Ovum Reports on Software Testing

LONDON -- Ensuring the quality of software is one of themost important activities in the software lifecycle. Software quality hasevolved into a parallel lifecycle process alongside the developmentlifecycle with quality concerns factored in at every stage of the softwarelifecycle. This is a welcome development according to Ovum.

In a new report*, the independent technology analyst firm looks at recenttrends in the software quality space and emerging models in softwaretesting. Software quality is critical to business because IT is no longerjust about keeping the lights on and supporting the business.

Chandranshu Singh, Ovum Senior Analyst, Software, and author of thereport, says: "Organizations need to ensure that all functional as well asnon-functional requirements are not only tested adequately, but are alsoon schedule."

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