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Shortcuts on testing and quality assurance is a favourite choice amongst time-poor, resource-poor organisation.

A popular shortcut in software teams is to leap over the analysis phase, with the expectation that issues will be found and easily resolved during the development or implementation phases.

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail, so goes the saying. Yet skipping or cutting back on planning work and discussions is an important shortcut for many organisations.

We often like to think that a business - especially our business - is a completely unique, a free agent that can tear up the rulebook and do whatever it pleases in any way it chooses. This series of articles will show you how, but be warned, there are consequences!

One of the most common requirements of a software application is to get users to enter data.
This could be a survey, an online form for a loan application, the need to complete a profile or purchase, or simply to login or verify identity.

The 'cloud' seems to be everywhere these days. But what is it?

Put simply, the cloud is a technology through which you can "rent" IT and software resources on a pay-as-you-go or subscription basis.

Suppose you're aware of a bug or several bugs in your business software. Actually, even if you don't have any bugs, but just want to be prepared, what can you do about it?