An agile development methodology is an evolutionary approach, which provides the delivery of a software product in the increments after each iteration or sprints of short duration.

1. Issues and Challenges Related to
Agile Testing

2. • In this fast paced technological world, the need for integrating
the changing requirements in the software product, in an
effective and efficient manner, together with the delivery of a
product, in the least possible time has made the most of the
organization, to embrace and implement the agile methodology
of software development.
• An agile development methodology is an evolutionary
approach, which provides the delivery of a software product in
the increments after each iteration or sprints of short
durations.

4. Agile testing is one of those testing types that follow the
principles of agile methodology. Some of the features of agile
testing are:
• Continuous testing
• Less or no documentation work.
• Systematic feedback and reviews.

5. • While the advantages associated with the agile testing attract
the testers to be a part of the agile testing team, the
professionals who are already engaged or have been the part of
the agile testing team earlier are aware of the issues and
challenges related to this testing technique.
• Let’s have a look at a few of them:

6. Selection of the Tools
• Customary automation tools are used to automate the testing
processes of fully developed software products, which may not
require any further changes.
• But if you are thinking to carry out tests with the agile
methodology, from the beginning along with the
development, it would not be feasible to automate the testing
process at an early stage.
• Furthermore, automation may be introduced at a later stage,
but still, these traditional tools are not suitable for the agile
environment.
• Selecting the right and suitable tools for automating the agile
test environs is the major challenge for the testing team.

7. Last Minute Changes
• One of the purposes of the agile methodology is to cater to the
need of implementing the frequently changing requirements
and features in a software product.
• Still, to consider and bring changes, when a software is almost
ready to be released, is one of the most challenging and hectic
factors that an agile tester has to face, keeping in view the
approaching deadlines.

8. Lack of Documentation
• Agile testing or agile
methodology does not include
any sort of requirement
gathering or documentation.
• Therefore, the non-availability
of the documentation work
hinders the agile testers in
verifying and authenticating
the functionality and features
of a software, as they are
ignorant of the requirements
against which the software
needs to be tested.

9. Limited Test Coverage
• The quick, small iterations and
the need to deliver products
after each iteration forces the
testing team of focus and
emphasize on the essential
features and functionalities
modified after each sprint.
• Thus, a majority of the features
and functionalities cannot be
covered under the regression
testing suites.

10. Frequent Changing Code
• The arriving requirements may bring a small or large amount
of changes in the already existing code after each sprint or
iteration.
• Therefore, the codes are required to be substantiated and
authenticated after each iteration, thereby requiring
automation of regression test suites, an additional burden on
the agile testing team.

11. Communication
• Agile does not consist of any documentation work, still, teams
and stakeholders/client collaborate frequently to address
various issues relating to the gathering of requirements,
analyzing it, changing it, correcting it, and more.
• However, agile needs good and proper communication
between the teams, including the clients to easily understand
the requirements.

12. • Further, the testing team also needs to have proper
communication with the development team, as they may help
the testing team in understanding the features and
functionalities of a product and in carrying out the testing
activities in the nonexistence of any documentation work,
during each sprint.
• To conclude, it is significant to share that find the agile
testing tools carefully to have a bug free version of the
software product with each iteration.