Missy Longshore of Longshore Consulting and Steve Fadden of Salesforce presented at Dreamforce 2015 how to leverage usability testing to drive technology adoption at your organization. Follow these 5 steps to do usability testing yourself!
Usability testing is a quick, easy, and systematic way to gather hands-on feedback from users before, during, and after one of your Salesforce implementations or releases. Join us to learn how developers, system administrators, and project managers can leverage usability testing to increase user adoption and provide a roadmap for improvements. Content will focus on specific step-by-step techniques and you will walk away with everything needed to add this high ROI tool to your Salesforce toolkit.
Test Automation: Investment Today Pays Back TomorrowTechWell
The results of a recent survey, authored by IBM and TechWell, showed that testers want to spend more time automating, more time planning, and more time designing tests—and less time setting up test environments and creating test data. So, where should testers and their organizations invest their time and money to achieve the desired results? What is the right level of technical ability for today’s testers to be successful? As this ongoing debate continues, the simple answer remains: It depends. Join Al Wagner as he explores the many opportunities in the world of testing and test automation. Consider the many approaches for building your automated testing skills and the solutions you create, weighing the pros and cons of each. Explore the options for test and dev organizations to consider to speed up releases and deliver more value to their companies. Leave with the ability to determine which approaches make sense for you and your employer.
Talk given by Kelly Currier, Agile Senior Director and Vladimir Gerasimov, Product Management Senior Manager at Salesforce, at STPCon in April 2016
Salesforce adopted agile methodologies over 7 years ago. Over the years, it has helped us to drive innovation, productivity and become the world’s #1 CRM solution. Salesforce has taken agile methodologies and created a unique approach called the Adaptive Delivery Methodology (ADM). During this session, we will provide an ADM overview and how it helps us deliver 3 major releases with hundreds of features every year. We will also cover how we approach testing and quality through ADM. At Salesforce, there is no such thing as throwing code over the fence for someone else to test. Developers and Quality Engineers, we all work together to ensure release quality.
Learn about the exciting new Apex debugger product! See how debugging will work in the new era. We will demonstrate a few different debugging scenarios, discuss future enhancements, and cover how this shared resource will be managed in the multi-tenant environment.
What are the Key drivers for automation? What are the Challenges in Agile automation and How to deal with them? How to automate? Who will automate? Which tool to select? Commercial or open source? What to automate? Which features? Here is what our experience says
Usability testing is a quick, easy, and systematic way to gather hands-on feedback from users before, during, and after one of your Salesforce implementations or releases. Join us to learn how developers, system administrators, and project managers can leverage usability testing to increase user adoption and provide a roadmap for improvements. Content will focus on specific step-by-step techniques and you will walk away with everything needed to add this high ROI tool to your Salesforce toolkit.
Test Automation: Investment Today Pays Back TomorrowTechWell
The results of a recent survey, authored by IBM and TechWell, showed that testers want to spend more time automating, more time planning, and more time designing tests—and less time setting up test environments and creating test data. So, where should testers and their organizations invest their time and money to achieve the desired results? What is the right level of technical ability for today’s testers to be successful? As this ongoing debate continues, the simple answer remains: It depends. Join Al Wagner as he explores the many opportunities in the world of testing and test automation. Consider the many approaches for building your automated testing skills and the solutions you create, weighing the pros and cons of each. Explore the options for test and dev organizations to consider to speed up releases and deliver more value to their companies. Leave with the ability to determine which approaches make sense for you and your employer.
Talk given by Kelly Currier, Agile Senior Director and Vladimir Gerasimov, Product Management Senior Manager at Salesforce, at STPCon in April 2016
Salesforce adopted agile methodologies over 7 years ago. Over the years, it has helped us to drive innovation, productivity and become the world’s #1 CRM solution. Salesforce has taken agile methodologies and created a unique approach called the Adaptive Delivery Methodology (ADM). During this session, we will provide an ADM overview and how it helps us deliver 3 major releases with hundreds of features every year. We will also cover how we approach testing and quality through ADM. At Salesforce, there is no such thing as throwing code over the fence for someone else to test. Developers and Quality Engineers, we all work together to ensure release quality.
Learn about the exciting new Apex debugger product! See how debugging will work in the new era. We will demonstrate a few different debugging scenarios, discuss future enhancements, and cover how this shared resource will be managed in the multi-tenant environment.
