by Belinda Natalia – Tester
To reach optimal conversion and user retention rates for today’s online consumers, stable and reliable product solutions are crucial. With this in mind, FlexiDev prioritises integrating user-centric Quality Assurance processes into development schedules as our clients’ services progress and develop. This approach results in minimal downtime, enhanced sustainable performance, proactive upgrade management, and consistent alignment with client and consumer requirements.
Greater Product-Centred Development with Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance is essentially operations that, when carried out, direct development toward meeting client expectations. This is, as a must, underpinned by responsive and user-friendly technology. The initial testing phase actually begins before any development has started. Our team will create detailed user stories and test cases to anticipate and minimise potential delays, driving development progress. Whether it’s full product development or individual software upgrades, our Quality Assurance processes ensure compliance with project requirements and that your service maintains a competitive edge.
Key Testing Phases
1. Comprehensive Testing Package
Early fault detection prevents bigger delays later on, and for this reason testing is applied at several points within the development lifecycle. Our Quality Assurance resource includes unit testing (testing individual features), integration testing (testing product performance as a whole), acceptance testing (making sure the outcome reflects client requirements), and regression testing (checking new additional features do not have an adverse impact on previously approved components). Each phase builds confidence in the product’s readiness for a launch by identifying and resolving emergent issues as they occur.
The testing your development provider offers should be thorough and end-product effective. And to streamline testing schedules, our automation testing procedures allow us to run thousands of scenarios simultaneously. The above covers product performance testing and this is subsequently complimented by load testing, where we put your product under high volume user traffic conditions to prepare for a smooth product launch.
2. Post Development Testing Activities: Beta Testing
With the proposed product in place, beta testing gives stakeholders the opportunity to experience the complete intended service and share any feedback or areas for improvement. Next we then incorporate those learnings from this trial phase to capitalise on the most successful product features identified in Beta Testing. With the benefit of a greater understanding of user desires and needs, our team can pivot to refine features for a fully market-ready service.
Scheduled Updates: The Impact of Quality Assurance
Online products need regular support to remain relevant and fully operational. Some context on this point: it’s standard practice for your technology solutions to function through integration to other supporting technologies that act as a kind of scaffolding. Essentially, before creating a new component for the package we are building it’s more efficient to compare supplementary micro-technology solutions that are already in common use, versus reinventing the wheel. It saves time and is more cost-effective. Of course, these supporting technologies will be updated regularly by their technology vendors to meet security and data privacy vulnerabilities, as well as to maintain optimal performance. That’s a benefit to your product. What this means is that your software package should also be updated in line with these changes. Our Quality Assurance team monitor for these updates within the industry, and then advise on immediate implementation options. FlexiDev will help you prevent avoidable service downtime, and to provision for changes in compliance policies and security standards, for more sustainable solutions in the long run.
FlexiDev will help you prevent avoidable service downtime, and to provision for changes in compliance policies and security standards, for more sustainable solutions in the long run.
Extending Your Technology’s Shelf Life – Scope For Future Integrations
Technology is more connected than ever, and with Quality Assurance support your service will remain competitive. As mentioned, software technology is as-per-the-norm regularly patched and updated to remain valid, with a new version of a technology sometimes appearing within less than a year from a product’s launch. You, as a product owner, will wish to make the most of these improvements to maintain positive and effective user experience of your product. Even without changes to the technology your product interacts with, your existing technology (the code) will also tend to have reduced ability to perform over time. In tech speak, wear and tear. Your Quality Assurance support will make sure that this is countered to avoid clogging up your system. Having fully-functional and up-to-date technology especially pays dividends as many clients decide at a later stage to integrate their services with a business partner or third-party provider. So, you want to keep that avenue open by investing in the continued optimal functionality of your technology service.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
1. User-Centric Solutions: Requirements which focus on reliable outcomes for users are clearly identified at the outset and used to measure progress within the agreed timeline projection.
2. Performance Confidence: Quality Assurance checkpoints verify that a product is on course for delivery within the intended timeframe.
3. Efficient Resource Allocation: An awareness of shifting client needs and delivery timelines through frequent discussion with stakeholders helps us better prioritise features and development activities.
FlexiDev’s Quality Assurance team is available each working day for consultation to enhance your current service. Why not get in touch today? Our team will take you through how to integrate testing procedures into your development schedules, for solutions which adhere to industry updates and perform consistently to the highest standards. We deliver value-driven products on time, and on budget. Contact us at [email protected] to get some insight into your next steps.
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