Software Quality Assurance and Testing is growing.....

Software Testing Growth and its Market:

Software testing was introduced by Glenford J Myers (known as the father of software testing) in 1979. The main aim at that time was to separate verification from the rest of the coding process itself. His work was carried forward to the next level in the year 1988 by Dr. William C. Hetzel, who organized the first conference totally dedicated to 'Software Testing'. This article focuses on the present market for global software testing services.

The IT think tanks, specialists and bigwigs of theindustry consider it to be one of the most important tasks in the software devlopment process. In terms of quality engineering, one of the major targets to fulfil is meeting customer requirements, and above all, their expectations; this can be done only by making a defect-free product that is thoroughly tested. Business and top level management are aware that software testing is one of the most essential processes in the whole cycle to be completed; therefore, investment and capitalization is high. The market value of software testing has grown tremendously and will soar to new heights in the upcoming years.

The point to be mentioned here is that software testing service market is marked by increased outsourcing of testing services to leading service provider countries such as India. Recent study reveals that software testing industry is rapidly changing in both business and technology perspectives . The major factors from business point of view are cost reduction and better quality. According to Gartner, one of the leading research and advisory firm, "Independent testing - from business prospectives - is growing at 40-50 percent; it also includes a 35 percent growth in offshore testing services." US alone, the biggest giant and superpower, spends 59 billion dollars on software testing; out of this, 13 billion worth of work is outsourced to Asian countries.

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Author: Knowledge Sharing Team

Knowledge Sharing Team at QA InfoTech is responsible for research on new tools & technologies for effective Software quality testing services across all industry verticals. QA InfoTech (an ISO 9001:2008 & CMMI III certified) is one of the leading Independent software testing companies with five testing “Centers of Excellence” in the United States and India. It offers end to end software testing services.

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