What an Effective UAT Can Do

August 25th, 2011 by admin

Unknown to many, user acceptance testing has been around for the past two decades or so, but was called in many different names. It was also often conducted in-house or within the developers’ site. Nowadays, thanks to the power of the internet, the evaluation for new software can be done outside the development site.

All too often, the products delivered by the developers or the IT department fail to meet the expectations of the customers, especially when it comes to the quality and the usability of the product. An effective process of user acceptance testing can address this issue in two powerful ways: first, by making sure that the customer is fully engaged in the requirements gathering process and second, by having the customer confirm the performance and the functionality of the software prior to delivery. Although user acceptance testing is not as thorough as the integration and systems testing, the UAT is still rigorous by industry standards and can help both the developers and stake holders determine unforeseen problems related to the usability, functionality and effectiveness of the software in helping the end users perform their tasks better and faster. User acceptance testing also provides the opportunity to demonstrate the benefits of the software product while establishing the objectives for its marketing, production and release.

The UAT can also help create guides for future research. The potential limitations, applications and system bugs found during the user acceptance testing can help reduce future problems. An effective UAT can help reduce the risk of the late detection of problems that can put the company into crisis mode.

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Considerations for LCD Displays as a Marketing Tool

August 24th, 2011 by admin

Once you have decided to use LCD displays as a marketing tool, there are a lot of considerations that you need to do. Since LCD displays are quite technical to understand, if you lack technical knowledge, you can let an agent assist you with that and the only things that are left for you to consider are the physical specifications such as the size and color of the displays as well as the cost for the entire marketing project .

You have to make your ad visible enough for you to relay your message to your target consumers. Thus you have to know the ideal size for your advertisement. Things that can affect the ideal size are the location of the ad and your allotted budget.

If you are to place your LCD display ads on the major roads of the country, they should be colorful and big enough to catch attention. Since many people use the major roads everyday, it is important that you ensure your ads will be eye-catching enough to relay its message. Also, several other ads are seen on these places so you have to be equally attractive and captivating so your ad won’t be left unnoticed.

And when it comes to the budget, more complicated LCD modules would of course cost more than less complicated ones. Thus, there must be balance between the cost and complication of configuration that will bring about the ad that is both effective in terms of cost and purpose.

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