Test phase - Reducing cost and duration is key
Writing by admin on Thursday, 1 of July, 2010 at 6:05 am
Reducing cost and duration of a test phase is of utmost importance to stakeholders. Needless to mention overshooting the estimated cost and duration is a cause for stakeholder’s dissatisfaction, who is always keen on deploying a system without delay.
From a cost perspective, stakeholders and project managers can sometimes be surprised by how much a test phase can cost. Take for instance, if substandard software is delivered to the test team, the cost can increase due to defect raising, fixing and retesting; causing either an extended release date or high costs for staff overtime. On top of this, late running development, poor estimations or critical defects can further delay the release date. .
In order to make improvements in the test duration; cost, proper planning, high quality estimates, prioritized test preparation and a good relationship with the development team are paramount. Many of these are basic project management and test management techniques but it is surprisingly common for projects to ignore some or all of them. Certain items such as test estimation techniques, resource planning and test automation are worthy of much further guidance. These are areas that require significant research and experience. Testing vendors like AppLabs assist businesses by successfully applying all of the above-mentioned methods and many more. Such process improvements can yield major cost savings and provide higher quality software on targeted release dates.
Category: Offshore Software Testing, Security Testing Services, Software Testing, Test Process Improvement
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