Emerging Trends That Will Define the Next 10 Years of Software Testing [Part-1]

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Emerging Trends That Will Define the Next 10
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Emerging Trends That Will Define the Next 10
Years of Software Testing Part-1
The volatility of the current business scenario
is highly unpredictable. With software industry
impregnating every industry out there, with
technology becoming the primary way of performing
activities, any change in the IT sector directly
affects every other sector as well. The past two
decades were all about digital transformation,
DevOps and Agile methodologies, and organizations
trying to align with these disruptive trends.
Some succeeded, many failed. To completely
transform digitally has become a failed dream for
several businesses, while others are struggling
to find the right way of entering this difficult
yet astoundingly beneficial journey. On the other
hand, decision makers are engaging in a futile
Agile vs DevOps battle, while not wanting to
leave their comfort zones of Waterfall. The last
ten years were about getting over what was and
getting hang of what should be. On that note, the
next ten years shall see higher enthusiasm and
openness to adopt the emerging trends. The next
decade shall be a host of events that will derive
responsive actions from participants, rather than
wasting time on convincing them why their
participation is required. As we approach the
end of one decade and the beginning of the next,
it is safe to say that the last ten years were
all about setting the stage while the next ten
years will witness how the show finally turns
out.
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• Software testing transcends industry walls
  along with digital transformation
• Today, there is no industry that remains
  untouched from technology. From healthcare,
  pharmaceuticals, and insurance to BFSI, travel,
  and hospitality, technology has become an
  integral part to each sector. Industry incumbents
  as well as newbies are taking the digital
  approach for their endeavors. They are
  consciously making efforts to utilize the latest
  technology for delivering value services to their
  potential as well as existing customers.Those
  lacking in adopting the latest tech to deliver
  heightened user experience are digging their own
  grave in the backyard of a tech-driven landscape.
  There will be a rapidly rising inclination and
  hustle for achieving digital transformation
  successfully in the coming decade. There has
  really been a lot of attempts at this, but the
  lack of knowledge and availability of right set
  of skills became a hindrance. With organizations
  now having more clarity about how, with more
  acceptance about why of digital transformation,
  and with better understanding about the critical
  role of software testing in the digital journey,
  we can expect a greater number of success stories
  than failure ones in the next decade.
• 2. Agile and DevOps over Agile or DevOps
• As put aptly by Diego Lo Giudice, VP and
  Principal Analyst at Forrester, it is simply
  unacceptable for any IT organization to focus on
  an Agile-only or DevOps-only journey. They are
  two sides of the same coin, and one completes the
  other.
• It is time that we end our obsession with always
  choosing sides. Sometimes, a collaborative
  approach is required to complete a complex
  puzzle. A recent Forrester survey results showed
  a clear agreement with this collaborative instead
  of independent approach. The survey showed that
  large majorities of those doing AgileDevOps
  joint program enjoy more benefits than

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those who adopt them separately, such as,
advantages of faster solution delivery (84),
more frequent releases (88), and faster business
value (88). While the past decade was all about
shifting from waterfall to Agile or DevOps
methodologies, the next ten years will be about
taking the Agile DevOps approach along with
continuous testing for building superior quality
into the delivered products and services. Read
Full Blog at https//www.cigniti.com/blog/emergi
ng-software-testing-trends-next-decade/
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