Accordingly, designing and testing software is connected to the idea that we are addressing a human need.
If you are not testing with your users, you are not validating your solutions:
Screaming this is sometimes necessary because there are some involved in the software design business that sees user testing as a nice thing to have rather than an essential requirement for designing and creating great software. In life, validation is one of the hardest things to come across. We look to external sources for validation, whether from coaches telling us "good job" or teachers giving us grades, or friends accepting us into their group.
Validation is not only important to individuals, but also to the products and services they work on. The software can be improved over time through the validation of ideas, just as humans are improved by validation through their peers and those that understand what behaviors to validate. The question is, when do you...