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Scriptless Test Automation – Facts you should know

With the script-less approach, you can enjoy test automation benefits faster than what you will with script based test automation. Though you will continue using test automation tool(s), going script-less lets you create test automation without the need of knowing how to code in it. You can make test automation salable, quick and easy by going script-less. Here are some facts you should know about script-less test automation:

Script-less doesn’t means script-free

In script-less automation, the underlying test automation tool is invisible. The framework or wrapper that works on top of test tool will generate/manage the script required for test tool to automate any test scenarios/test cases.The framework/wrapper uses simple user based actions in English like Click, Select, Edit etc to create and that will help user to make script-less automation. For actions like database and file handling, calculation etc that can be built into scripts and added as keywords. Since this approach doesn’t depend on the underlying test automation tool and yet works well with it, we can use it across technologies, tools and applications. Thus, when product changes with each new release, we can change the automation tools without worrying about re-coding the test scripts every time.

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Faster automation and higher test coverage

Some studies show script-less test automation to reduce the time to automate test cases by almost 40%. Thus, even when your product changes with every major release, automating large test suites quickly is no longer a tough, time-consuming task for your testing team. This in turn lets you take your enhanced product to the market faster.

Going scriptless frees up a lot of time for your testing team as the professionals no longer need to worry about extensive coding and re-coding. The time thus saved can now be invested to achieve higher test coverage. This will help your testing team locate and fix bugs at an early stage of the product development cycle, thus letting you create high quality products and taking them to the market quicker than before.

Participation of business analysts and subject matter experts in test automation

Coding has always been an alien world for subject matter experts and business analysts, which made them stay away from the test automation process. But with script-less test automation, they will now find it easy to participate in the process to set up an individual test case or collaborate on the working of an entire test automation suite. This way, they can make sure the product is tested repeatedly, after every release, for its optimum functionality and quality. Thus, the script-less approach lets you bridge the gap between technical automation knowledge and application/domain expertise.

A lot depends on Automation Architects

Just because manual testers can automate test cases quickly with scriptless automation doesn’t mean you don’t need automation architects any more. For prioritizing tests, you will still need these professionals. From deciding what to/not-to automate, forming strategies for test data planning and object learning, to creating test cases that can adapt with changes in technology,and writing custom scripts to extend the scriptless framework, if necessary, automation architects still lead the way with respect to how your test automation suites should work.

A high degree of practical reliability

A compact scripting requirement shouldn’t mean you write off scriptless test automation as unreliable. Rather, you should consider this approach a boon as it saves you money, time and effort by making test automation scalable, faster and more reliable. In fact, developers of tools offering scriptless test automation analyze them in different operational circumstances, business cases, deployment setups etc to make them suitable for use in numerous real time test scenarios.

Final words

Scriptless test automation is business-friendly that helps cut down costs and improve quality right at the beginning of the development phase. Apart from making stakeholders participate actively in the test automation process, it also allows testers to focus on designing and executing test cases rather than working to create a framework and write/re-write codes that support rapid testing.

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Compatibility Testing – Why is it essential

Why you can’t ignore Compatibility Testing In today’s business world where companies continually strive to fulfill complete customer satisfaction, compatibility testing has become an inevitable part of SDLC. To sustain in this competitive…

Why you can’t ignore Compatibility Testing

In today’s business world where companies continually strive to fulfill complete customer satisfaction, compatibility testing has become an inevitable part of SDLC. To sustain in this competitive scenario, companies have to make sure that software/products released to the market are of top quality and fully compatible with every type of software, hardware, platforms, OS etc. Compatibility testing detects the incompatible areas of a product with different platforms before it’s released to the market. This testing confirms that a released product fulfills all its goals such as:

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Seamless installation on different OSs and hardware platforms.
Proper UI and functional performance on different devices.
Correct performance and functionality on platforms having minimal amount of storage, memory etc.
Proper operation under irregular network bandwidth.
Proper connectivity with different type of network connectivity (WiFi, WiMax, GSM, 3G, 4G, etc)

A product that fulfills these goals is considered a quality product that not only improves sales and helps strengthen customer base but takes the reputation of the developers to the next level too.

Types of compatibility tests and how they affect your site performance

Let’s have a look at commonly performed types of compatibility testing.