What are the Key drivers for automation? What are the Challenges in Agile automation and How to deal with them? How to automate? Who will automate? Which tool to select? Commercial or open source? What to automate? Which features? Here is what our experience says
This presentation will give you information about automation testing
- Why we need to to do automation testing?
- What we can do with automation testing
- Automation testing with Selenium"
A paradigm shift for testing - how to increase productivity 10x!Vasco Duarte
European IT industry need to deal with a huge salary gap with developing countries.
How can we increase our productivity and quality to compensate for the salary differences? This is a systems-thinking / Lean based approach to that problem
Large-Scale Agile Test Automation Strategies in PracticeTechWell
After providing an introduction to several key agile testing concepts—including the Automation Triangle and the Test Automation Quadrants—Geoff Meyer discusses approaches to effectively deliver automated testing. Geoff shares practical insights and demonstrates how they were employed in the test automation strategies developed for several large-scale agile projects at Dell. He shows how the overall test strategy and implementation of each underlying agile concept was influenced by the realities of the project’s organization structure, application architecture, incumbent tools, and tester skillsets. Geoff explores the similarities of the projects from their common goals of establishing automated regression suites, achieving in-sprint automation, and test staffing approaches. More importantly, he delves into the implications of organizational structures and how they led to divergent approaches to test strategy from the choice of automation frameworks to the decisions to automate at the REST/SOAP-based API level or UI level.
Building apps in the App Cloud is so fast and easy it can almost feel magical at times. But there is no magic in producing good quality apps and solutions. Join us as we give specific suggestions and guidance to help you with quality control in your Salesforce implementation, including typical Apex code pitfalls, setting up a review process, and creating a development standards guide.
Nowadays in IT market, most of enterprises are trying to adopt agile and DevOps methodology to meet the time-to-market expectations and continue satisfying their customers. As the result, continue deploying new applications are become challenges for any software development teams.
During the development cycles, several questions has been identified and one of the most interesting questions is How to fit automated tests into agile projects because within agile sprints, there is simply not enough time to automate the set of tests?
Action Based Testing (ABT) methodology is becoming a solution to help you achieve your expectations on automated test coverage within the Agile iterations/sprints.
ABT uses a modular keyword-driven approach which tests are organized in test modules and are built up of sequences of actions. Well-defined test modules can provide a healthy framework for teams to work with, in particular if modules have a clear and unambiguous scope, the scope is well-differentiated from other test modules, and all test cases …within the test module reflect the scope.
A key differentiation is between business tests and interaction tests. Business tests have a business-oriented scope and should not contain UI details. Interaction tests focus on the interaction between the user (or another system) and the application.
This topic is about how to apply ABT methodologies into SDLC with some discussions on the three Holy Grail of test design approaches from Hans Buwalda.
The Test Automation Pyramid is a useful model to help us understand and discuss automated testing efforts. Generally speaking it is a good practice to have lots of unit tests, fewer component integration tests, fewer API tests, and even fewer UI tests.
The Three Pillars Approach to Your Agile Test Strategy Brian Estep
First of all, I’ve seen way too many teams who are just “testing” in agile teams without a map or a plan for improvement. I’ve also seen that Agile Adoption is mostly a developer-centric or technology-centric play. They “drive” and testing is “along for the ride”. Seatbelts please! And where’s the focus on “Quality”? And the how or practices & tactics?
Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution in an order that attempts to increase their effectiveness in meeting some performance goal. Various goals are possible; one involves rate of fault detection | a measure of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process. An improved rate of fault detection during testing can provide faster feedback on the system under test, and let software engineers begin correcting faults earlier than might otherwise be possible.
We have derived a simple equation that can be used to more accurately estimate the time needed to implement a set of R software requirements given an average Defect ratio .
The equation results can also be used to adjust the development team work schedule, the number of developers, or the project number of software requirements.
Test Automation Strategies in a Continuous Delivery EcosystemCognizant
Testing organizations (QA) striving to attain continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) in a Lean or Agile environment can choose among and make use of the intelligent automation tools and techniques presented here.
Let's explore what is agile testing, how agile testing is different than traditional testing. What practices team has to adopt to have parallel testing and how to create your own test automation framework. Test automation frameworks using cucumber, selenium, junit, nunit, rspec, coded UI etc.
Usability Testing with People with DisabilitiesKate Walser
For users with disabilities visiting your website, accessibility is essential for site and app use. But how usable is your product? Why not ask people who use assistive technologies to use your site and find out? Learn tips for creating a test plan, recruiting, and moderating usability test sessions with people with disabilities.
