What does Digital by Default mean? By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read It’s a phrase that’s being thrown around by the UK Government: but what exactly does ‘digital by default’ mean? The definition is not immediately clear, but here with our digital by default guide we examine what it’s all about and what…
Beginner’s Guide to BYOD By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read The business world is changing rapidly but few innovations have had such an immediate impact as the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. Also known as Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP), Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) and Bring Your Own PC (BYOPC), this…
Purple Paper: Contextualising Agile Development Methodologies By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 2 mins read During the discovery phase of any software development project here at Arrk Group, the team involved asks itself a standard series of questions, aimed at determining the best Agile methodology to adopt. There are numerous Agile methodologies which can be used…
Using Selenium to automate browser testing By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read At Arrk Group we use a variety of tools to assist the team when testing web-based applications. One such tool, or more specifically a suite of tools, is Selenium. We aren’t alone in using it either, thanks to it being open…
A Guide to Usability Testing Success By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 8 mins read It is often said that usability testing is a necessary evil of software development, it is said by some to disrupt the development process whereas others find it takes too much work to properly instigate. What is often forgotten is that…
Prototyping IoT To Link Bookings With Meeting Room Door By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read At Arrk Group we place a great deal of emphasis on team-driven research and development, through our SpArrk Community programme. The Internet of Things, or IoT, is one such area where we engage with our communities to develop…
Our Journey into Scrumban By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 5 mins read Here at Arrk Group we have adopted Scrumban methodologies over Scrum and other alternative development methodologies. Let’s take a look why we did, what we did and importantly what have been the benefits. Scrum and Kanban Since Agile was first conceived, many development…
Establishing a Virtual Offshore Delivery Centre By Team Arrk BlogsThought Leadership 2 mins read There are a number of problems inherent in the traditional ‘direct’ offshore engagement model where a UK Customer contracts directly with an offshore supplier. These are typically driven by the offshore supplier’s lack of UK domain knowledge, limited capability in effective…
Cross Browser Testing Conundrum By Shailendra Matkar, Sandeep Maher BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read Testing applications which utilise Web Browsers is becoming increasing more complex. In the early 1990s, successful testing with a copy of Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape meant that you could be confident that the vast majority of users would be able…
Retrospecting The Retrospectives With Distributed Teams By Vishal Prasad BlogsThought Leadership 4 mins read So you have successfully completed a sprint with a majority of your deliverables accepted by your customers. What do you do next? It’s that point in time when you are ready to begin with your next adventure but only after that…
