Back in July 2011, we wrote an interesting post on Software Testing Tools. We distilled the myriad of tools available and grouped them across the SDLC. The topic that drew the most debate was Test Automation. This prompted us to delve deeper and share our thoughts as an Independent Q

In a recent meeting, we had a discussion around the difference between Business Intelligence (BI) reports and canned reports that come with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems such as Microsoft Dynamics. Similar discussions are now a regular part of technology strategy meetings

Lately I’ve been using an excellent web/desktop application, Balsamiq, for creating interactive mockups. It can be used to create a screen-by-screen overview of a proposed mobile, desktop, or web application. Recently I mocked up a 30+ screen mobile/web client then exported it

In Part 1, I offered a practice for automating Business Process Testing (BPT) using QuickTest Professional (QTP). If the test scripts are developed, managed, and used by one person (this is rarely the case), test management may not be very challenging. However, if a team of test engin

As the only Microsoft Gold Partner on the Data Platform in Western Canada, we have helped our clients develop reports faster, better, and cheaper. Since companies use multiple systems for different business functions and each of these systems have a database, data needs to be gathered