This presentation will give you information about automation testing
- Why we need to to do automation testing?
- What we can do with automation testing
- Automation testing with Selenium"
A paradigm shift for testing - how to increase productivity 10x!Vasco Duarte
European IT industry need to deal with a huge salary gap with developing countries.
How can we increase our productivity and quality to compensate for the salary differences? This is a systems-thinking / Lean based approach to that problem
Large-Scale Agile Test Automation Strategies in PracticeTechWell
After providing an introduction to several key agile testing concepts—including the Automation Triangle and the Test Automation Quadrants—Geoff Meyer discusses approaches to effectively deliver automated testing. Geoff shares practical insights and demonstrates how they were employed in the test automation strategies developed for several large-scale agile projects at Dell. He shows how the overall test strategy and implementation of each underlying agile concept was influenced by the realities of the project’s organization structure, application architecture, incumbent tools, and tester skillsets. Geoff explores the similarities of the projects from their common goals of establishing automated regression suites, achieving in-sprint automation, and test staffing approaches. More importantly, he delves into the implications of organizational structures and how they led to divergent approaches to test strategy from the choice of automation frameworks to the decisions to automate at the REST/SOAP-based API level or UI level.
Building apps in the App Cloud is so fast and easy it can almost feel magical at times. But there is no magic in producing good quality apps and solutions. Join us as we give specific suggestions and guidance to help you with quality control in your Salesforce implementation, including typical Apex code pitfalls, setting up a review process, and creating a development standards guide.
Nowadays in IT market, most of enterprises are trying to adopt agile and DevOps methodology to meet the time-to-market expectations and continue satisfying their customers. As the result, continue deploying new applications are become challenges for any software development teams.
During the development cycles, several questions has been identified and one of the most interesting questions is How to fit automated tests into agile projects because within agile sprints, there is simply not enough time to automate the set of tests?
Action Based Testing (ABT) methodology is becoming a solution to help you achieve your expectations on automated test coverage within the Agile iterations/sprints.
ABT uses a modular keyword-driven approach which tests are organized in test modules and are built up of sequences of actions. Well-defined test modules can provide a healthy framework for teams to work with, in particular if modules have a clear and unambiguous scope, the scope is well-differentiated from other test modules, and all test cases …within the test module reflect the scope.
A key differentiation is between business tests and interaction tests. Business tests have a business-oriented scope and should not contain UI details. Interaction tests focus on the interaction between the user (or another system) and the application.
This topic is about how to apply ABT methodologies into SDLC with some discussions on the three Holy Grail of test design approaches from Hans Buwalda.
The Test Automation Pyramid is a useful model to help us understand and discuss automated testing efforts. Generally speaking it is a good practice to have lots of unit tests, fewer component integration tests, fewer API tests, and even fewer UI tests.
The Three Pillars Approach to Your Agile Test Strategy Brian Estep
First of all, I’ve seen way too many teams who are just “testing” in agile teams without a map or a plan for improvement. I’ve also seen that Agile Adoption is mostly a developer-centric or technology-centric play. They “drive” and testing is “along for the ride”. Seatbelts please! And where’s the focus on “Quality”? And the how or practices & tactics?
Test case prioritization techniques schedule test cases for execution in an order that attempts to increase their effectiveness in meeting some performance goal. Various goals are possible; one involves rate of fault detection | a measure of how quickly faults are detected within the testing process. An improved rate of fault detection during testing can provide faster feedback on the system under test, and let software engineers begin correcting faults earlier than might otherwise be possible.
We have derived a simple equation that can be used to more accurately estimate the time needed to implement a set of R software requirements given an average Defect ratio .
The equation results can also be used to adjust the development team work schedule, the number of developers, or the project number of software requirements.
Test Automation Strategies in a Continuous Delivery EcosystemCognizant
Testing organizations (QA) striving to attain continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) in a Lean or Agile environment can choose among and make use of the intelligent automation tools and techniques presented here.
Let's explore what is agile testing, how agile testing is different than traditional testing. What practices team has to adopt to have parallel testing and how to create your own test automation framework. Test automation frameworks using cucumber, selenium, junit, nunit, rspec, coded UI etc.
Usability Testing with People with DisabilitiesKate Walser
For users with disabilities visiting your website, accessibility is essential for site and app use. But how usable is your product? Why not ask people who use assistive technologies to use your site and find out? Learn tips for creating a test plan, recruiting, and moderating usability test sessions with people with disabilities.
