3 Drawbacks of Software Testing That Every Company Faces (And How to Avoid Them)
Testing can be hard, expensive, complicated, and lengthy, but not when you do it the right way.
Thinking outside the box and choosing to crowdsource your testing rather than keeping it in-house or outsourcing can help you avoid the difficulties and pitfalls that face traditional testing cycles. Not convinced? Here's three reasons why.
Wasted time & money
Traditional testing cycles can blow out to weeks as the same handful of people trudge through your software, costing you money that could be put to better use fixing the program quickly.
With crowdsourced testing, you’ll be able to cut your test cycles by up to 90%, expanding your testing footprint by exposing your software to more situations, more devices and more people in a fraction of the time, allowing you to make faster, better-informed decisions.
There’s such a thing as knowing the product too well
If you’re building something for popular release with a general audience – it pays to look outside your backyard. Choosing software engineers to test your program will not get you the same results as giving it to your intended end-user, and in many cases they can miss bugs that will only be caught by someone with a beginner’s eye.
Choosing to crowdsource your testing gets your app in the hands of real people, helping you find bugs now before it goes live.
The need for a fresh & impartial approach
It’s an ugly truth, but sometimes office politics can get in the way of finding each and every bug. Whether it’s not wanting to tell someone superior that they wrote bad code or forcing the same engineer who wrote the program to report that they made a critical and costly mistake, there are so many seemingly petty things that can get in the way of producing the best possible software.
Crowd testing solves this by having an intermediary between the developers and testers. As the developer, you’ll be getting nothing but the unfiltered truth, so you can make the hard-headed decisions you need to in order to ensure you deliver the best possible product.