Browser: Here the compatibility of the product across different browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari, Mozilla etc is tested.
Hardware: It checks the compatibility of the product with different hardware configuration.
Networks: Here the performance of the product gets assessedin a network with different parameters like operating speed, bandwidth, capacity etc. The same testing is also performed in different networks keeping these parameters into consideration.
Mobile devices: It determines whether the product is compatible with different mobile devices having different platforms like iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Bada, Palm OS etc.
Operating system: It checks the product’s compatibility with different Operating Systems like Windows, Mac OS, Unix, Linux etc.
Software versions: It verifies the compatibility of the software application with other versions of the software. For example, compatibility of Microsoft Excel with different software versions like Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows 8.1 Enterprise.

To perform version checking, two types of compatibility testing are executed:

Forward compatibility testing: This determines whether the product is compatible with upcoming or more recent versions.
Backward compatibility testing: This confirms that a product designed under the latest version also performs smoothly in its older versions.

Software: It checks the compatibility of the product with different software. For instance, MS Excel should be compatible with MS Outlook, MS Word, VBA etc.
Devices: It verifies the product’s compatibility with different devices such as printers and scanners, USB port devices, Bluetooth and other media devices.

Without compatibility testing, your app or software may not function the way you have envisioned it or worse, cause problems for the end-users, which could be anything from bugs and accessibility issues to more serious functionality issues.

Testing steps

An efficient compatibility testing should include the following steps:

Original software requirements should be considered to identify the scope of different OSs, platforms, minimal hardware configurations, peripherals etc of the expected operating area of the product. Adjustments might be needed to optimize test case numbers versus the desired platform coverage at present.
When testing with limited resources, matrix of test cases should be prioritized. Unless certain business reasons demand different types of compatibility testing, test cases related to the biggest segment of end-users should be considered while keeping in mind the market shares of OSs, browsers and hardware platforms.
At the start of testing, presence of required testing resources like capable test personnel, OS installation media, hardware platforms and related peripherals have to be ensured. Cloud testing services, capable of providing testing tools and test platforms, can also be engaged, if required.
After deciding on the above three areas, compatibility testing progresses almost in the same manner as earlier test stages that occur before it. Bugs are detected, fixed and re-tested to confirm they have been fixed properly without any side effects. Applied software development methodology determines the details of thistest cycle execution.

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Conclusion

Compatibility testing is a non-functional testing that’s solely aimed at customer satisfaction and get more customer base. As today’s highly competitive business world emphasizes on delivering quality of products, you just can’t afford to ignore compatibility testing which would ensure that your product performs or operates on different platforms and in various settings as expected.

Joint Webinar on 4th Oct, 2 pm ET- TechArcis & Mobile Labs

TechArcis, an alliance partner of Mobile Labs, is a solutions and service company that specializes in quality engineering, quality assurance and testing.

Mobile Labs will kick off a three-part webinar series on agile mobile testing next week. For the first webinar in this new series, Mobile Labs’ Director of Channels and Alliances Jeff Fleishman will co-present with alliance partner, TechArcis on Wednesday, October 4^th at 2:00 p.m. ET. Managing Partner Sunil Sehgal will represent TechArcis and present with Fleishman.

The webinar presentation, “Control the Chaos of Mobile Testing with a Mobile Device Cloud,” will provide an overview of the benefits of leveraging a mobile device cloud to streamline mobile development, testing and quality assurance for enterprise mobility professionals. Fleishman and Sunil Sehgal will review the best practices for setting up a mobile device cloud and how to incorporate best practices for manual and automated mobile testing and device sharing to boost DevOps and continuous delivery initiatives.

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“When an enterprise mobility team begins to implement DevOps and continuous integration initiatives, there are many factors to consider,” explained Sunil Sehgal. “This presentation will help mobile developers, testers and QA identify the strategies and solutions that best suit their objectives to continuing developing and testing mobile apps and mobile websites to the best of their ability.”

“This webinar presentation will be extremely useful for mobile developers, testers and QA professionals to attend,” added Fleishman. “Whether an enterprise mobility team is already using a device cloud in their testing lab, of if they are considering this solution, this webinar will give attendees useful tips to help teams keep up with mobile demand.”

In this webinar, you’ll learn:

• Best practices for setting up a mobile device cloud

• How to leverage manual and automated testing

• Tips to make device sharing easy among dispersed teams

• Ways a device cloud boosts Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration initiatives

A/B Testing – Where are you going wrong?

A/B testing also known as split testing or bucket testing is a fantastic way to test two versions of a webpage or an app before launching one of them. The developers want to understand the end users’ reaction to both the versions so they can modify things and launch the popular one. Data like page views, conversion and other statistics are the variables that are used in the A/B testing. This surely must spell success but even after all this there can be errors. Let’s have a look at some of these common mistakes and understand how they can be avoided.

