Till a very short while ago, Quality Assurance, or QA, was considered to be an entirely separate function but is now increasingly becoming a crucial part of the entire development process as a whole.In fact, such has been the increasing dominance of QA these days, that a number of software development service providers have already begun adopting it as a part of the software development process.As far as the overall evolution of the IT industry is concerned, this change in perception of QA has had a big role to play.
With increased competition, delivering products and services on time has put somewhat undue pressure on the companies to deliver.
This is where quality control has become so very important.Such has been the interdependence of cutting-edge software development and QA that the current software trends encompass the best security and performance measures on offer.As far as the question of Quality Assurance goes, new techniques have been coming up for the last few years.
However, reaching the market as quickly as possible is something that’s always at the back of the mind.This is why here are some trends that we feel will have a big role to play in the coming years, as far as software testing and quality assurance services are concerned-1- Blending AI & ML With QABringing AI and ML into QA eliminates the problem of companies getting sucked into an automation trap, wherein testing teams fail to take care of the issues found in the previous test runs due to a lack of time.If traditional software testing methods are anything to go by, the business functionality brings about an evolution in the applications with changing requirements.With Artificial Intelligence and Machine Language in the midst, there can be a better sorting of the test cases, where the ones on a high priority get tackled first.
The test automation code also gets the liberty of automation in itself- a huge plus.In the years to come, AI and ML will have a big role to play in evaluating the test results, bringing in better and more sorted test cases for testing teams.2- QA Automation To Play A More Vital RoleWith continuous delivery of paramount importance today, the same could not have been achieved without the advent of automated testing.
Thanks to the overall agile approach, any bugs and problems get timely detected, making QA enjoy a higher degree of efficiency.With QA automation, it becomes easier for QA engineers to establish a proactive testing frequency, facilitating quality checks at every level of SDLC (software development life cycle).However, despite all kinds of automation, manual testing will still have its fair share of takers.