Presented at the Zurich Frontend Conference (http://2014.frontendconf.ch/) on August 29th, 2014. Here I presented ideas on the integration of user experience in the growing trends of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and wearable sensors.
The Salesforce platform offers system as well as application level security capabilities for building robust and secure applications. Join us as we introduce the system-level security features of Salesforce, like authentication and authorization mechanisms that include various Single Sign-On and OAuth flows. We'll also cover declarative application-level security features, like user profiles, roles and permissions, and how an Organization Wide Security and record-sharing model enforces a finer level of access control over the data.
These are the slides from a presentation given to the San Diego Salesforce Developer Group on September 16, 2014.
The presentation highlights why coding standards and design patterns are important parts of creating a scalable, maintainable Salesforce Enterprise Org. A series of specific implementation and architecture recommendations are outlined. Finally, models for process and governance are provided to help the viewer take steps to bring about change in their Org.
Basically this slid will help to Learn software quality testing on scratch level.
Software testing is the quality measures conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the product or service. Test techniques include, but are not limited to, the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding software bugs. It is an important part of the entire Software Development ensuring that the functionalities of the system are tested to the finest and assures the quality, correctness and completeness of the product. Software testing, depending on the testing method employed, can be implemented at any time in the development process.
Stages of testing:
o Test planning
o Test Analysis
o Test verification & Construction
o Test execution
o Defect tracking and management
o Quality Analysis Bug tracking
o Report
o Final testing & implementation
Pairing: The Secret Sauce of Agile TestingTechWell
Finding time to learn test techniques, mentor other testers, grow application knowledge, and cross-train your team members is a daunting task with a complicated recipe. What if you could do these things while testing and finding bugs? Enter Pair Testing. What’s that? Well, maybe you’ve heard of pair programming. It’s like that—only you’re testing rather than programming. And it’s the secret sauce of agile testing because it makes your routine, bland testing so much more fun! Testers on Jess Lancaster’s team use pair testing not only to make better software but also to foster better relationships along the way. Jess explores why pairing works, how to run an effective pairing session, and just how easy it is to get started with pairing. Armed with Jess’ easy-to-use Pair Testing recipe card, plan your first pairing encounter so you are ready to roll when you get back to the office. This sounds easy enough, but you know there will be mistakes when you try it. Jess has you covered there, too. Learn his team’s pairing mistakes and the things he did to improve their pairing sessions.
Use Automation to Assist—Not Replace—Manual TestingTechWell
Automation is a powerful tool to help testing but too often it is used to replicate existing manual tests. This leads organizations to spend large amounts of time and money constantly updating flaky automated tests and test teams to suffer frustration from having to focus on activities that are not truly testing. This cost and frustration can be avoided by using automation as a tool to assist testing—not to replace tests. Jeffrey Martin shares some real-world examples of using automation to supplement testing by leveraging its true value—the replication and repetition of tasks instead of tests. Examples are drawn from several testing teams, as well as his own. Jeffrey explores what kinds of tasks are the best fit for automation, identifies which tasks are better left to testers, and provides examples of melding task automation and manual tests together. Jeffrey discusses how organizations have introduced these concepts to maximize adoption and team buy-in. Leave with a different view of automation and ideas on how to best use this powerful tool to supplement actual tests seamlessly in your own team.
Tune Agile Test Strategies to Project and Product MaturityTechWell
For optimum results, you need to tune agile project's test strategies to fit the different stages of project and product maturity. Testing tasks and activities should be lean enough to avoid unnecessary bottlenecks and robust enough to meet your testing goals. Exploring what "quality" means for various stakeholder groups, Anna Royzman describes testing methods and styles that fit best along the maturity continuum. Anna shares her insights on strategic ways to use test automation, when and how to leverage exploratory testing as a team activity, ways to prepare for live pilots and demos of the real product, approaches to refine test coverage based on customer feedback, and techniques for designing a production "safety net" suite of automated tests. Leave with a better understanding of how to satisfy your stakeholders’ needs for quality-and a roadmap for tuning your agile test strategies.
Usability Primer - for Alberta Municipal Webmasters Working GroupNormanMendoza
Presentation provided on December 1, 2006. References:
“A Practical Guide to Usability Testing” by Joseph S. Dumas and Janice C. Redish
The Elements of User Experience, diagram by Jesse James Garrett
Atmosphere 2016 - Berk Dulger - DevOps Tactical Adoption TheoryPROIDEA
DevOps is a state of art describing each software development step as a repeatable, automatable and deterministic process excluding error-prone human factor first time in the history of software development. The model defines the entire value chance from concept to concrete product. It is an evolutionary end for the models of software development and agile movement. But, there is a problem with the concept; though described easily, implemented a little hard.