1. Testing early on in the process

Deciding whether A is better than B is based on statistical analysis. If you test the two versions early on in the process, the results you will get are inaccurate. You might be tempted to decide in the favor of the version that has got 75% positive results but experience will tell you that it is not reason enough to decide. There have been instances where the reality check is proved wrong after this kind of weight age in favor of one. The only way the A/B test will give accurate result is when you reach the truth regarding popularity of the versions.

2. Duration of test is not completed

Any test has to be run for its full term. Even if the test is done on a high traffic site, you cannot decide between A and B depending on the first few days of results. Even if your expected goals are achieved you cannot stop a test mid week. It has to run for a full week until you find a winning combination fro you never know some audience might check in after you stop the test and change the results completely.In any case, the conversion rate is dependent on the day of the week therefore running a test for the full week takes care of the ‘seasonality’ factor.

3. Testing with inadequate traffic

If you run the tests when there is not adequate traffic on your site, the results that you get cannot be believed. For instance, if you have made 2-3 sales in a month and with your version B you have got 4 hits, you might think it is better to run the test for a longer duration of time to get the statistical guarantee. With inadequate traffic on the site, this test result will be time consuming and ultimately show on the revenue. Instead it might be better to shift to B in the first place.

4. Test designed for anything or nothing

Testing should not be done just for the sake of it. The test itself might not have been designed to guarantee results that can be quantified and used by the company. A random test where you do not have an idea of how the results will benefit the company will not help the business anyway.

5. Testing the obvious

There are some aspects of your product or site which are universally accepted facts. They have been proved times and again so there is no need to waste time and money trying to prove them for your company. These should be integrated in the design already and the test should be on aspects that are critical to your company or have been customized by you in order to understand the customer response.

6. Test A/B at different times

The results of A/B test is not valid if they are carried out at different times. This is because there are too many variables in a test that change with time. The audience and its requirement for instance will change with time so you will not be able to decided between A and B. It is advisable to divide the audience into two and run the two versions at the same time.

7. Not segregating the variables

Not being able to differentiate between behavioral pattern of the basic variables can lead to disaster. For instance when a test is conducted there will be some first time users and some returning users. The feedback that you will get from the former is different from that what you will get from the later. Though both need to be taken into account, the data from both has a different kind of role to play in the outcome of the product so you need to segregate them and collect data.

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API Testing Myths & Mistakes – API Testing Tutorial, How To Avoid Them?

APIs once published do not need to be tested

A published API is definitely not the end of testing. If anything, it means testing it wit your specific and customized applications. Considering that a lot rests on proper functioning of an application, you will have to retest it to ensure its compatibility and functioning. Often when the API for an application fails, the conclusion is that the fault lies with the application. However, at times it is the API that has the bugs.

A published API saves you time and allows you to gain extra functionality but also exposes your application to the risks that are inherent in them. Unless tested, they will put your application too at risk and then there is no use pointing to the API for you would have done a big disfavour to your brand. This does not mean that you test all the published APIs. The decision of which API should be tested depends on how it interacts with your application.

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API validation is not a must if GUI testing is done

Do not depend on API that is covered is GUI. This is because first there is a big ‘if’ in the API testing. In any case GUI testing will not cover all aspects of API testing. In any case you do not gain much by omitting the test for a small process but you do lose out in a big way. An API that is tested from GUI must have covered just about 10% of the application since GUI tests are not designed to test the integration aspect of the application.

It is simple for GUI testers to test API

With multiple linkages and connections, there is more than one layer of connectivity. While GUI testing it just a part of the API that will get tested not the entire logic, for a seamless experience and a flawless working, the API has to be tested independently.

There are too many aspects so end to end testing is not possible

Today, we are dealing with complex applications. Testing them involves accessing more than 30 other applications that one application is dependent on. However, this should not be a reason to shy away from end to end testing. Especially because of the benefits a fully tested application brings in. Thorough testing is possible through virtualization concepts like test environment simulation along with API testing. This will result in a comprehensive testing across all factors.

As long as a tested API has not changed, it will continue to function in the same way

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Your application changes and evolves with time. Agile Development requires the application to change its logic and enhance its execution. The integrity of the API in such a situation will work only after it has been revalidated along with validation of the system it depends on. You need to have a regression test suite that should consistently test for API integrity to ensure smooth functioning and flawless performance.

