Agile Testing

AGILE TESTING SERVICES

VSOFTQA has successfully supported variants of Agile, be it Scrum, ATDD, BDD etc. With larger organizations, we have helped scale Agile using frameworks like SAFe, SoS etc. While Agile works best with a collocated model, we have also leveraged our Distributed Agile Testing Framework to support a global delivery model.

Key Differentiators of VSOFTQA Agile Testing Services

• CI & automation using matured TAF that seamlessly integrates with leading CI tools and deployment processes.
• Communication & Collaboration – Collocated team to manage distributed Agile environment. “Time Zone Matrix” to plan scrum meetings that support global delivery model.
• ‘Done’ criteria – Set for all user stories and cross-checked for adherence before signing-off. It is one of the most critical checkpoints of an Agile project.
• Lean Governance – Implementation of quality doors, sprint retrospection & reviews; metrics & measures enable thorough alignment with Agile development process
• Distributed Agile Framework that allows multiple collocated teams to work in a highly collaborative manner that delivers agility and assures quality.

AGILE TESTING METHODOLOGY

VSOFTQA has developed a matured and proven test approach that has the ability to seamlessly integrate with client’s agile development processes or hybrid development processes. This methodology ensures that testing is complementing development, helping in the early adoption of automation through Continuous Integration and implementation of testing techniques (TDD, BDD et al). This approach not only helps achieving time to market but also reduces defect slippage.

QUALITY DOORS

Quality Doors are inherent part of VSOFTQA Agile Testing framework. VSOFTQA quality doors come with a host of predefined policies and quality gate criteria that is customized based on client needs. Typically the criteria is a mixture of automated checks like passing unit and integration tests, code quality and guideline checkers as well human checks like peer review, approval from other stakeholders. Automatically enforcing quality doors ensures that the products meet the quality level and compliance conformance clients need in production.
While VSOFTQA approach takes care of “quality and timeliness”, governance and communication are also primary concerns of clients adopting agile methodology. To overcome this, VSOFTQA  has built a lean governance model that provides “right-level of information to right-stakeholders at the right time”. VSOFTQA has institutionalized metrics and measurement framework to track and monitor sprint velocity, burn rate, backlogs, sprint retro trends et al that provides performance visibility and confidence to all stakeholders (Dev, BAs, QA, Infra and Exec Team) for release readiness.

AGILE TESTING PROCESS AT VSOFTQA

VSOFTQA delivers Agile Testing services with a combination of pre-built test suites that dovetail into the development environment and help to identify defects, eliminate redundancy and strengthen QA of the applications even as they are being developed. With a 6 step process that begins with Sprint planning and ends with Execution, our Core and Flex team work towards achieving true agility.

Let VSOFTQA Agile Test Specialists perform a complete maturity assessment for your organization’s testing needs to help you get the most out of your agile projects.

To keep up with the pace of development in Agile, the way we think about testing has to change. Unlike the waterfall model, there is no separate phase for testing. Testing has to be done along with development. This means that we have to start thinking and planning for testing much earlier. The sprint planning phase has to consider the needs of testing such as clear acceptance and DONE criteria, proper effort estimation for testing.

VSOFTQA has forged strategic partnerships with many of the industry’s leading testing tool providers. These relationships allow VSOFTQA to provide you with additional insights and assistance as you make critical technology choices in your agile application development lifecycle.