HP has expanded its software applications portfolio with the introduction of HP Sprinter and HP Agile Accelerator 4.0, at HP Software Universe, in Barcelona this week.
According to the company, HP Sprinter accelerates application deployment by automating the data set-up process for testing. “This speeds manual testing efforts, including exploratory testing techniques often used in agile development.”
HP Agile Accelerator 4.0 manages agile development projects with predefined workflows and configurations that significantly simplify the application delivery process, explains HP. “It allows IT resources to deliver higher-quality applications by facilitating testing within agile methods. This enables IT teams to rapidly deliver the complex, composite Web 2.0 applications that the market demands.”
HP explains that exploratory testing is crucial to agile development as it enables simultaneous test design, execution and learning. As opposed to testing for expected results, exploratory
testers seek behaviours that are difficult to predict before to the start of testing. This results in testers being able to identify defects faster. “However, exploratory testers often do not supply enough information for developers to recreate and correct the defects they discover,” says HP.
The company says accelerating manual testing with HP Sprinter enables customers to address this problem by recording the steps taken by an exploratory tester. “When the tester logs a defect, relevant information is immediately communicated to the developer who can follow the recorded steps and reproduce the defect to be fixed. This rapid turnaround is imperative to quickly delivering applications in response to changing business needs.”
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