It is important to understand that there are no short-cuts to testing. The growth of your business and revenue generation depends on the way it interacts with the customer and in today’s world everything is through computers or mobiles. So it is important that even the weakest link is strengthened and gives you the desired leverage in your business.

TechArcis and Perfecto Enter into a Strategic Partnership

The Quality Assurance and Testing firm TechArcis has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Perfecto, the leading name in providing mobile and digital experience.This alliance between the two companies will be a boon for organizations that operate in the realm of smartphone and cloud computing. Together, they will be able to address all the mobile testing needs the organizations might have. These include testing the apps as well in real time environment.

TechArcis is known as a company that presents organizations with comprehensive solutions and services that align with their business objectives. Our main objective is to deliver testing transformation and continuous improvements by leveraging the latest in testing tools, technologies and best practices. TechArcis solutions help ensure quality across multiple operating systems, mobile browsers, smart phone devices and models, as well as carriers and locations. We provide holistic and comprehensive mobile testing strategy that encompasses managing device and network infrastructure, selecting target devices.We also have the required tools to integrate functional and non functional testing in their system. TechArcis mobility testing solutions include Device specific testing, User interface and visual design testing, accessibility testing, cross browser testing, Automation & performance testing, native middle ware, hybrid applications testing. We believe key to success for a mobile solution is to clearly understand business requirement sand align them with the IT components and architecture.

Perfecto, on the other hand, helps strengthen every digital interaction with its quality-first approach to creating web and native apps. Their cloud-based test environment called the Continuous Quality Lab (CQ Lab) lets users access real devices for testing mobile and digital apps against real end-user conditions, providing the truest test environment available.With today’s release cycles shrinking, dev/test teams need to constantly improve app quality without impacting their velocity. Testing with Perfecto can ensure that high-quality apps are in the hands of end users at a much faster rate. Perfecto goes the extra mile with their unique Wind Tunnel feature; it enables testing specific life-like conditions including poor networks, conflicting applications, call interruptions etc. to ensure apps still perform well in the real world. Their industry leading technologies allow continuous continuous quality strategies to align with end user requirements, which supports brand reputation, customer retention and acquisition.

The partnership between TechArcis and Perfecto will empower the former to take its mobility, cloud and application testing solutions to the next level. This will prove to be a boon to businesses that are looking forward to creating a digital impact in the form of a mobile app for themselves.

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How Automation is Powering Transition to DevOps?

Technology is improving at such a pace today, that we find ourselves at the threshold of a big change almost every couple of years. Well keeping up with this trend, the recent technological innovation which is waiting to transform our lives is the new model of developing and operating systems called DevOps. The model has a straight advantage over the traditional software development and deployment approaches. It reduces the time spent on interleaved phases so that software delivery is close to immediate and glitch free. In such a highly integrated approach where development, testing, quality assurance, and delivery need to work in tandem, automation and system intelligence would come in to play a crucial role. Here’s how.

1. The Reduced Cycles

A major aim and the basic idea behind the inclusion of DevOps model is to have change releases being churned out of the pipeline at a high frequency, enabling faster deployment of code releases. A major reason for clogging of the pipeline which inhibits the free flow of the code components is the handshaking between teams involved in development and deployment. A host of workflow based systems has now come in place, which is making a difference in the area. For example, Oracle has a workflow module embedded in all of its application design platforms and tools, so that various teams are able to work in conjuncture on the same code snippet, helping a faster deployment of the same. Planning, Consolidation and Financial close management are all examples of the same. A great leap in this terms would be driving these continuous change delivery initiatives from a central quality assurance COE, if you may, which would help in overcoming any strategy conflicts or competency gaps.

2. Lean Tools and Mechanisms

At the heart of a DevOps, architecture is the founding concept of continuity in two major areas – integration and delivery, and automation can bring visible benefits in both of these. To start with, automation of manual handoffs and workflow can bring in better integration of participating teams and modules, reducing integration hiccups and stand-offs. This would eventually pave way for a reduced delivery cycle time. Moreover, employing some of the new tools and automation can help instill channels which support a seamless process of code delivery and deployment, with quality assurance embedded well into it.

