May 2014
BA Hackathon 2014 – Looking at the Big Picture
Revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new technologies – it happens when society adopts new behaviors. Clay Shirky As part of a campaign promoting open government and innovation, Buenos Aires City Hall hosts an annual hackathon bringing together tech, design, and government in search of real solutions to real problems. Last year R/GA Buenos Aires participated […]
Quality Can’t Be Emulated, Imitated, or Simulated
Testers find bugs. Finding bugs is one of the main goals for someone in QA. We strive to achieve a high quality product by finding bugs and issues before launch. It’s not exactly how W. Edwards Deming described it, but it is the way that software development works for the most part in fast paced […]
Mesh Networks in iOS7
One of the more interesting features to be released as a part of iOS7 was the Multipeer Connectivity framework. The framework allows for the creation of mesh networks through communication between multiple devices in close proximity without having to be connected via traditional wifi. The framework supports connectivity using Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE), infrastructure wifi […]
Three tips for successful retail installations
During my short thirteen years at R/GA, I have been a part of numerous projects in retail, events and branded spaces. In addition to software testing, these projects often include hardware, OS and networking configurations specific to the space. From a development and testing perspective, there are three important requisites for a successful retail project: […]
Six Questions To Ask A Product Development Team In Trouble
We’ve all been a part of it. A disorganized project with unrealistic deadlines and an indecisive client. How can we turn this situation into a positive outcome that enables us to move forward? To get the conversation started, get the internal team in a room and start with these six questions: 1. What has been […]
Can QA defy the Law of the Iron Triangle?
The standard project management iron triangle consists of three points: “on time” (fast), “on budget” (cost-effective) and “of high quality” (functions as expected). Conventional wisdom says that you can pick two but cannot have all three. In reality, for a project to succeed, the three points need to be balanced. This high wire act is one of the […]
