QA transformation

  Digital transformation , hitherto progressing at its own pace, found renewed traction among business enterprises due to the prevailing pandemic. The situation has brought into sharp focus the critical role of digital services in keeping the operations moving, attending to customers’ feedback and enhancing their experience, and achieving ROI. The outcome has been apparent in the last six months wherein digital transformation services have seen acceleration at a scale that was not seen earlier. Attributes like customer experiences, quality across omnichannel environments, and security, have been accepted as must-have deliverables by enterprises. And those with a brick and mortar presence are reimagining their strategy of adopting digital transformation to stay relevant and competitive. The dynamic nature of the technology landscape and the aftermath of the pandemic have brought out some new trends to shape the digital journey in 2021. Key trends to shape any digital transformat...

  Digital technology has touched arguably every aspect of our lives including healthcare services. It has the capability to enhance the reach of medical services to disadvantaged sections of people in far-flung locations at a reduced cost. The one technology that can make it all happen is the Internet of Things (IoT) wherein data is shared among devices with built-in sensors. IoT has made its presence felt in areas such as driverless cars, smart homes, and wearables, among others. In fact, it has the potential to revolutionize the healthcare sector through its variant – the Internet of Medical Things or IoMT. Connected medical devices a la IoMT can help in diagnosis, reporting, inventory management, communication, and better patient monitoring, among others provided the devices or the software system within them are subjected to rigorous medical device testing. What is IoMT and how can it help? Known as the Internet of Medical Things, IoMT is a connected ecosystem constituti...

Digital transformation of enterprises has led to the creation of an IT infrastructure comprising gigantic data warehouses and hybrid and multi-cloud systems. The development has led to the generation of humongous sets of data from various channels, customer touchpoints, and device platforms. The unparalleled pace of data generation makes it difficult for organizations to manage IT, which is critical to streamline operations, enhance monitoring, and pursue business continuity. Given the limitations of the existing IT solutions to manage data, enterprises are leveraging AIOps to undertake a host of activities. These include understanding and predicting customer behavior, detecting anomalies and determining their reasons, and offering prescriptive advice. It helps to detect dependencies responsible for creating issues in an IT infrastructure. Also, with AI having features such as containerization, continuous monitoring, predictive or adaptive cloud management, enterprises can gain a next-...

  Among various software development methodologies, Agile, including Agile testing, stands out for its iterative style of development, accelerated testing and delivery, and collaboration between cross-functional teams. It allows for the development of better quality products and enables enterprises to have a greater appetite for change. By encouraging teamwork, accountability, and self-organization, Agile facilitates the rapid delivery of high-quality software solutions aligned to customer needs and organizational goals. No wonder, business enterprises have embraced Agile to set digital transformation in motion. With Agile comes scrum, which organizations can utilize to manage the development of high-quality software solutions.   As a subset of Agile and a project management framework, scrum helps disparate teams to work together by breaking silos and continuously improve through better learning experiences. It allows teams to build, test, deliver, and maintain complex soft...

  Artificial Intelligence-based testing can offer several benefits to testers in the form of enabling automation in writing test cases, improving test coverage, making predictive analysis, and identifying bugs early, and saving significant costs thereon. Quality testing has become a critical factor in ensuring that a software application delivers customer satisfaction. It involves assessing and analyzing the software application under certain conditions to know its threshold and attendant risks when implemented. However, with software build life cycles turning more complex and delivery turnarounds reducing, QA testers need to identify any inherent glitches in the application quickly and effectively. Thereupon, the information is passed on to the development team to fix the glitches and turn the application worthy of being delivered or implemented. The complexity of any software application under development has become more challenging due to the focus on quick releases. So, wha...

  Digital transformation , hitherto progressing at its own pace, found renewed traction among business enterprises due to the prevailing pandemic. The situation has brought into sharp focus the critical role of digital services in keeping the operations moving, attending to customers’ feedback and enhancing their experience, and achieving ROI. The outcome has been apparent in the last six months wherein digital transformation services have seen acceleration at a scale that was not seen earlier. Attributes like customer experiences, quality across omnichannel environments, and security, have been accepted as must-have deliverables by enterprises. And those with a brick and mortar presence are reimagining their strategy of adopting digital transformation to stay relevant and competitive. The dynamic nature of the technology landscape and the aftermath of the pandemic have brought out some new trends to shape the digital journey in 2021. Key trends to shape any digital transformat...

  In the wake of the Agile-DevOps model of software development, enterprises are looking at accelerating their delivery of software products, minimizing or altogether eliminating any quality issues, scaling testing requirements whenever needed, and be flexible. The above outcomes may not always be attainable by leveraging the in-house resources given their limited numbers and growing workload. Also, the pandemic has created a situation where enterprises are forced to work remotely, including conducting the critical activity of testing. This is where crowdsourced testing can help matters with enterprises dipping into a large reservoir of QA specialists located globally. The earlier requisites of working with a collocated team a la Agile have been challenged in favor of crowdsourced QA testing. If you take the examples of Microsoft, Facebook, Spotify, or Dropbox, which keep on updating their features and functionalities almost on a daily basis to give their customers the best experie...

  With organizations getting on the  di gital transformation  bandwagon to stay competitive and drive business growth, they should continue to work on  QA transformation   as well.  The rising challenge s  of cybercrime  and the rapidly changing business dyna mics and customer expectations need all vulnerabilities  in the software systems  to be plugged and  ensure  the   latter a re of  top   quality .  The acceptance of testing or QA  as an independent function in the SDLC to drive the development of  better quality  products  has become critical for enterprises.  Since   enterprise QA transformation   has a deep impact on  achieving  business  objectives,  it should be subjected to assessment for selective improvements.  This is all the  more  important as most conventional QA models are not enough to assess the maturity of  the...