Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of Quality and Value at Speed

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Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of
Quality and Value at Speed
Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of
Quality and Value at Speed
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Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of
Quality and Value at Speed
James Marcus Bach, Founder and CEO of Satisfice,
Inc. and trainer and consultant, says, Testing
is the process of comparing the invisible to the
ambiguous, so as to avoid the unthinkable
happening to the anonymous. The recently
released World Quality Report paints a rather
positive picture of the state of testing and QA.
As the need for both Quality AND value at speed
becomes imminent, software testing is gaining
higher prominence for organizations trying to
accelerate digital transformation. The report
says, Expectations of QA have been steadily
increasing. There is an upward trend in almost
every case for the objectives that include the
need to support business growth and the
importance of ensuring end-user satisfaction.
Both of these indicate that QA is no longer seen
as a backroom discipline, divorced from the rest
of the organization. If you hear fewer soundbites
about QA and more about digital transformation,
its not because QA has ceased to be relevant,
but because the contribution of QA is implicit in
the success of the digital transformation. QA has
been steadily evolving from an independent
function to an integrated function, and now to an
inclusive function. Also, the role of QA
practitioner is transforming from testing and
finding defects, to ensuring that other
engineering team members inculcate quality in
their way of working. They need to do this by
enabling them and by removing any impediments on
their way to achieving quality objectives. QA is
not only shifting left but also moving
right.
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Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of
Quality and Value at Speed

• Objectives of QA and testing
• Major business stakeholders have identified the
  following objectives of Quality Assurance and
  Testing in their organization
• Business assurance Contribute to business growth
  and business outcomes
• Custodian of quality Detect software defects
  before go-live
• Digital happiness Ensure end-user satisfaction
  and customer experience
• Brand ambassador Protect the corporate image and
  branding
• Quality at speed Speed up software releases with
  good quality
• Automate Make QA and testing a smarter automated
  process
• Quality enablement Support everybody in the team
  to achieve higher quality
• Testing Shift-left or Squish-right
• James defines testing as the process of
  evaluating a product by learning about it through
  exploration and experiment.
• Testing is an extensive and exhaustive process,
  which requires dedicated and committed
  individuals who can help stakeholders make the
  right decisions about a software product and its
  release. Given the demands for Quality at speed
  and Value at speed, organizations have embraced
  a number of new technologies and methodologies.
  With the primary focus on speed, testing often
  has to suffer due to insufficient time and
  inadequate coverage.

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Shift-left Testing for Continuous Delivery of
Quality and Value at Speed

Cigniti has invited James Bach to speak in our
upcoming webinar on how to pitch testing at the
right stage of your digital transformation to see
comprehensive results. The session will help the
attendees understand the impact of testing at
various stages of digital transformation and how
it can help safeguard customers, users, and
brands from embarrassing technical
issues. Register for the webinar and save your
spot to listen to James insightful presentation
live on Feb 17th, 2021. Being a global leader in
the independent software testing and quality
engineering services, Cigniti is a strong
advocate of Quality Assurance and its
implementation right from the early stages of the
software lifecycle. We encourage customer
feedback and believe in including such feedback
in our broader testing approach. We take great
measures to ensure that we are fully equipped
with state-of-the-art services and have partnered
with other experts that specialize in providing
testing services. Talk to us. 
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