Cloud & Agile Testing Key - Sogeti

Sogeti Capgemini Study Identifies Cloud-Based and Agile Testing as Key Trends For Enterprise Application Quality

 

 

 

Organisations are increasingly turning to agile and cloud based delivery to modernize their applications and despite the downturn,71 percent are still investing in new application development projects, according to this year's World Quality Report, compiled by  IT services company Sogeti with its corporate parent Capgemini.

 

 

 

Almost 60 percent of companies  around the world are now hosting up to half of their applications in a cloud environment and close to 60 per cent expect to use agile development methods to deliver new applications over the coming year, the report found.

 

The 2010-2011 World Quality Report is an in-depth study of enterprise application quality assurance and emerging trends in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), sponsored by Capgemini and HP.

 

 

It shows that organisations are starting to adopt agile application delivery methods and cloud computing technology as a part of their application quality assurance.

 

The 2010-2011 report reveals the effects of the economic downturn on enterprise software development and quality assurance. New projects are being initiated, but IT investments are shifting from a daily operational focus towards building new applications that bring competitive advantage for business.

 

 

Along with an increase in applications deployed in the cloud, organisations are deploying agile IT delivery in their applications and infrastructure  to streamline operations.

 

 

As a result, both developers and testers are under increased pressure to provide greater efficiency, more consistent quality and better reuse of automated software.

 

"Irish software development and testing practices are broadly consistent with those outlined in the findings of this report," commented Declan Kavanagh, CEO Sogeti Ireland.

 

"Though there is increased interest in and consideration of trends such as Agile and Cloud computing, the fundamentals are re-enforced in this year's survey report. With many companies looking at ways of streamlining the quality process. Two areas which continue to give the greatest returns are test automation and outsourcing of testing activities. However, choosing the right vendor remains a challenge."

 

Commenting on the report findings, co-author and lead consultant at Sogeti Ireland, Ken Brennock says: "Over 60% of all companies have either adopted agile methods or are planning to do so in the near future. This demonstrates that many organisations are now starting to find their feet when it comes to an Agile strategy for their software delivery operations."

"This growing Agile awareness coupled with the ever increasing complexity of applications is changing the role of the tester. Professional testers will require both a mix of business and technical skills to drive improved testing and use of Automation," continued Brennock.

 

 

The report also provides a detailed profile on IT development and quality assurance trends in six specific industries: Consumer products and retail, distribution and logistics, financial services, public sector, high tech and telecoms.

 

 

The study, surveyed over 30,000 CXOs, IT directors, quality assurance managers and engineers across North America, Europe and Asia, builds on the findings of the previous 2009 World Quality Report.

 

 

The Benefits cited for cloud computing included cost reduction (50 percent), increased agility (33 percent) and improved time to market (14 percent) .

 

 

The main benefits of agile IT delivery cited were:Time to market (37 percent), quality of application (26 percent), resource utilization (23 percent) and cost savings (14 percent)

 

Although last year's report identified that in 2009 most companies had to reduce their IT spending, the latest findings show the vast majority of organisation

 

Sogeti is a leading provider of professional technology services, specializing in Application Management, Infrastructure Management, High-Tech Engineering and Testing.

 

 

Working closely with its clients, Sogeti enables them to leverage technological innovation and achieve maximum results.
Sogeti brings together more than 20,000 professionals in 15 countries and is present in over 200 locations in Europe, the US and India.

 

 

 

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