Thursday, March 21, 2013

Importance of Third Party Software Testing


“Every business aims to develop a solution that can capture maximum market within less time. This will only be possible if all the bugs and errors are eliminated from the software before its final release”

In a highly competitive global market, the only aspect that differentiates your Company from the rest is “Quality” which can only be achieved through “Third-Party Software Testing”

Third party testing certification give customers confidence that the products and services they invest in are able to meet the needs from a security & trust perspective.

There are many companies who often do not have sufficient resources or expertise required to conduct an entire set of tests before accepting custom software from a vendor. Even though a service type agreement may exist between the client & vendor, these kinds of agreement helps to reduce the cost & frustration of spending more working time to correct bugs when development is not to the acceptable phase. Often, vendors still may charge for rework by citing weak or ambiguous requirements that were provided by the client. At the end, the client spends considerably more than planned in time & money just to get the result they expected.
    
Nowadays, quality of software naturally becomes a common focus, and much attention is given to the quality of the software, such as security, stability, reliability, convenience, functional agility and high performance etc. As third-party Testing agencies meet all of the above conditions, third party testing is the effective way to raise the level of testing, Quality assurance and deliver full play to test effectiveness.

Advantages with Third Party Software Testing:

  • Identifies requirement issues in the early development stages of the application
  • Provides a check and balance system that benefits the clients and software vendor.
  • Saves money and rework time by reducing the number of errors coded in the first place
  • Verifies that the technical design conforms to the requirements and expectations of the user.
  • Provides the client with an objective view of the readiness of the software at any given time
  • Reduces the client’s workload by having an independent third party test the vendor built application , minimizing the chances a client will sign off and accept problematic software
  • Reduces the number of defects released into production

According to research firm IDC, the global software testing market is estimated at $13 billion of which India accounts for $1 billion. IT companies have started realizing the importance of independent third-party testing and companies have started focusing on their core job and outsourcing it to testing companies.

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