Preface
Product Development Landscape Today
Overview and Evolution
Roles in a Product Team
Do we really need a Software Development Life Cycle
Influencing a Change in Software Testing
Why Change Is Inevitable
Resistance to Change
Software Testing Is Changing, Too
Testing: What Did We Do So Far?
How Did Testing Fit into the SDLC of Past Years
How Did the Software Testing Life Cycle Itself Look?
Activities Testers Were Doing
How Test Attributes Were Tested
Testing Metrics
Case Studies from the Past
Software Testing Career Options
Testing in the Present Times
What Has Changed in Today’s Style of Development?
DevOps and Tester’s Role in DevOps
What New Technologies Have Impacted Overall Test Strategy and Effort?
What Other Things Are We Doing as a Tester Today?
Case Studies from Current Times
Testing: What Does the Future Hold?
Is Testing Dying?
The Dynamic Landscape Will Become More Dynamic
App Development Will Soar
Testers Will Co-exist with Crowd Users
Test Fraternity Will Seek Balance in a Number of Areas
Manual Testing Will Become a Niche
Non-functional Compliance-Driven Testing Will Rise
Automation Will Become an Integral Part
Agile Customizations Will Become Necessary
Will Metrics Still Be Used?
Future of Independent Testing
Merge between Development and Testing
A Twist in Testing Centers of Excellence
A Futuristic Case Study
Are We Empowered for the Present and Ready for the Future as a Fraternity?
Overview
Is Test Automation Becoming Mandatory?
Will Manual Testing Cease to Exist?
Do I Have to be a Domain Expert?
How Do I Stay Current and Look Ahead to Give Myself an Advantage?
Will a Tester Be Embraced and Accepted into the Devops Fold?
Is Independent Testing Dying?
How Is the Tester’s Role Changing?
Becoming a Quality Leader, Advocate, or Practitioner
Building Ongoing Continuous Improvement
Being a Savvy Team Member
The Gives and Takes on a Software Tester’s Plate
Other Changing Facets in Software Testing
Perspectives from Three Global Experts
Biography
As founder and CEO, Sharma Mukesh started QA InfoTech with a vision to provide unbiased Quality Assurance solutions for business partners worldwide. Responsible for the company’s global operations, marketing, sales, and development efforts, QA InfoTech, under Mukesh’s leadership, has grown to five Centers of Excellence with over 700 employees. Mukesh is an active test evangelist, spreading the word on software testing through articles, conferences, and most recently his book on a career in testing. Through his passion for excellence, keen eye for detail, and customer commitment, QA InfoTech stands apart in the exceedingly competitive software testing industry.
As senior director of engagement, Rajini Padmanaban leads engagement and relationship management for some of QA InfoTech's largest and most strategic accounts. She has more than 12 years of professional experience, primarily in the software quality assurance space. Rajini actively advocates software quality assurance through evangelistic activities including blogging on test trends, technologies and best practices, providing insights on software testing to analyst firms such as Gartner, IDC. She is also an active speaker in the Star conferences run by SQE.
