Testing is becoming more and more important to companies worldwide, with an increasing focus on quality assurance and continuous process improvement. However, some common challenges faced today start with a client’s understanding of what testing is, what purpose it serves, and the time and resources it takes to complete.

Reducing cost and duration of a test phase is of utmost importance to stakeholders. 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, resulting in [...]

Software testing is an established part of the project lifecycle and nowadays it is generally accepted that there are significant benefits to be gained from testing early in the lifecycle.
Testing early refers to testing the requirements, but how exactly do you test the requirements? Static testing is an analysis technique where, the requirements specification [...]

The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council (SSC) was founded by leading payment card brands in 2006. The council has developed the Data Security Standard (DSS) as a single set of requirements in a move to enhance the security of payment account data. Any organization that stores, processes or transmits cardholder data is required [...]

The importance of software testing has grown enormously over the last decade or so, which is reflected in the massive investment in people, training, methodologies, and tools. While it has never been more important to ensure that the end user experience is a positive one, there is one key area that is still often neglected: [...]

Stock exchange applications need to be functionally and
performance wise perfect, and as the intricacies involved
are more, the only way out is to figure out the best approach
of testing based on the requirements.

TCoE is today a red ocean and providers like us will have competition from various other players in the market. Over and above, one significant source of competition is the mindset of prospects who will weigh the option of ‘Build Vs. buy’.

Gone are the days when software testing was seen at bottom of the value chain. As new technologies come into play, the testing team will require time and training to use testing applications effectively. Today, because of the change in mindset this is seen by business as no different than a developer needing time to understand new technologies before taking advantage of them in development.

Certain items such as test estimation techniques, resource planning and test automation are worthy of much further guidance.

As such, PCI compliance is often perceived by some organizations as something that is a valueless and externally mandated one-time activity. To many it is a burden, consuming resources they would rather spend on other efforts. At the same time, many other organizations have effectively launched security programs around DSS or have expanded their security programs using DSS. So which is it: shackle or launch pad?