Indian start-ups are one of the fastest-growing technology centers of the world raising $42 billion. Hence, hundreds of new applications are produced every day and even fortified with regular updates. Furthermore, India has more than 6 million software developers who are well-versed in running existing and new software. The operative is to keep up with the changes in user expectations and technology, followed by regular testing while ensuring quality.
In application testing, quality is never by accident, it’s always the result of intelligent efforts by quality or software testers. Software testing companies, understand the notion and adhere to set standards for quality assurance. The emergence of agile methodologies has made it convenient for quality teams to work on the efficiency of new technologies and modify them according to real-time requirements.
However, these methodologies keep evolving depending on the software and its intended use, ranging from simple to complex. Thus, it becomes even more challenging for testing teams to stay aligned with the latest and best practices for fast and accurate testing. But that’s not the only concern!
Testing applications can pose several challenges, and the specific challenges can vary depending on the nature of the application and the development environment. There are several other challenges that the software testing team comes across that create a great fuss in the software development process while coordinating with the software/products managers or clients.
In this post, we decided to share a few challenges in the hope of streamlining the complete software testing process and meeting all business requirements.
Here are the top 4 things that prohibit us from performing at our best:
1. Setting unclear goals or making last-moment changes
This is one major hurdle that our quality team has faced a lot of times when managers or clients change project requirements mid-sprint without considering the consequences. Defining unclear measurable success criteria first-hand makes the team frustrated as a new request leads them to start the process from the beginning.
The slightest change can lead to retrying the whole extent of testing, causing a delay in deadlines to deliver the best results. Hence, setting clear goals with measurable success criteria beforehand would help the testing team to run smoothly without any unwanted disturbances.
2. Lack of communication
Communication gaps while conveying the software requirements, roadmaps, business challenges, hurdles, etc., can create delays in accurate testing. Inadequate communication can occur due to several reasons, such as differences in time zones, sudden changes in product managers, etc. The product manager or clients need to understand that our engineers cannot formulate adequately unless they are clear about technical and business requirements.
Hence, for better communication, development, and testing teams need to collaborate at regular intervals as per the preferred time zones in the presence of product managers to ensure everyone is on the same page.
3. Delay in decision-making from client stakeholders
This is one of the biggest hurdles experienced by the testing team. Good managers contribute to ensuring effective decision-making along with QA and project teams. Quick decision-making skills help to settle matters that arise with developers and negotiate with stakeholders on the testing scope, deadlines, costs, and priorities. However, delays in responses create unnecessary additional risks of testing issues and impact the development of the software.
4. Bringing testing too late in the game
The biggest challenge occurs when we receive requests for last-minute testing. Bringing us late in the game makes the software testing services process time constraint which makes it difficult to give 100% of desired results. Product managers and clients need to understand that the time for testing and debugging should never be underestimated.
Most of the time, testing and debugging take 50% of development, but sometimes it takes more time than expected. When QA has a short time frame, these tests can go against the main business specifications. Hence, it’s important to have a plan in place to deal with such time constraints.
Conclusion:
Several other challenges could hamper the application testing process. Resolving the above-mentioned challenges would not only make the process of testing easier, but it will streamline the software development process in everyone’s favor.
By adhering to the right practices and understanding the concerns of the testing team, it would be easier for us to ensure product managers that their products meet all business needs and function in the best possible way.
