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 [...]
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 [...]
As of February 2016, the number of apps available in the Google Play Store stood at a staggering 2 million apps (per statista.com), while the number of global mobile devices and connections in 2015 grew to 7.9 billion, up from 7.3 billion in 2014 (per Cisco Visual Networking Index: Global [...]
[Tweet ““New Technologies and Business Models Will Drive Digital Disruption in Insurance” – Gartner’s predictions for 2016”] Technology is evolving fast and many insurance organizations are challenged to keep up the pace. These technological advancements are driving the demand for software developers to acquire new skills and capabilities in the [...]
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 [...]
With the changing times, the nature of software testing has changed from being reactive (identifying defects, prioritizing and reporting them) to being preventive (ensuring that no defects occur in the software development). Currently, with a growing number of software solutions developed and available in the market, end users have [...]
Introduction Quality Assurance has always been an evolving discipline in software development. With the emerging trends in IT industry, the need to better understand, manage, and adopt the QA activities is increasing. With the onset of agile and lately DevOps, the way organizations develop software has changed, and so have [...]
“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 [...]
