What Kind of Business Is Testing?

by Nataliia Vasylyna | February 5, 2016 3:28 pm

Software testing is not only the process of checking the product functionality and looking for bugs and mismatches. It is also a business type. But what kind of business is testing?

There are two main types of business activity. Each type has its own peculiarities. The employees of software testing company should fully realize the specifics of their particular business.

What Are Two Main Business Kinds?

Actually, testers do not produce anything. The specialists perform either usability testing[1] or load testing[2] in order to provide the better quality of the product. They do not develop the product itself. It is the work of developers, engineers and system administrators. Besides that, the business analysts create requirements, business plans and specifications.

A tester cannot point at something and say that he has done (produced) that. During automated testing[3], a specialist uses the tools, which have already been developed by somebody else. That is why testing belongs to the servicing business. It is service provider.

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Endnotes:
  1. usability testing: https://qatestlab.com/services/We-Are-Professionals-in/usability-testing/
  2. load testing: https://qatestlab.com/services/Withstand-the-Load/Load-Testing/
  3. automated testing: https://qatestlab.com/services/We-Are-Professionals-in/automated-testing/
  4. How to Test a Trading Platform (like a crypto exchange): https://blog.qatestlab.com/2024/03/27/trading-platform-testing/
  5. From Troubled Launch to Excellence: A Startup’s Real-Life Success Story: https://blog.qatestlab.com/2024/03/05/startup-story/
  6. Why Is a Healthy Testing Process Crucial? A Full Checklist: https://blog.qatestlab.com/2024/02/15/why-is-a-healthy-testing-process-crucial-a-full-checklist/

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