It’s hard to visualize how a system will function just by reading the requirements specification. Designing tests based on requirements will help make the expected system behaviors more tangible to all the project participants. And the simple act of designing tests often reveals many problems with the requirements long before you execute the tests on an operational system. In fact, […]

What does workplace learning mean to you? Is it in-house training, courses and conferences? Or does it extend to giving employees the opportunities to learn, and to share their learning, in the context of their day-to-day work? While formal training continues to be important, organizations are increasingly recognizing that learning “at the point of need” or “just-in-time” is a powerful […]

Employee learning and development is critical in today’s competitive labor market, as the cost and challenge of obtaining high-demand tech skills through recruitment continue to rise. Cerner is a healthcare technology company that requires a large amount of high-demand tech talent that also possesses hard-to-find experience in the healthcare vertical. To overcome this challenge, Cerner has mastered the art of […]

In between maintaining compliance, keeping up with product release deadlines and trying to outpace your competitors, you’ve got a lot going on. Making sure your employees are actually happy at work is probably not the first thing on your mind when you wake up every morning. That is, until low employee engagement becomes a serious problem. Managing technology teams is […]

Finding technical talent can be a daunting and challenging task. It used to be that you could find it in obvious places, but the growing demand for these candidates at almost any skill level has made it feel like there is a shortage. And if you do manage to find qualified people, they’re often already engaged and happy where they […]

Today’s rapid growth of technology is closely followed by the booming threat of cybercrime, driving demand for more cybersecurity professionals. Without a multi-disciplined cybersecurity team, defending technology assets isn’t just difficult; it may be impossible. One fundamental role on the team is the security analyst.

Your training needs are evolving. Training today needs to be on standby—easier for employees to access whenever and wherever they need it. Or, maybe you’re facing a cost-cutting situation. Perhaps your organization has been entrenched in instructorled training for decades but it’s no longer meeting all of your needs because you now have a broad, geographically dispersed staff. If any […]

Every hiring manager’s job is to hire the best candidate. Often, they’ll look at what the team needs and go forth to search for a mystical unicorn. Someone who can write clean code, build networks, design amazing layouts and is a pleasure to be around. While hiring managers waste time looking for the “perfect” candidate, they miss out on amazing […]