There are numerous ways of working out the potential, and actual, financial benefits of implementing test process improvements. Here we show one way, based on the method Experimentus uses and for a TMMi driven initiative.
Benefits of test process improvement
Test process improvement benefits can be broken down into direct and indirect types. Sometimes the indirect benefits are larger, or more important, than the direct ones, so they should not be ignored. It is well worth taking into account the indirect benefits when the overall value of an improvement program is being calculated.
Why is test process improvement necessary?
Typical reasons for conducting test process improvement In the first of a short series of blogs on test process improvement, we look at why test process improvement is vital to the evolution of an organisation’s practices. There are several reasons why test process improvement is needed. For a start, many organisations have tough business objectives, […]
The role and skills of a tester in an Agile team
In the second of a series of blogs on Testing in Agile, featuring excerpts from our ISTQB Foundation Agile Tester course, we discuss the role and skills of a tester in an Agile team. In an Agile team, testers must closely collaborate with all other team members and with business stakeholders. This has a number […]
Agile vs sequential testing approaches
In the first of a series of blogs on Testing in Agile, featuring excerpts from our ISTQB Foundation Agile Tester course, we discuss how the approach to testing on an Agile team differs from that of testing on a project using a sequential methodology. Certain test activities are related to specific development activities. This means […]
