The v-model of software development is the most famous among all other models available to develop software products. The model's flexibility to execute the development and testing phases in parallel is the main reason behind its popularity. A test automation tool increases overall testing efficiency when it works well with the QA methodology used by the development team. Features like documentation support and metrics generation are also provided by these test tools.
Many projects run parallel in many software organizations. Therefore to track the QC activities for all of them from a centralized point becomes tedious. Also, overlooking QC activities is not recommended; so, a centralized test automation which can manage parallel running testing projects in an organization is highly desirable in software organizations.
To manage software projects within budgets, it is essential that the project testing cost does not go beyond a certain limit. Since most of the time project cost exceeds budget due to delayed project execution and testing, a robust test automation tool becomes essential for testing groups.
There are some highly efficient tools which can perform test resource allocation activities for the team. These tools are efficient enough to reduce overall cost and time of product development; sometimes by 10-20%.
Today SaaS hosted testing platforms are available for software organizations. They can efficiently meet all requirements related to QA methodologies, multiple resource handling and minimizing project costs. With no test resources to be managed from the organization, it can be considered as one of the efficient ways to operate within tight budget constraints.
These SaaS testing platforms are also able to merge with existing tools like JIRA or BUGZILLA also. They are efficient enough to support other tool's existing features or work independently, whichever is required. Test metrics, test case management, test documentation etc. some of the features they support.
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Opt for SaaS testing tools where the test management activity is executed in an efficient and timely manner.