DevOps Tactical Adoption Theory tries to make the transition process as smooth as possible. It hypothesis each step towards DevOps maturity should bring a visible business value empowering management and team commitment for the next step. The innovative idea here, it is not required to add the tools/processes to stack from sequential beginning to end, but seeking benefit.
The reason behind the theory is to encourage practitioners to apply each step one-by-one and then having the benefits in projects. Consequently, each step is tested in terms of utility and proved method validity for the further steps. In contrast to previous adoption models, our model indicates concrete activities rather than general statements.
Theory built on the claim that many DevOps transition projects considered problematic, impractical or even unsuccessful causing concept to become a goal more than a technique. Basically, theory consists of different areas of interest describing various actions on a schema.
In the session, it is planned to demonstrate “DevOps Tactical Adoption Theory” with focus on Delivery Pipeline/Testing Practices sectioned "Continuous Testing in DevOps".
A test strategy is the set of ideas that guides your test design. It's what explains why you test this instead of that, and why you test this way instead of that way. Strategic thinking matters because testers must make quick decisions about what needs testing right now and what can be left alone. You must be able to work through major threads without being overwhelmed by tiny details. James Bach describes how test strategy is organized around risk but is not defined before testing begins. Rather, it evolves alongside testing as we learn more about the product. We start with a vague idea of our strategy, organize it quickly, and document as needed in a concise way. In the end, the strategy can be as formal and detailed as you want it to be. In the beginning, though, we start small. If you want to focus on testing and not paperwork, this approach is for you.
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State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
4. What is Usability Testing?
An opportunity!
A process where users
perform tasks to see how
well they can achieve their
goals in terms of
effectiveness, efficiency
and satisfaction.
Ultimate Goal:
Adoption
5. How to Do Usability Testing
1. Prepare
2. Write tasks
3. Prep materials
4. Test!
5. Log issues, make changes,
repeat!
6. Sample schedule
Sample email
Hi Paul,
Thanks for agreeing to do a usability test on Wednesday
at 10am!
Please call in using your phone for best call quality, and
join the meeting 5 minutes early to be sure Go to
Meeting is working properly. Please use the desktop
version of GTM if possible - look for it in your start menu
or in your system tray - it's an orange flower icon. You
can right click, select 'Join', and enter the Meeting ID
shown below (or check out this document, p. 43, to
download GTM for your PC or Mac).
Also, by the time the meeting starts, please be sure to:
1. Have these slides open in another tab in your
browser for easy reference (no need to review in
advance)
2. Be logged into Salesforce.
Thanks!
1. Prepare
Focus on logistics
7. Task Area Task
Flow Use the ‘Quick Account’ tab to
create a new Account.
Security Try to delete the contact ‘Jack
Rogers’
Workflows Escalate a case
Focus on testing goals; test with your own team members
2. Write Tasks
8. Good Usability Testing Technique Example
Task:
• For this exercise, assume your job role is a system administrator
• Please post a snapshot of the dashboard ‘Sales & Marketing Adoption’ to the
Chatter feed.
Usability Testing Example
9. Slides with login info:
http://bit.ly/DF15usabilitySlidesTemplate
Note taking shell:
http://bit.ly/DF15usabilityShell
Issue log:
http://bit.ly/DF15usabilityIssues
Make it easy for your participants to focus on the task at hand
3. Prep session materials
10. 4. Test!
Script Me at my desk User at their desk Other observers at their desks
Don’t be afraid, just try it!
11. Bad Usability Testing Example
Task:
• Please escalate the case filed by Ashley James.
Usability Testing Example
12. Note issues Discuss, decide, and make changes in
Salesforce
Repeat!
Implementing changes enhances your momentum
5. Note issues, make changes, repeat!
13. Attend this Dreamforce Session: Usability Ninja Series: Usability Tips & Tricks (2): Thursday,
Sept. 17, 12:30-1:10pm, Hilton Union Square, Continental Parlor 5
Web Site: Usability Testing, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services:
http://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/usability-testing.html
http://www.usability.gov/
Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective Tests (2008) by
Jeffrey Rubin
A Practical Guide to Usability Testing (1999) by J. Dumas and J. Redish
Resources