An approach to an integrated software-releases workflow

Many organizations have their own process to develop and release software, but... how can they include testing and usability techniques in their workflows? Here's a first approach.

jordisan September 29, 2013 design, development, IN ENGLISH, methodologies, QA (Quality Assurance), software testing, TECH, UCD (User-Centered Design) 2 Comments

Some time ago I wrote about the similarities and relationships between testing and UX/usability techniques. But there’s another question: how do we integrate them in the software development process? Here’s an approach:

An approach to an integrated software-releases workflow

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Software testing and usability: so close, so far

Software testing and usability are usually seen as independent fields, but they seem to have many common aspects. Why not trying to integrate both of them?

jordisan October 15, 2012 development, IN ENGLISH, methodologies, QA (Quality Assurance), software testing, TECH, usability, UX (User eXperience) 1 Comment

In my previous job as an expert in usability and accessibility, I was a member of the Software Quality Area inside my company. There I realized that, although they are closely related, usability and software testing are, in practice, developed as totally independent disciplines, with:Usability and software testing, working together

  • different experts and teams
  • different methodologies and techniques
  • different tools

Couldn’t they be more integrated?

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