choose Synereo’s technology for the project, stating: “If you do the analysis, Synereo comes out as the superior platform for developing decentralized apps. It runs fully distributed instead of massively replicated. It’s JVM top to bottom rather than Python. It’s forward compatible, vs other platforms anticipating multiple hard- forks. Synereo has the identity layer built in which provides distribution advantages and network effects. Lastly, fine-grained concurrency, vs other platforms’ linearity, provides greater speeds and scalability”


.Net application that works online and offline [Smart Client Concept]

In windows application, we are going to log in with same credentials which we have registered in web application and while we are logging for the first time in windows application we need an Internet connection to that you can also login into the application while the application is offline. After Successful login, a new form is shown in which User is going to add new product and while doing this process we do not require an internet connection. When an internet connection is available it will sync all data from windows application to web application [web server] and this process will run in background. Meanwhile it is transferring all data to the web server it will also delete that data from windows application database which is transferred.


Ways to Make Code Reviews More Effective

As with all architecture/design areas, the non-functional requirements for the performance of a system should have been set upfront. Whether you’re working on a low-latency trading system which has to respond in nanoseconds or you’re writing a phone app to manage a “To Do” list, you should have some idea of what’s considered “too slow.” Before deciding on whether we need to undertake code reviews based on performance, we should ask ourselves a few questions about what our requirements are. Although some applications really do need to consider how every millisecond is spent, for most applications there’s limited value spending hours agonizing over optimizations that will save you a few CPU cycles. But there are things a reviewer can check for in order to ensure that the code doesn’t suffer from common avoidable performance pitfalls.


Goldman Sachs: We're in the 'second wave' of fintech

Gido believes that we are currently in the second wave of fintech development, wherein "incumbents are using their brands and infrastructure to remain competitive with the startups." ... This third wave in fact, is already happening. An increasing number of fintech startups are focusing on B2B models, with the goal of selling to and partnering with traditional players. They want to take advantage of incumbents' vast and loyal customer base and offer up their own nimble, innovative technology.  And what are people most excited about in fintech? Insurance policies, he said. These seemingly unexciting two words hold a ton of possibility for innovation.


One proven way to boost software quality: Increase your QA team's diversity

Diversity is not just about hiring equal shares of male, female, black, white, Asian, and Hispanic professionals. Real, meaningful diversity requires a collection of individuals with unique perspectives based on their backgrounds, knowledge, past experiences. and environments. Diverse testers better understand diverse end users Your applications are supposed to work for a variety of users: young, old, new language learners, people with disabilities, etc. So who better to test them than people from a wide variety of backgrounds? What’s intuitive for a teenager may not be so easy for a person not as comfortable with today’s fast-changing digital realities. A recent college grad will look at her health care provider page differently than a parent researching ways to treat a child’s condition.



Quote for the day:


"Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery." -- Warren Bennis


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