Agile development methodologies have been at the center stage for many organizations, and with DevOps evolving, testing in agile environments has gained momentum However, there have been a lot of myths and misconceptions around “agile testing”. Some of the very common myths are discussed below in this blog: Myth1: Testing [...]
Traceability is the virtue of being traceable – sounds straightforward, doesn’t it? In terms of software testing, traceability refers to linking test cases to their sources. Now, you may ask why is traceability important in an agile development. Here are the answers. In agile software, the requirements of software projects change [...]
The term “colocated team” indicates that there is a functional team working on a project sharing the same workspace. Today, many IT organizations prefer distributed teams to cut down their expenditure and efforts. However, there is a large section of industry that prefers to manage colocated teams for certain areas [...]
Agile development and automated testing are two different paths altogether, but they have given birth to a term ‘agile test automation’. Today, with more and more companies shifting towards agile development processes, they are depending on test automation to improve their application in the development and save on the time [...]
An offshoot of Test Driven Development, ATDD puts emphasis on the customer by making acceptance test cases the foundation of development. In this methodology, acceptance test cases are created even before coding starts. These test cases then become the reference for development and failing these test cases at any [...]
Today, many organizations follow agile software development processes, yet they are reluctant to try agile testing. The old mindset that developers should develop the complete product and then send it in for testing is just that – old. If all these years, you have been following the same routine, [...]
Agile methodology is increasingly finding its place in software projects across the world. Statistics show 88% of businesses have adopted agile methodology, yet only 38% are using agile for more than 75% of their projects. This indicates that companies are still struggling with the end to end transformation to [...]
Being agile is today’s way for businesses to deliver the intended value their customers expect from their services. Agile software development practices are being hailed globally as the new benchmark in technology product/project delivery. In this context, agile testing finds an irreplaceable seat in the agile bandwagon. What is agile [...]
A recent Forrester report emphasizes the fact that consistent performance in agile teams must include agile testing as well. And for agile testing to succeed, testers must work intimately with the development team on day-to-day project activities. Agility adds new dimensions and areas of focus to the testing and QA [...]
Automation, in any field, brings in the benefits of increased productivity and reduced costs. In agile software development, automation has become such an integral part of agile testing that it is difficult to think of one without the other. Let us see the major reasons why automation is considered [...]
