When it comes to introducing and scaling automated testing, QA teams can get quickly overwhelmed trying to figure out what processes to automate first, which tests stand to gain the most ROI, and how automation can work with manual testing strategies. Teams often look to general frameworks, like the test automation pyramid, to dive into building their automated testing strategy.

Pressure to rigorously test software under strict launch times leaves over 54% of software teams struggling to meet demands for new and updated products. But even as the software development lifecycle shifts to incorporate testing, it’s hard to iterate quickly. Developers need a standard two-week cycle to ship code over the wall for QA teams to run with, but how long do QA teams need to release a final report?

Digital transformation has been characterized by an insatiable appetite for new content and capabilities. Today, customers expect brands to not only deliver compelling digital experiences, they want those digital experiences to be continuously refreshed, improved, reimagined. It is therefore no surprise that software delivery velocity is becoming the barometer for digital product teams. But this need for speed cannot come at the price of quality.

Yesterday, Testlio officially announced a revolutionary new methodology for software quality: fused testing. This is a major milestone for our company. We are breaking down long-standing tensions between quality, speed, and coverage by seamlessly bringing together manual and automated testing through freelance talent, partnerships, platform capabilities, and strategic services.

Faced with skyrocketing consumer expectations and rapid industry shifts, 54% of development teams are struggling to keep up with software delivery. While organizations are turning towards automated testing to help bridge the gap between speed and quality, 64% of DevOps teams are struggling to find the talent needed to support those initiatives.

One of the biggest challenges in a distributed-by-design company where people work from three different regions (Americas, Europe-Middle-East-Africa, and Asia-Pacific) is staying connected. Here’s an overview of ways we tackle it both company-wide and within teams.

If you want your QA to go above and beyond basic expectations, structured exploratory testing is the secret weapon to elite functionality and good UX. When testing web and mobile apps, executing functional, regression-based scripted test cases is the minimum standard for ensuring that your software performs as expected. However, scripted functional testing can only validate if the system works as intended and can easily miss edge cases you wouldn’t even think to test.