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3. An Automated Quality and Assurance Framework

Automation in the field of code and application development and deployment is a rather a concept, which has been there for a while. For example, we have tools such as life cycle management for Oracle EPM systems for effective development on one hand, and Eclipse integrated development environment for J2EE on the other. But what happens when the code that you developed most efficiently and tested to be watertight, went up to increase the load on your application server? This is where automation in quality assurance and its integration with the existing automation becomes a key. A host of new testing tools has now become commonplace, which is bridging this gap. As an example, ‘Selenium’ is an integrated automation testing and quality assurance platform, which enables programmers to create interactive test cases, which can help them analyze the effect their developed code deployment would have on various infrastructure components. Further, Stress testing and scenario analysis features have now been embedded in these tools, to judge the susceptibility of a change on the production instance of the system. This is a remarkable step towards ensuring a glitch free user experience before and after a new code deployment, which is a central feature of DevOps.

4. The Non-Functional aspect of Requirements

Although technology is the core driver of automation in the DevOps environment, and hence technical and functional requirements drive the development and planning of solutions, there are softer aspects which need due consideration as well. For starts, managing resources involved in developing, testing, deploying and supporting the applications would be a key area to assess, for the successful working of any DevOps project. Thankfully, automation has come to the rescue in this as well, with a host of tools such as Workflow planning, to help plan resources and their budgets. A lot of corporate budgeting and fund allocation schedules have also been smartly automated and implemented in smart and interactive workflows, to help managers and operators deliver within the allocated costs. In addition, a great improvement in logging time and effort has been included in the ERP systems, which is further reducing overheads in cost and effort planning and estimation. In terms of skill-sets, a true DevOps way of working would require strategists and test scenario formulators, to form a proactive team which is able to zero in on issues which might spring up, and also mitigate the ones which do occur, almost in no time.

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Best Practices and Strategies for Test Automation 2018

If an organization calls itself agile, automation becomes the critical part of the organization’s software delivery pipeline. It’s pretty obvious that on automating testing, your release cycles get smaller. So, in that case, you might as well say “why can’t we just automate everything? There is a good reason to it: automation is not cheap.

First of all, one needs the correct tools. Second, you require qualified testers for whom training is required. Third, automation infrastructure requires time and effort and on the development of tests on top of it. Development of automated tests comes under software development cycle itself. Tests are required to be designed, coded and authenticated before they can be put to use. But the largest effort comes just when you think that you are finished with the process.

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Keeping up with upkeep:

Many automation projects have failed because of the stakeholder’s lack of knowledge for maintaining the automated tests. When the automation tests are not properly maintained, tests often fail and dashboards turn red. Eventually, the complete project goes irrelevant.

Choose which tests to automate

The ROI for automation tests depends on various factors. Some tests are hard to develop due to technology constraints. Like, testing frameworks might not support test cases which run across various devices or different browser sessions. Other tests might not require to be run often. Like, it might be cheaper to manually and occasionally test a use case for a feature that is used less often, rather than investing time for developing and maintaining an automated test that runs post each nightly build.

Don’t automate from first day

Every software project requires time prior its design and requirements stabilize. A very good comparison is between the UI which changes any time in lifecycle of an application and back-end services which can stay untouched for several generations.

Match the scenario of current testing

Many testers believe that they should follow the company processes, but they do not focus whether these processes are applicable to the current testing methods or not. This can lead to inappropriate software application testing.

Check for involvement of the right people

It is mandatory to get involved the right people for the test automation. The right people are like the DevTester, the developer and the QA architect.

Know the requirements

If a tester fails to recognize the exact requirements, then he or she can never perform the application test perfectly. It is important to know the requirements with good listening skill and capability to understand the customers need.

Monolithic tests should be avoided if possible

The formulas of software development are just as applicable when writing tests. As you don’t want monolithic code with various interconnected parts, you will not want monolithic tests in which every step depends on various other steps. You need to break your flows into minute, manageable and standalone test cases. That way, if a test fails, it will not stop the complete test suite, and you can efficiently enhance your test coverage at every execution of your automation suite.

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Conclusion

In the end, automation testing is a simultaneous part of the advance life cycle, which can deliver major business importance to the clients and help in cost reduction, develop quality, and fast application operation. Actually, testing comprises nearly 20% of overall cost of software development, and outsourcing of testing service has grown extremely over the past 3-5 years.

5 Ways to Up Your Software Release Management Game

A software application goes through many stages before it is released, starting from ideation, to testing and bug fixing. With all the efforts and capital you invest in the product development process, it is natural for you to look for commercial successupon its release. And a bug that might fail the application at run time or during the execution phase is understandably your biggest fear. But to err is human and no product dev is complete without the much-necessary battling with the bugs and spoof-proofing of the release. That’s what all successful enterprises do. But how? We spill the beans. Here we share the most practical ways in which you can improve your software release management, without defying the release deadlines of course!

