Sunday 21 May 2017

Emerging Technologies and Next Leap in Software Testing

In my tenure in Software Industry, I have witnessed tremendous transformation in the industry. To name a few… starting waterfall model to Agile development processes, from Products to services oriented model, from being Personal computing to mobile computing, from localization to Globalization, continuously evolving technologies. These continuous shifts in software industry is not only pushing developers/architects to always be up to date but it is also making QA/Testing teams to continuously strive to be up to date in their skills. This is wave of new technologies which is always challenging for testers to be ramped up/upgrade their skills and be ready to overcome the issues/implications poses by the new technologies.

this article, I tried to highlight the most important/critical shifts in industry and impacts of these shifts on software testing. It is very interesting to find out more about these shifts and to know business and we (testing professionals) can utilize these shifts and re-skills ourselves.

1.     Digital Transformation is the current key to success for business:
With a majority of organizations making a significant investment in the digital world, the need for digital transformation will require a huge shift of focus towards digital testing. Robust strategies for digital assurance will be required for focusing on optimizing functional testing across channels.
 
2.    DevOps becoming the driver for Quality Engineering:
DevOps ideology is based on seamless collaboration and integration between the different departments of an IT Organization – developers, quality professionals, and IT professionals. Testing plays a business-critical role as developers are involved not just in the correctness of their code, but also in the testing and overall Quality engineering aspects. DevOps thus is propelling businesses towards greater speeds of deployment and quality assurance and is thus helping them realize higher returns on investment and faster time to market in a cost-efficient manner.
 
3.    IoT (Internet of Things):
Heralding an era of Connected Devices: With IoT growing in leaps and bounds, more and more customers rely on IoT Testing before using the products. If the products are not tested, their functionality, security, and effectiveness – all will come under scanner. According to a HP study, 70 percent of devices in the Internet of Things are vulnerable to security problems.
 
4.    Focus shifting towards Open Source Tools:
Now a day’s companies are looking more towards using open source tools rather than proprietary tools. The coming future will see a lot of Open source tools in action as more and more organizations will adopt them for proper implementation of Agile, DevOps, and Test Automation. Support communities for the open source tools can only become more and more involved and active.
 
5.    Requirements for Software Development Engineers in Test (SDETs):
SDETs have been existing among us since almost a decade, but their role was very different from traditional testing roles. In coming future, almost all testers will need to wear an SDET hat to be successful in the field of Test Automation and that is going to become mainstream.
 

6.    New address for Quality => Quality@High_speed :
Every customer wants the best products in the fastest possible time. This is making organizations focus on providing the best user experience along with the fastest time to market. The speed is only going to increase (and the quality better) with the latest technologies and tools at the disposal of teams.

Emerging Technologies and Next Leap in Software Testing

In my tenure in Software Industry, I have witnessed tremendous transformation in the industry. To name a few… starting waterfall model to ...