The trend of
outsourcing software testing services is continuously increasing among
businesses these days. They want their software to be tested by third party
service providers so as to avoid substantial loss associated with software
failure. And in fact, this step is proving very effective, and some software
testing companies are coming forward.
In today's world
of digitization, businesses have started relying more on software for internal
communications and customer interaction. This leads to in-house software
testing and development go hand in hand, which in turn increases the cost in
terms of time and human resources.
Thus to manage
cost effectively, most of the companies prefer to outsource the testing process
to a standalone software testing
company.
Problems that
occur during in-house software testing
·
Maintaining a team of software testers
is a daunting task because of creative and challenging aspects involved in
interactive software development. Passionate developers or designers with an
artistic mind feel that inspiration strikes at all hours of the day. They
consider every second important when it comes to polishing product.
The more time they take for polishing, the most is
the cost.
·
Modifying the schedule of the testers
constantly is a difficult task. Programmers, especially developers find it hard
to predict deadlines with precision during an ongoing project. Predicting when
they will be done with developing a given feature or component is nearly
impossible.
·
Issues are arising due to 'fixed price
and fixed deadline' are often handled by the team of in-house project managers,
account managers, or janitors. When a quality assurance testing project
approaches its deadline, a sad reality is the senior executives are held
responsible for its accomplishment.
·
Expertise in error-handling is a matter
of experience that only a standalone software testing company beholds.
Smaller businesses that find a way to combat bugs during development rarely
exist. For them maintaining a testing team by bearing other costs with the risk
of failure is not advisable.
Mistakes that
led to adverse effects of outsourcing
The chairman of
UK Testing Board, Mr. Geoff Thomson warned that outsourcing is not always the
cheap and most efficient way to test. In many cases, failures occur due to the
belief that outsourcing a test would decrease cost but, there are instances
where testing became as expensive as 10 fold the initially set budget.
There were
common mistakes that occurred in most of the cases, such as
·
testing company/supplier was unable to
contribute to the development process
·
accountability and responsibility
dedicated to business outsourcing instead of just testing
·
downgrading the quality of resources
from the software testing company.
Businesses must
not lose control while outsourcing a test. It could be a positive approach and
bring real value only with the right attention and experience. In other words,
there should be a real partnership instead of just a buyer and service
provider.
Outsourced
Software Performance Test Market Statistics
Analyst
Nelson Hall said the global outsourced testing services market was valued at
$8.4 billion.
According
to a recent report generated by Technavio for 2015 to 2019, this market saw a
value of $14.60 billion in 2014, and it is expected to see a CAGR of 10.25%
amounting to $23.78 billion by 2019.
Businesses
will grow only if its in-house software is context rich and does what it is
expected to. Implementation of a performance
testing software by a supplier and the usage of its services by
numerous other service providers makes it cost-effective and better regarding
quality and efficiency.
