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My law firm incorporating legal tech into their everyday practices should strongly consider a comprehensive QA strategy for their software. That’s because so many internal legal processes must be streamlined via technology so that your legal practice can keep up with client demand and industry expectations. And thanks to legal tech companies and legal tech startups, law firms like yours now have access to a variety of legal tech software to support any (or all) of their administrative and legal needs.

Nothing is more frustrating than funding a test automation project that results in endless time and resources to maintain , or worse, funding one that requires re-building after six months. Often a test automation strategy fails because the objectives were not identified early on or the scripting strategy excluded considerations for long-term maintenance.

The COVID-19 incident has provided much learning to the industry which will help organizations prepare for any future emergencies. Most of IT companies have either moved or are planning to move their infrastructure to the cloud.

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) have been the stuff of fantasy for a long time. Remember the bulky headsets and long, snaking connector cords of the 1980s? But it’s becoming increasingly popular and approachable in today’s market - just consider the rampant success of Pokémon GO, the mobile AR game. Companies are starting to explore how VR/AR can help create a more attractive, immersive product for their customers.

Most companies have their own email server to communicate and connect across the world. So, email server performance testing is important to ensure streamlined business workflows.

If you want a bug-free product, your QA team must carry out both functional and non-functional testing. QA teams tend to be more familiar with executing non-functional tests to ensures the usability and performance of the product, leading to less time and attention on functional testing where many of the defects often hide. Functional testing doesn’t have to be intimidating. With the understanding of the value that functional testing can bring to your development cycle, your team can then plan how to incorporate functional testing services within your QA testing procedures.

The primary goal of API testing is going beyond QA manual testing material by executing code-level testing of both the application and the API. A full, organized suite of testing can verify the individual parts of each method, class and package within the API. Strong API testing practices can ensure the security of the application’s code and confirm the expected interaction between the API layer and the application. There’s a lot that needs to happen during API testing, so where should your team begin?

There are more than just technical considerations when implementing a streamlined QA process. It's important that communication and workflows are understood by both internal and external stakeholders. Our team of experienced QA engineers have put together a QA checklist to help you and your team create an efficient and comprehensive process. These strategic steps will assist you from the initial planning phase through to the final stages of test execution and product release.

As technology rapidly advances and constantly improves, so too must the development practices that create these digital experiences for customers. Because the demand is not slowing down, more and more companies are transitioning their IT practices towards adopting a DevOps culture. With DevOps in place, businesses can better streamline the development, testing, management and deployment of software products to exceed customer expectations. DevOps provides the solution that many organizations need, however, it is not something that can be turned on with a flip of a switch. DevOps requires full understanding of procedure standardization, workflow management and automated testing before adopting this development methodology. For example, what is DevOps in software testing? How has DevOps changed software testing? And what are the pros and cons of software testing in DevOps? Our guide to software testing in a DevOps culture answers your most pressing questions so that you can decide if DevOps is right for you.