85% of CEOs say that the pandemic has accelerated digital transformation, according to a recent Deloitte survey. Digital transformation often means new software tools that increase productivity and conduct business functions with ease.

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When developing customer-facing software, the end user’s overall experience is vital to business retention and next stages of development. Just as it’s essential for software developers to deliver crisp customer experiences, the same applies to businesses responsible for assuring the quality of customer experiences.

There are things your in-house QA team can do extremely well. This might include collaborating with engineering leaders and product managers, strategizing test cases, and converting former test cycles into automated scripts. And then there are things that an enterprise organization’s QA team will always struggle with, regardless of how smart, organized, and empowered they are.

These days, speed is everything in software development. As companies try to keep up with the rush to create new software features and test code, they rely on technology advances to meet tight release schedules (without sacrificing quality). Software testing technology in particular has solved many quality assurance challenges and allowed businesses to focus on developing applications that delight their customers.

Should you build an in-house QA team, or should you rely on software testing companies? The conversation around insourcing versus outsourcing looks very different for quality assurance than for other teams like engineering or product management. These teams offer very clear ROI from insourcing unless we’re talking about some side project that keeps getting deprioritized in the backlog, like a new API.

Testing web applications comes with many challenges like covering the entire platform, testing with real devices, and protecting data security. B2B customers have high expectations for the web apps they use. They rely on them for their day-to-day jobs or small business functions. The failure of a consumer app can be frustrating.

Not many areas feature as much innovation as the area of app development. Recently we explored various mobile app trends from social media to virtual experiences. App development has become more innovative over time—and we have effective technologies and platforms helping us develop, test, and release successful applications. Most companies think of creating a B2B native app without considering other options available – namely, the web app.

Real device testing is a critical ongoing requirement for providing a quality experience in a mobile app. But it’s hard to do well, as there are thousands of devices your users might own. In fact, there are well over 24,000 Android devices, and while iOS devices remain popular in the US, globally Android makes up 73% of the device market share. This means that Android devices can’t be glossed over. But, testing thousands of different devices isn’t possible or even necessary.