Strategies to Nurture the Productivity of Security Testing Team

Last updated on January 15th, 2024 at 03:11 pm

With the advancement in technology, software products are common, that’s why extensive research has been conducted in order to determine the root cause of software success and failure. One of the highlighting reasons behind the failure of most software products was the lack of quality assurance in the development process of the products. To prevent the release of poor quality software products to the end-users, strict testing is required because if an organization makes small mistakes, it can lead the organization to bear a heavy loss. 

We can not deny the importance of testing in a software development life-cycle. Undoubtedly, testing teams are a key stakeholder in the overall software development life-cycle and after the development of software as well. Organizations have realized it late but alas they did! to pay utmost attention to the quality of a product and a race of delivering user-friendly mindblowing software products is common. Either you are an independent security testing company (that may provide services of testing) or you are an organization (with in-house testers) it is important for both the parties to strengthen the potential and productivity of your testers with the implementation of an appropriate security testing or quality assurance strategy.

Here we are revealing some of the best strategies from which you can choose to make your team more productive;

Investment in various testing methods in the beginning – If you rely on a single type of test, chances are your process may become ineffective. You will be at great risk to receive incomplete or inaccurate results. That’s the reason it is wise to hire and train team members in different testing areas. Test teams with multiple test skills can solve problems and effectively meet challenges.

You just need to have engineers with good automated testing capabilities, exploratory testing expertise, and talented manual testers. These all will bring different values ​​to your team to ensure that their work is translated into product quality.

Your team must be equipped with proper testing tools – If you really want your team to remain efficient, your test team must have a set of specialized tools for test planning and execution. It is vital to use the right tool because the solution you choose can greatly increase the productivity of the team. 

Automation Testing – Automation is a famous and ongoing trend in software testing. Automated testing aids in the reduction of repetitive tasks that the test team achieves in the testing life-cycle.  Automated testing is particularly useful for performing flue gas testing, which should be part of the process when the software is released. The smoke test helps to ensure that the basic functions of the product are working properly. Naturally, every software may encounter changes in requirements during the implementation phase. You can prepare for this by ensuring that the automatic test code is properly maintained. However, for the same function, the workload required to set up the automatic test is much lower than that of the manual test.

Never skip direct communication – Communication is the key to success. Effective collaboration between the team members helps in the production of the best quality product and achieves desired results. Nowadays, modern communication tools can be used to engage teams with one another including emails, instant messages, video-conferences, etc. But it is also the reality that direct communication methods can never turn old because it’s always effective to discuss issues face to face with team members irrespective of having to chat or emailing. 

Early testing – When the next part of the software has not been delivered, the test team is often confused about what they should do. In order to make full use of the team’s time at the initial stage, please involve it in the requirements review before the implementation stage to find errors. This type of approach helps reduce development costs and provide a deeper understanding of the software from the beginning.

After confirming the requirements and preparing for implementation, your test team can begin writing test cases.

Conclusion 

If you really want your organization to be competitive and successful in this rapidly changing tech industry market, you are bound to produce a high-quality software product. The improvement in the quality of the product will decide the success or failure of an organization and its market share. When managing workflow, you cannot save testing costs because the cost of errors can be high. Therefore, your quality strategy should cover all key aspects: effective planning, test-oriented quality management methods, and a dedicated quality inspection team.