The Case for Agile Testing

By applying principles of Agile software development, QA teams can help bake in code quality as applications are being developed, ensuring more stable and business-aligned outcomes. Executive Summary For a variety of reasons (time, money, skills, etc.), the testing phase of software development some-times gets short shrift from developers and IT managers. Yet testing is the only way to determine the quality of software and whether an applica-tion will function properly in real time. It plays an important role in the software development lifecy-cle (SDLC). Without an effective testing strategy, companies sometimes blindly take on significant risks that may go well beyond simply having poorly functioning software. Organizational rami-fications can be dire, including the risk of: • Customer dissatisfaction. • Brand injury