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Quality Assured: Your Guide to Earning and Excelling in the QA Profession

Quality assurance engineers use manual and automatic tools to test code architecture and ensure that the software's framework is reliable and functional as is and when scaled. QA experts are in demand, especially in certain industries like fintech, medicine, finance, and tech. In today's world, quality assurance has become an essential system and must be integrated with the wider software development framework. If you want to become a QA engineer, the first step is to create a QA tester career path.

Utilization rate: How to track, calculate, and boost performance

Utilization rate is the measure of available time used for billable work, expressed as a percentage. You can determine utilization rate by dividing a team member’s total number of billed hours by the total hours they have available. In this piece, we’ll explain how to calculate utilization rates and discuss ways to reduce work about work and improve these rates across your team.

Team '24 - highlights | Atlassian

Distributed teams, artificial intelligence, and work silos are just a few of the challenges organizations face. We think technology should make work easier, not harder, and that connected teams equal successful teams. Join founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, and President Anu Bharadwaj, to hear how Atlassian will power the future of teams to make the impossible, possible.

ESS 24.04 is the new LTS release

We're thrilled to announce the latest long-term support (LTS) release of Element Server Suite. This release represents a significant leap forward, especially for some of our larger customers who are using our previous LTS release of ESS which came out in October last year. This release focuses on enhanced reliability, new features, crucial bug fixes and improved security measures. Let's delve into the highlights brought to the table in this version.

What AI advancements mean for product development teams

By providing access to vast amounts of data and increasing computational power, AI and machine learning are changing how we work. In product development, this new technology is creating an opportunity for Agile teams to overcome the limitations of traditional processes and instead focus on more meaningful work.

Pros and Cons of Asynchronous Communication at Work

In today’s workplace, casually strolling over to a coworker’s desk for project discussions is becoming rare. Instead, real-time interactions are being replaced by asynchronous communication methods. Even in the office, colleagues are often occupied and prefer messages through chat platforms. This shift towards asynchronous communication allows remote employees to stay connected without missing critical discussions happening in the office.

Social media audit: Free template, checklists, and examples

Social media audits are an easy way to keep track of your social media accounts. Generally, it’s best to review your accounts quarterly; however, you can choose a frequency that best fits your company’s goals. Below, get the seven key steps to complete a social media audit, plus a free template to keep all of the information in one place. Social media is the place to market your business and reach your customers far and wide.