Tester's Network

Cost cutting has been successfully implemented in IT companies through outsourcing developmental activities to third party. What was once called as subcontracting has taken a new form in the present day scenario as outsourced product development .

Outsourcing reduces risks and costs associated with managing HR and development environment. The main requirement is that the service delivery organization needs to fully understand the requirements of the client and then start with development activity. When this requirements elicitation is done completely the final product performance will be highly efficient. In this way, organizations get to choose the appropriate skills that meet project requirements and also have full control over the project run.

The most common difficulties faced by QA testers are lack of time and resources, testing teams working in different geographic locations, problems in linking testing with requirements and development, and finally reporting the right information. Apart from these major challenges there are many other problems which may seem trivial to others but are enough to make the tester’s job chaotic.

For instance, in most cases the developing team take a lot of time in retrieving the defects filed by the testers which in turn delays the verification of the fixed bugs; the information related to the testing process are not updated instantly thereby wasting precious time in generating status reports. But now advanced test management tools are available with superior features that not only sort out these problems but also make the job of the testers less hectic.

The power to find what is needed from the company’s knowledgebase can be more rewarding to an employee, than anything else. An enterprise wiki is the doorway to such power. With a structured wiki, the company’s knowledgebase is made accessible to every member of the organization.



Apart from solving content management problems, an enterprise wikii also serves as an online collaborative tool, where organizational members can add updates or get updates from. Its simple search interface gives access to more accurate, reliable, and relevant information. The ability to communicate details through the tool also avoids inbox cluttering. So, it’s now time to empower your employees with an all-powerful enterprise wiki.