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1. Understand the market

As a company wishing to launch new software or its update in the market, you need to understand the needs of the end user. There should be a market for the software and you need to capitalize on it. For this you need to stick to the deadlines and ensure that all other processes working behind the scenes are in sync with the release date. Any delay in launching the product will result in compromising with the quality and may also create redundancy for the product in the market. This creates an additional need for reduced time to market and faster product roll-outs.

2. Regular updates to stay in limelight

As a software firm, you must be aware of the importance of updating your product. This needs to be done regularly else with the stiff competition that exists in the market, today’s leader can be easily replaced by someone else tomorrow. For this, you need to plan the updates as an integral part of your product strategy and ensure that the team is always working towards it. Customers look forward to new features in the software and unless you can give them an updated version at regular intervals, chances of their migrating to different software are very high. You will need to work with a release plan targeting the next 12 months. Besides, if any defect or bug is reported by the users while using the product, you must quickly release a patch or send out an update to address the issue.

3. Bring in standardization

As a software firm, you must be developing more than a single product. Instead of reinventing the wheel every time you have a new product idea, it is better to standardize your processes. This will help you save time and the employees will know exactly what to do next without waiting for orders from higher ups. The only negative of this is that with new ways of doing things being discovered almost daily, the process itself can become redundant. You will, therefore, need to revisit and check it and if required tweak it to benefit the organization. An important aspect of standardization is automation. It saves both time and man power and also ensures that your results are consistent every time (which is a big requirement from any software) so ensure that the processes are automated wherever they can be.

4. Motivate employees

Whatever you might do with processes and strategies, it all can amount to zero if the man who is behind all this is not in sync with your objectives. Software has to pass through many teams before it can be finally released so it is important that at every level, the people involved with it understand their role in delivering the product within the deadline. It starts with selecting the right people and then investing in them through incentives etc. Also getting them all onboard to understand what the product means for the company in terms of revenue is important.

5. Open lines of communication

Finally, it all boils down to communication. From the developer to the tester to the marketing team all have to have the same dream and expect the same results. Information which is key to success should be made available to all the parties at all stages without anything held back. This seemingly small step is as important for it helps iron out any inconsistency in expectations that any of the teams might have.

Managing a software release involves many aspects that we have read through above. Despite following them like a guide, there are chances of mistakes being made. Learning from these mistakes and updating the process will definitely reap benefits for the company.

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Boost Your Regular Test Efforts with Crowd Testing

Crowd testing is an inexpensive yet powerful way to test your products before going live. It’s not meant to replace your team’s testing—rather, it is all about leveraging users and the cloud for seamless software testing that acts as a complementary option to your traditional testing services.

1. It uncovers defects you might miss

Because crowd testing lets you involve a number of people all over the world, along with a wide variety of system configurations, networks, and devices, it becomes easy to find defects in your products. From functional and usability aspects to load and security, crowd testing helps you identify critical defects fast that would have otherwise been too difficult, costly, or time-consuming to discover with routine testing in a simulated setup.

2. It brings a new test perspective

Another way crowd testing complements your dedicated testing teams is by bringing in diversity. Having people from a variety of demographic backgrounds with a wide range of knowledge and devices helps uncover defects that could be missed by a team with similar experiences and conditions.

3. It’s fast

Crowd testing also gets you a lot of information quickly because of all the people you have testing your product in real time. When you need testing done on a short notice or are playing against a strict time-to-market deadline, crowd-sourced testing can help ease the pressure by getting a large amount of feedback without taxing your in-house resources.

4. It fits in with your regular test efforts

You can use crowd testing in various ways. It can be employed in both waterfall and agile scenarios. You can make it an add-on before production release, put it to use for performance testing or multivariate testing, and apply it to test apps with high business criticality or a high defect exposure factor. You can even integrate crowd testing into your overall testing processes to reduce your testing efforts in certain aspects, including mobility.

Crowd testing ensures your products are tested by real users across multiple browsers, operating systems, and devices all over the world. When you need to test a specific aspect of your product fast and you want multiple testing groups with diverse experiences, you can find your answer in crowd testing.

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Scriptless Test Automation – Facts you should know

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Compatibility Testing – Why is it essential

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Conclusion

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A/B Testing – Where are you going wrong?

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