Beat the competition and improve business outcomes – test driven development

Being in the software vending business, I have learned from personal experience that testing is the single most important concern in the product development process as a whole because this is essentially what determines the quality of the outcome. There is no room for compromise here because sub-standard testing processes can lead to infrastructure and enterprise breakdowns, lower consumer satisfaction and higher business risk, all of which can be disastrous for any enterprise. Having understood the importance of having uniform testing priorities across the organization, I found that test driven development proved to be a most effective business practice and one that gave my enterprise the best chances of success. If the product development process is simultaneously supported by independent testing services, there are many benefits that you can enjoy. First, the laborious and time consuming process is effectively detached from the main development process and this can drastically reduce the “time to market” factor while at the same time ensuring no compromise in the quality of the product developed because test results are incorporated in the development process in a continuous basis.

Test driven development also reduces the risk of a software product being behind the times because the changes in the market requirements are effectively gauged in the testing process and the development is guided towards catering to these changes in the market scenario. The challenge of catering to changing consumer needs is effectively solved because the development team is constantly clued in with the changing trends. This leaves very little to chance and drastically reduces the risk involved. Fast emerging trends like cloud and mobility are also largely responsible for the rapid changes in market demand and testing that incorporates these trends too is the most effective. I have discovered that rather than utilize resources for the process, it makes better sense to take on an independent testing consultancy/service provider so that your enterprise is free to concentrate on the core processes while these essential support processes are provided seamlessly by an external service provider. This improves the cost efficiency of the business by nothing less than 30% to 40%. No wonder even giants in the market like Fortune 500 companies utilize this solution as the most efficient business practice!