Software testing is a necessity if you want to ensure a safe, secured and robust architecture for your business system. Needless to say, there are a number of software testing services available in the market today. Several business organizations believe that they can conduct software testing with the help of an internal team. Hence, they invest in the formation of a team consisting of professional testers and provide them with all the requisites for effective testing. This strategy is definitely a cost effective one as the testing activities are conducted within the organization itself. However, it is always advisable to hire a third party software testing agency so that the quality of testing is ensured.
It is quite understandable that an experienced agency providing third party software testing services for quite a few years in the market would demand a higher fee. But, at the same time, it is to be remembered that there should be no compromise with the quality of testing in order to save money as the testing of your business architecture is an important aspect for determining the integrity as well as the security of your business processes. There have been a number of instances where lack of testing has resulted in financial loss of companies due to data anomaly and theft.
The good thing is that in the last few years, most software testing agencies have started practising automation testing. Automation testing has a number of benefits. First of all comes the precision in testing. The degree of precision in testing provided by the automated tools can never be matched by manual testers. Moreover, during testing, if any mistake is made, the logs can be checked which becomes untraceable in case of manual testing.
There are a number of frameworks which the software testing agencies can use for automation testing. One such framework is DevOps. In DevOps framework, all the component teams of testers work in a collaborative manner and document the testing results during the testing activity itself. A number of DevOps automation tools are also available in the market, which not only assist in the testing activity but also in reporting.
The greatest benefit of automation testing is that it saves the time of the organization. When automation testing is conducted within the framework of DevOps solutions, the estimated time of complete testing activity reduces further. This is the reason why several software testing agencies practising DevOps automation offer time based warranty. They promise to return the entire fee of testing if not done within the estimated time.
