Article in Testing Experience

In the December 2011 issue of Testing Experience Stefan Gerstner and Murat Aksu have published an article with the title: 'Focus on testing: Radical market changes put pressure on quality assurance teams'.

The recent economic downturn forced businesses around the world to run their IT operations with smaller budgets and fewer resources. Without much money to spend on new application development, IT managers had to make the best use of their existing systems, ensuring that they function without fail to support the companies’ core business processes. This lean approach has increased the pressure on quality assurance (QA) teams to put in place solid processes, methodologies, and tools for thorough validation and monitoring of applications’ functionality, availability, and performance. As the economy continues to recover globally, the focus on quality remains vigilant. Most companies are not willing to go back to the old practices of supporting a sprawling landscape of outdated and disjointed legacy systems and outdated technologies. Application modernization and consolidation initiatives are on the rise across all industries, and QA is playing a critical role in ensuring that this process goes smoothly. These trends are confirmed by the findings of the respondents of the 2011-2012 World Quality Report. Download the complete article