{"id":13346,"date":"2018-11-19T17:41:12","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T12:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2018-11-21T17:19:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T11:49:06","slug":"testing-early-frequently-business-critical-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/testing-early-frequently-business-critical-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Testing Early and Testing Frequently – A Business Critical strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"
Have you come across the phrase \u2018Vote Early, Vote Often\u2019? As stated on Wikipedia, this phrase was introduced in the United States around the mid-19th<\/sup> century, specifically, in the context of elections and voting trends. The dual purpose was to get the voters to come \u2018early\u2019 and cast their vote and keep extending their duties as \u2018often\u2019 as possible. This scenario resonates with the idea of \u2018Testing Early and Testing Frequently\u2019, especially, in an Agile set-up, where the release cycles are shorter and testing needs to cope up with the speed.<\/p>\n An effective Test Automation strategy<\/a> makes early testing and frequent testing much faster and relevant for the teams. The business objective is to bring down the risks related to potential software glitches and identify the risks way ahead in the testing and development cycle. This will help teams to reduce the higher costs, time, as well as resources that they would need in the future to fix the gaps in the software or the application.<\/p>\n Even from a business perspective, Early and Frequent Testing holds significance and definite relevance.<\/p>\n Needs and Threats around Digital Transformation have given way to this constant requirement to speed up the testing cycle. Hence, a lot of emphasis is laid on enhancing the software testing cycle.<\/p>\n Performance is key for every business and every application. It\u2019s a factor that needs to mature with time and technology upgrade. Automation helps to further speed up and secure the testing process not just by ensuring velocity, but also by validating quality at every stage. It helps to plug in continuous integration within the system, with a robust automation suite to maximize test coverage and ensure quality.<\/p>\n When automation is plugged within performance testing, it helps to materialize the idea of testing early and through frequent cycles. Thus, bringing in added agility to the testing and development course.<\/p>\n Cybersecurity threats are growing each day, and practically, each phase of digital proliferation brings forth a new threat. It is absolutely critical to identify these threats during the initial phase of application development. This not only helps to cut down the time and efforts, but also ensures that your business application is robust and ready for the fluctuating user environments. The digital space is infested with viruses, cyber risks, and all kinds of security attacks. This makes automation of these tests critical, with focus on conducting these tests way ahead in the testing cycle.<\/p>\nWhy is Testing Early and Testing Frequently a business critical strategy?<\/h2>\n
1. Balancing the Performance Act<\/strong><\/h4>\n
2. Gauging Security Threats<\/strong><\/h4>\n
3. Distribute responsibilities, responsibly<\/strong><\/h4>\n