In this world of digital transformation, testing new products is getting more and more complex. The testing processes can be long and costly because of the increasing number of mobile devices, smart appliances, media channels, developmental environments and business applications, all of them demanding faultless connectivity. Companies need to [...]
Performance testing has changed dramatically in the last decade and has transitioned towards performance engineering. Performance engineering represents a cultural shift in the way organizations view their essential processes, and it has the potential to transform your technology, your business, and your end-user experience. The goal of performance testing is [...]
Today, a lot of software is being developed (and tested) in increasingly Agile environments for accelerating the product delivery with uncompromised quality and ability to manage the ever-changing priorities. Boundaries between diverse functions are shrinking and roles and responsibilities are undergoing a big shift. Organizations aspiring to be competitive still find [...]
DevOps is a process—a mindset—that requires a cultural shift in the way most organizations work today. Implementing DevOps as part of the culture helps organizations create teams of developers, operation experts, QA, and testers that collaborate better than ever before. DevOps also helps simplify and streamline the existing processes [...]
The one thing that can make or break an organization in today’s competitive age is the Quality of the products it creates. To meet, and then beat the severe competition, every organization must be able to showcase excellence in their offerings and deliver quality, robust applications. Delivering a Quality product [...]
Lord Kelvin said, “To measure is to know”. Measuring something is critical because “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.” So, it is very apt for test measurement and metrics! In common parlance, a metric refers to “a system or standard of measurement.” For example, a car’s mileage [...]
Kevin Ashton, co-founder of the Auto-ID Center at MIT, which created a global standard system for RFID and other sensors, coined the phrase “Internet of Things” in 1999. IoT encompasses a world where living and inanimate things are connected wirelessly and serve the purpose of machine-to-machine communication. “The IoT demands [...]
What is Risk? A Risk, essentially is a possible problem. That is, it is some event that may, or may not happen, depending on other variables. In the software testing arena, a risk may be defined as a potential occurrence (leading to loss) which is a result (usually undesirable) of [...]
“What gets measured gets done. What gets measured and fed back gets done well. What gets rewarded gets repeated.” The above stated pithy statement relates very well to the need and importance of testing metrics. When an organization is able to clearly and explicitly define the testing metrics it requires, [...]
Risk-free businesses don’t exist – not even in the wildest of fantasies. If you have a business to run, it will have risks involved, and to survive – and thrive – you will need to face and overcome these risks. Next generation product and services industry will heavily focus [...]
