‘Deliver Quality at Speed’ is the success mantra in the current highly competitive digital business world. The traditional approaches for software development divide development and testing into two steps – developers build a feature, and then the QA team tests it for defects. As the product grows, the testing [...]
Agile software development practices have been gaining momentum over the last few years. A recent survey by VersionOne, carried out between July and October 2014, states that 94% of all organizations surveyed (out of 3925 responses) now practice agile. Agile practices are preferred where project requirements change rapidly as it [...]
Agile testing methods are based on incremental, short-term deliveries that allow flexible responses to perpetual feedback. The rapidly changing marketplace places rigid demands on product development, and the Agile methodology encourages adaptability, responsiveness, and most importantly speed. The entire app management process, from coding and testing to release, therefore, relies heavily on [...]
Agile testing helps make test automation more efficient and effective with shortened development cycles. Agile Test Automation bolsters quality assurance and quickens application delivery. Some of the core practices of agile test automation can be listed as follows: Automation based on coverage: The scope of test automation depends on the [...]
Agile development methodologies have been at the center stage for many organizations, and with DevOps evolving, testing in agile environments has gained momentum However, there have been a lot of myths and misconceptions around “agile testing”. Some of the very common myths are discussed below in this blog: Myth1: Testing [...]
Traceability is the virtue of being traceable – sounds straightforward, doesn’t it? In terms of software testing, traceability refers to linking test cases to their sources. Now, you may ask why is traceability important in an agile development. Here are the answers. In agile software, the requirements of software projects change [...]
The term “colocated team” indicates that there is a functional team working on a project sharing the same workspace. Today, many IT organizations prefer distributed teams to cut down their expenditure and efforts. However, there is a large section of industry that prefers to manage colocated teams for certain areas [...]
Agile methodology is increasingly finding its place in software projects across the world. Statistics show 88% of businesses have adopted agile methodology, yet only 38% are using agile for more than 75% of their projects. This indicates that companies are still struggling with the end to end transformation to [...]
Agile software development is defined as a method in which requirements and solutions develop over multiple iterations through collaborations between cross-functional teams. The Agile Manifesto published in 2001 puts “Individuals and Interactions over Processes and Tools”. Agile testing is defined as a software testing practice in which software development is [...]
Over the years, an increasing number of software companies are adopting the agile methodology, not just in development but in testing as well. The reasons for this include higher returns and a reduced time to market. So, what is agile testing and how can your business benefit from it? What [...]
