When it comes to beta testing on mobile devices, many software quality assurance professionals have argued the merits of using emulators versus actual devices. Like most things, there isn’t any one single, simple answer, which shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone familiar with the world of software development. It is analogous to asking which… Read more »
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No Money and No Time, but Test Anyway…
We’re often faced with the task of providing software quality assurance for a product that, by the time it has been handed to us, is over budget and behind schedule. Diatribes about the importance of thorough testing fall on deaf ears (often those deaf ears belong to “number crunchers” who are too short-sighted to realize… Read more »
Cost of Third Party Software Quality Assurance vs. an In-House Staff
If you are something of a “mom-and-pop shop” with just a handful of staff members, you are likely not in a position to hire someone with the specific task of testing your software products. For those people, hiring a third-party company like Beta Breakers is an easy decision to make. If, however, you are a… Read more »
Software Testing and Automation Lessons from a Real Automation Project
Here at Beta Breakers, we have been providing automated quality assurance solutions for quite a while. Having recently completed a number of fairly complex projects—on time and under budget—we had gotten to feeling pretty good about our ability to scope and fulfill an automation effort. We assumed that our recent good fortune had been due… Read more »