Agile and DevOps are being embraced in response to the continuous demand to deliver new and improved IT solutions to end-users and customers at ever increasing speed. On the one hand, there is the need to improve software quality with uncompromising agility, and on the other, there’s pressure to increase profit margins. QA leaders must outline strategic roadmaps for QA, and align them with business goals to achieve benefits beyond cost.

1. W H AT S T R E S S E S
Addressing critical QA concerns:
from testing ROI to product quality
QA LEADERS

2. Paradigm Shifts Facing The IT Industry
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Agile and DevOps are being embraced in response to the
continuous demand to deliver new and improved IT solutions to
end-users and customers at ever increasing speed. On the one
hand, there is the need to improve software quality with
uncompromising agility, and on the other, there’s pressure to
increase profit margins.
The application ecosystem is fast evolving, so must QA strategies.

3. Changing Applications Ecosystems
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There’s a rapid
shift toward Agile
and DevOps
QA Automation is
becoming the
norm
Mobile is
increasingly
becoming the
default form factor
Cloud and
virtualization are
witnessing greater
adoption

4. Key Challenges In QA
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Growing device diversity and frequently changing OSs versions
make testing more complex
Agile lifecycles are going mainstream, and sprints are getting
shorter
Release cycles are being pushed – too much to test, too little
time
Transition from manual to automation is causing disruptions due
to unclear QA automation roadmaps among IT teams

5. Agile Development: Try Hitting A Moving Target
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Agile compresses development time into sprints that run from
one to a few weeks each; unlike Waterfall development where
development cycles run several months
Agile work is non-linear and its Continuous Integration (CI)
philosophy implies constant change throughout the
development chain
CI can result in inadequate test coverage due to frequently
changing requirements

6. Business Challenge: Optimizing Cost, Time & Resources
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Higher QA efficiency and reduced cost of testing
Faster releases and increased speed to market
Appropriate allocation of QA resources including people, tools,
frameworks, processes and so forth
QA leaders seek:

7. Demanding Users And Competitive Markets
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Users need information access more accurately, and on the go
Businesses look to reduce cost and maximize ROI
Delivering rich and intuitive end user experiences is key to winning
new business and retaining existing clients.
Businesses’ ability to deliver highly relevant customer experiences
is directly tied to software quality.

8. Addressing Critical QA Concerns
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For QA decision-makers, the key to successful outcomes lies in
adapting to new developments, and progression toward new
engagement and delivery models to achieve:
Improved software quality
Agility & reduced time to market
Reduced cost
Increased ROI

9. Leveraging QA Optimally
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QA leaders must outline strategic roadmaps for QA, and align
them with business goals to achieve benefits beyond cost.
Leveraging QA optimally can not only deliver a significant cost
advantage, but also drive long-term benefits such as:
Predictable quality software
Business agility
Speed to market
User delight and customer loyalty

10. How Astegic Enables Businesses To Maximize QA ROI
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Astegic focuses on maximizing ROI in QA projects by reducing
time-to-market by as much as 30%, improving app quality, and
reducing testing expense by up to 40%.
We do this through our quick on-boarding process and
jump-starter QA toolkits comprising of ready to deploy
Requirement-Analysis frameworks, QA automation accelerators, and
Model-based testing using proprietary, Open Source and third party
tools.

11. From Increased Testing ROI To Improved Product Quality
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Transition from manual QA to automation
QA automation throughout the test lifecycle
Increased quality
Improved innovation
Reduced outages (due to change)
Reduced cost
Astegic helps its clients define and follow strategic QA roadmaps to
enable:

12. About Astegic
For 15 years, Astegic has been helping Fortune 500 through
startup companies with their Testing & QA needs. With our
in-depth experience across a wide range of industries, our
clients receive innovative and best-in-class service and
solutions. We offer near 24/7 rapid service from both Astegic’s
US and India based testing operations.
Focusing on resolving our client’s testing challenges,
Astegic specializes in decreasing costs, speeding
time-to-market and improving the quality of our client’s
applications. Astegic has a dedicated Testing Center of
Excellence (TCoE), specializing in providing solutions across
Mobile, Cloud and API testing.
Astegic, Inc.
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Falls Church, VA 22043,
United States
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Email: sales@astegic.com
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