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After doing QA testing estimation for several projects, when it comes to design the template, I still believe the hardest part  is to identify the complexity and figure out the factors. And the secondary difficult thing to do is how to add the effort for any contingencies. Finally before to use the template or be confident […]

In the first article in this series we looked at absolute vs. relative estimation, and using an example saw how we could improve our estimation accuracy by applying relative estimation. In this article we briefly at a second reason we use a relative estimate of effort instead of time to improve our estimates.

This article is the first of a series of that will talk about Agile estimation and planning. There is a great deal of information available in books and online describing Agile estimation techniques. This series of articles attempts to summarize some of the available information based on our practical experience and make it readily assessable […]

As another example of our successful hosting of agile events, Perficient held Agile Tour 2011 HangZhou Stopon Saturday, November 26th. 134 people including 7 speakers gathered together to talk, to learn, and to share. 2011 is the year of Agile Manifesto 10 year Anniversary. When various organizations and teams have passed the “increasing awareness” stage, […]

Story Point estimation is a critical technique for project planning and team velocity tracking in an agile project. Usually, to estimate the size of a user story , we tend to compare it with the standard user story which already has a fixed number of story points. We get the feeling how big the user […]

It’s hard to believe that we’re already in August. The year is literally flying by. It’s been some time since I’ve blogged, and it’s not because there isn’t plenty to blog about; it’s a matter of finding the time to do so. Since my last blog entry (back in April — ouch!) things have been […]

As more and more companies are “going global” to grow their business and share more data with more users, it is extremely important to secure data privacy and confidentiality. Perficient’s latest free whitepaper, Protecting Sensitive Data in a Multi-Shoring Development Environment, outlines a method for securing tremendous amounts of sensitive data. Highlights from this whitepaper […]

As observed, many projects are using Excel as the tool to manage test cases and test results, as well as other assets. Admittedly, Excel can work out if these testing assets are properly organized and maintained. However, from a teamwork perspective, Excel can be difficult to work with in this particular area. The fundamental thing […]

In the era of the mobile internet, many firms have taken the action of developing the mobile version of a web application to ensure the user will gain a better experience when exploring the site through a mobile phone. In order to test the mobile version of a web application on the computer, you can […]

For the past few weeks, I have been working on a project that engages a team consisting of both onshore resources and offshore resources. The scope for the offshore team is to execute test cases that are created by the onshore team and report the results to the onshore team. Initially, I thought it would be […]

These days, I developed a program to define a schedule by using FullCalendar, if you want to know how to use FullCalendar, please refer to http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar, of course, you can find the a lot of material from Google The following outlines the specific realization of my requirements : The user can set a particular event […]

Responding to substantially expanding breadth of services and doubled headcount, Perficient is pleased to announce that we have opened a new and expanded facility in China. In a release issued today, Perficient’s chief executive and president, Jeffrey Davis, commented on the growth: “As Perficient scales in the years ahead, we expect growth at the GDC […]