How Continuous Testing Boosts Business Performance
With intense demand for in-house custom app development, IT teams are committing to automated continuous testing to ensure timely delivery of quality apps.
78% of the IT executives, managers and professionals surveyed said their IT department manages at least 100 custom apps, while 20% said it manages more than 1,000.
60% said they use in-house teams “a lot” to work on custom development.
63% of the IT respondents said that, in order to optimize software delivery, they combine agile development and continuous delivery, with a strong focus on lifecycle integration.
66% said automated testing plays an extremely important role in the delivery of fast-moving digital solutions, and 44% said the same about the delivery of general business solutions.
75% said continuous testing plays an important role in efforts to meet evolving business needs and expectations, and 26% of those respondents said it plays a critical role.
72% of the IT executives, managers and professionals surveyed said continuous testing requires a major shift in mindset and culture.
In conducting continuous testing, 84% said good tooling and automation are highly desirable or critical to effectively capture and model business requirements. 82% said the same about the need to generate test cases from business requirements.
In conducting continuous testing, 80% said good tooling and automation are either highly desirable or critical to adapt test cases quickly as requirements change.
63% of the IT executives, managers and professionals surveyed said that traditional testing tools are often too complex and/or expensive to use.
86% said their senior business management understands the importance of software quality.