Testing to Detect Problems that Will Hurt the Bottom Line

Many of our stakeholders don't understand testing like we do, especially those whose focus is on making sales, growing revenues, and watching the bottom line. As testers, how can we support them in their efforts to be successful? How can we provide useful, timely information that helps them make important decisions? Pradeep Soundararajan shares his experiences with changing perceptions of testing for those in sales and the ripple effect it had on the testers’ freedom and responsibilities. Pradeep describes how pair testing the product with sales and marketing people, understanding what they need, and the product claims they make have led to significant increases in product sales, quality, and reputation. He shows how this simple idea can change the way we test and how we may help our customers to see testing differently. Learn how Pradeep helps his team members to become leaders in software testing.