Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

Outsourcing Software Testing Services When intense competition in the digital landscape is forcing enterprises to come out with new software products at a faster rate, the demand for software testing services has gained prominence. This is due to the fact that customers want the best quality products at competitive prices, which can only be achieved after subjecting the products to a rigorous quality assurance process. However, there is always a dilemma that business enterprises face – whether to outsource software testing or opt for in-house testing? The industry seems to be split down the middle about acknowledging the efficacy of outsourcing software testing services or engaging in-house resources. In fact, the answer to this conundrum depends on the requirement or objectives of business. In an Agile-DevOps driven development and testing ecosystem underpinned on Continuous Integration and Delivery, the effectiveness of software testing solutions can determine the succes...

Software Qa Services The aspect of digital transformation that has profoundly impacted the lives of customers is arguably the ubiquitous mobile application. It has given convenience, user friendliness, availability, and promptness a whole new meaning. Think about the various apps people carry on their mobiles phones pertaining to utility payments, social media, travel, banking, entertainment and eCommerce among others, and the way they have engendered a digital revolution. However, along with the positives, the negatives too can register their presence bringing frowns and despair among the users. These happen when the applications undergo latency or worse, crashes. Such events can have a deleterious effect on customer satisfaction prompting the user(s) to opt for the rival ones. If statistics are to be believed, then around 61% of users want their applications to start within four seconds and 49% want their apps to respond to their inputs within two seconds (Source: Dimens...

Functional Testing The success of any software application is underpinned on its acceptance by the users. This can only happen when the software application provides the best user experience. The users find a software worthy of acceptance when its features and functionalities work as per the pre-defined specifications. To ensure the same, various components of the software suite should undergo rigorous functional testing. In any quality assurance process, the software in the build phase and thereafter should be validated for quality. Here, the software components (individually and collectively) need to be tested to check if the actual output is on the expected lines.   The software functional testing process ensures the actual output of specific components does not impact the other components. The testing process should verify and validate the software application interface to address user requirements. Importantly, the testers should see to it that all boundary case ...