Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

Performance Testing The stiff competition in the online environment has made the customers of today choosy, demanding and vulnerable at the same time. Business enterprises, with the purported aim of extending their market footprint, are launching multiple products for different user groups (based on age, gender, geography, and purchasing power). The product launches consider user preferences, predictions, and analytics to drive better customization and personalization. The rapid pace of product launches by businesses is driven by the objectives of retaining the existing customer base, adding new ones, and staying competitive. The products should possess certain characteristics – available 24 x 7, scalable to accommodate any future growth, reliable, and intuitive. Moreover, high speed has become the new normal with customers expecting their software products to respond in milliseconds. If these were not enough, the advent of new technologies or methodologies such as DevOps,...

Performance testing strategy With businesses getting onto the online bandwagon in a big way, users have started using the online medium to access various products and services. This often leads to situations wherein a website (read eCommerce) or mobile app experiencing a sudden rush of traffic leading to consequences such as system latency, disruption, or downtime. Such an eventuality leaves the users frustrated, businesses losing their brand value, and competitors stealing a march ahead. For example, the eCommerce giant Flipkart suffered a loss in its brand image when users flocked to its site on October 6 to be a part of its Big Billion Day sale. The traffic was huge given the sales pitch promising products at a low rate of 1% of the actual selling price. So, when users responded to the call, the site collapsed with users greeted with broken links and a 404 error message. So, what does a business do when faced with such an eventuality? The answer lies in conducting a...