Software Testing

  • Hardware/Firmware Integration – the Agile Way!

    Hardware/Firmware Integration – the Agile Way!

    Is your hardware/firmware integration a difficult and confusing process?  The test team gears up to test a new feature, only to find the firmware team hasn’t delivered it.  Or firmware teams submit new code, only to learn that the integration tests for that code aren’t scheduled for another two weeks.  The planning can seem overwhelming

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  • Integration by Slice – an Agile Alternative to Slow HW/FW Integrations

    Integration by Slice – an Agile Alternative to Slow HW/FW Integrations

    Firmware teams may be quite nimble in the early stages while the team can work relatively independently of the hardware teams, but once system integration starts, the overall project often bogs down. System integration generally tries to minimize the number of expensive prototype units needed.  It is planned in large, sometimes weeks-long test suites which

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