International Journal of Engineering and Management Research (IJEMR)

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 1

A Study of Emerging Trends in Software Testing and Quality Assurance

  • Author:
  • R. Gopalakrishnan1, N. Rajasekaran2, G. Eswaramoorthi2
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 376 to 380

1Assistant Professor & Head, Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

2Assistant Professors, Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

In this paper we present an empirical study about new technology and trends in software testing and Quality assurance. Year 2016 has a great evolution in the testing space with upcoming trends in IT industry. With the start of Service Oriented Architecture, increase in virtualization and adoption of cloud computing, today testers have a lot of new aspects to consider and going forward industry experts and specialists expect lot more interesting trends in the software testing domains and it becomes a challenge. So are we ready to knock down these challenges?

Keywords

Quality Assurance (QA), Information Technology (IT), Testing Center of Excellence (TCoE), service-oriented architecture (SOA) and DevOps (a clipped compound of "development" "operations"), International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB)