Trends in the Quality Assurance area

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The following 5 trends are in the software testing industry tower:

- Mobile Application Testing- Testing-as-a-service- Business Intelligence Testing- Crowd Sourced Testing- Testing catalyzed through test data generation and management

Mobile Application Testing

Over 500 million mobile phones by 2014 

Top 10 mobile apps types in 2012:1: Money Transfer 2: Location-Based Services 3: Mobile Search 4: Mobile Browsing 5: Mobile Health Monitoring 6: Mobile Payment 7: Near Field Communication Services 8: Mobile Advertising 9: Mobile Instant Messaging 10: Mobile Music 

Testing-as-a-service

Key benefits:● Lower cost than in-house software testing services● Service-level compliance● Reduced risk through fewer defects● Flexibility to scale testing as needed without incremental investment● Shorter cycle times● TaaS is sometimes referred to as Cloud Testing or Managed Testing. 

BI uses for:- Business operations reporting.- Multidimensional analysis.- Finding patterns in data.- Decision making.- Forecasting.- Dashboard. 

Business Intelligence Testing

Quantum:- Mathematic- Programming- Business analysis

Crowd Sourced Testing  - Software is consumer centric - Working with a large group of people - Expertise in specialized area(s) is required

- Necessity in end user scenarious simulation - Not enough resources/ time, clear product requirements and overall strategy- Access to global talent and diverse set of skills.

Testing catalyzed through test data generation and management

- Confidential information gets exposed to testers- A breach of this data can lead to serious damage- Test data management ensures the availability and security of the test data by obfuscating it on large scale testing engagements.- Lots of testing vendors are now researching on various methods to mask this data- ‘Test-only’ data help maintain privacy and security

How is QA going to change?

– More testing by End user 5% – More testing by Developers 5%– Significantly shorter development cycles 7%– More knowledgeable QA Resources 7%– Increased appreciation for QA 8%– Improved Processes 14%– More Test Automation 31%

 

Future of QA - Automation

- Get requirements right by thoroughly testing them.- Automating the writing of the test cases and test scripts.- Automated environment for testing.- Deployment testing is automated.- Production is automatically monitored and tested- Automated system allows for Troubleshooting and Diagnostics.

 

Usefull links

http://www.techjournalsouth.com/tag/crowd-sourced-testing/http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/opinion/columns/8466.htmlhttp://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1230413http://www.thebusinessintelligenceguide.com/bi_strategy/BI_Strategy_Document.php#implementhttp://www.softwaretestingclub.com/http://www.scenariotester.com

Contacts:

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alexander.maydanyuk

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