The importance of software testing services is well known and appreciated. Anticipating and circumventing the errors and bugs goes a long way for software systems and can be achieved by adopting various approaches like agile testing methods. A meticulously designed, developed, and tested software increases the efficiency and productivity of the system and also reduces the spans to Go-Market for the software, increasing the Returns on Investments, RoIs by many folds.

Negative Effects of Escape Bugs

Escape Bugs are literally those which escaped or were overlooked during testing. When discovered, they need to be fixed and it means a lot of negative effects in the process for the Software development companies, and the extra time and resource investments have a degrading effect on the RoIs.

• It increases the support expenses as the software testing company works on fixing them. Scheduling of resources to carry out this work means incurring more expenses and a direct increase in the costs as well.
• When overlooked bugs surface, once the testing companies find a solution to these, they need to go beyond testing the rectified software. They need to prepare and release a patch for bugs. This again is a rigorous exercise demanding a lot of time and resources.
• Customers and end-users might switch loyalties and shift to software that is error-free if they have an option of using other software. The software development company stands a chance of losing customers to competitors.
• Improperly tested software stands the danger of being negatively marketed by competitors; eventually resulting in huge losses by the development companies.

Measures to Ensure Quick and Easy RoI for Software with Established Testing

A well-tested and smartly assessed software not only improvises the productivity and effectiveness of the software, but it also reduces the Go-Market span. Various software testing methodologies and approaches are made available to the QA and Testing teams of software testing companies today. A well-thought decision while making the choice of testing tools and software goes a long way in the stability of the system thus tested. A good mix of appropriate manual and automated testing methods makes the tests comprehensive, assuring a successful exercise.

Increased Efficiency & Effectiveness with Automated Testing Services

Testing as we all know includes the tasks of designing a test, setting it up, giving input, observing the outputs, taking the required actions, and then documenting it. While manual testing is not fast enough for modern multi-platform systems and is susceptible to human errors, automated testing on the other hand fails when human acumen is critical in deciding the correctness of certain scenarios.

To increase the productivity and effectiveness of the software being developed; repetitive and complex tests are normally delegated to automated testing methods.

Automated testing amplifies the additional value of testing in many ways

• • • • A large amount of testing can be done in less amount of time
      • Repetitive tests can be conducted on different systems
      • Testers spend more time focusing on analyzing methods to identify the bugs rather than getting involved in drudgery
      • Previous tests can be easily reused at any point when needed

Extreme Programming & Testing

Extreme Programming, an Agile method of keeping the software on track by creating a close collaboration between developers and testers keeps software systems, especially the elaborate ones in tune with the requirements, keeping a tab on the quality at all times. Such methods and other Agile methods adopted by software testing companies assure that almost perfect software that emerges out of such a system reduces the chances of errors to almost null and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the software.

Reducing Time to Market with Better & Faster Testing

Many software development and testing companies in the quest to reduce time to ‘Go-Market’ rush their systems without thoughtful testing under the pressure of releasing their products and software ahead of competitors. The risks taken in releasing the systems without proper testing are not only avoidable, they are also unnecessary.

Prudent testing methodologies deliver almost perfect software and making tests faster by even a few weeks can have noticeable improvements for the company in terms of gaining an edge over the competition. This is true especially if the software in question is a product and competition is tough.

In a Nutshell

An appropriate and prudent test strategy is the call of the day today for software testing companies. Keeping in mind the various trends for testing in 2016, SPEC QA Software Testing Services ensure a right mix of traditional and modern Testing approaches and provide support through the Testing Life Cycles. The unbiased test reports help smoother implementations with near-zero post-delivery defects and higher customer satisfaction.

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Author: SPEC QA