Are you prepared to take responsibility for the consequences of not testing? At a time when corporate accountants are scrutinizing a company's every expenditure, cost-cutting can go too far — and ...

Traditional in-person factory acceptance testing, also known as witness testing, is a challenge during a pandemic. To keep projects moving, power management company Eaton developed a virtual method to ...

It doesn’t matter what you call it. Here's the bottom line: you need to test software with its future users. One of the topics that create much confusion in the software world is the difference ...

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Software has become more granular. Not just in terms of components, de-coupled services, containers and the way we separate parallel programming streams, but also in terms of process. More ...

When adding, modifying, or upgrading a system, many critical infrastructures conduct a factory acceptance test (FAT). A FAT includes a customized testing procedure for systems and is completed before ...

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Mobile network operators (MNOs) are in the midst of launching commercial 5G networks. They need base stations and devices to deliver the promise of 5G to consumers. Bringing 5G base stations and ...

The investment in a solid factory acceptance test (FAT) pays big dividends and makes a large contribution to a successful project. Rushing to startup, taking shortcuts, or bypassing the FAT typically ...

The final testing stages by users of a new or changed information system. If successful, it signals the approval to implement the system live. Cosmetic and other small changes may still be required as ...