Offshore Software Testing Pitalls
There are numerous pitfalls associated with offshore software testing. Many of those same pitfalls can be attributed to outsourced software testing as well. It isn’t the distance or geographic location that matters, it’s the communication patterns and software testing expertise that makes a difference.
The biggest pitfall in offshore software testing is under communicating or over communicating. The best communication pattern is the one that your current team works with. You should expect that an offshore software testing provider match your communication patterns. The second biggest pitfall is lack of expertise in software testing. Software developers seldom make outstanding software test engineers. You should expect that your offshore software testing consultancy provide trained, experienced and managed software test engineers – not just the “B” Team that wasn’t good enough to write software!
How to Select a Software Testing Consultancy
Selecting a software testing consultancy to help you solve your problems can be a challenge. Generally, there are three prime criteria that can be used to make the best selection. First, a software testing consultancy should specialize in software testing. Software testing has grown into a large body of knowledge with many areas of specialization that are not frequently exposed to people not directly involved in the industry. Using a software testing consultancy with a specialization in software testing will provide you with tremendous additional quality and productivity benefits that are seldom found in a more generalized IT consultancy.
Software Testing Services and Agile Software Testing
Agile Software Testing is critical to the successful release of software products developed using an agile development methodology. Many software testing services claim to offer agile software testing without truly understanding the nature of agile software development. It is very worthwhile to clearly understand how different software testing services define their agile software testing methods and how they are measured. Agile software development is equally art and science. The science is well documented and easy to understand and implement. The art of agile software development and providing agile software testing services within that framework depends greatly on each member of the team working closely together where the needs and goals of the team take precedence over the individual’s needs and goals.
