Software Development: Problems and Solutions

by Nataliia Vasylyna | January 25, 2017 10:28 am

Software product development is a complex process which is obligatory accompanied with testing. To perform thorough software testing, QA team[1] should plan the test strategy, pick up techniques and methodologies, set the goal, and etc. When developing the system, both developers and testers face certain challenges.

5 common problems when developing software product

• Misunderstandings – frequently, there is not enough feedback as for the end appearance of the system. Expectations of the users, developers, testers, and clients may vary.
• Make it or break it – IT sphere is the most evolving and progressive area of today’s life. It is hard to predict what will be in demand next year or even month.
• Tight deadlines – based on the above statement, there is another problem – the schedules make the software market to work rapidly.
• Vague future of the product – with the new versions and features development, it is quite difficult to say today what will be with the product tomorrow.
• A big number of concurrent factors – it is very challenging to control diverse environments, devices, platforms, and demographic peculiarities of the end users.

The aforesaid problems obstruct the whole process of development cycle[2], including the testing part. There are some solutions which may diffuse the impact of the listed challenges:

• providing the effective requirements;
• setting the short and long term goals;
• defining the audience;
• specifying the environments;
• promoting the qualitative development and fast releases.

Related Posts:

• Software Development (Doesn’t) Need Independent QA[3]
• Five reasons why developers are not good testers[4]
• What Is TDD (Test Driven Development)?[5]

Source URL: https://blog.qatestlab.com/software-dev-cycle/

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