High Quality Agile

Agile methodologies are here to stay. Organizations that have transitioned their development processes are reaping the rewards of higher quality software delivered faster.  
 
Intrinsic to Agile methodologies is the notion that software is developed incrementally, with continual delivery of working, testable iterations. By inspecting the software as its developed and often releasing to customers more often, teams can make use of fast feedback loops to adjust and improve as they go.
 
In order to develop and maintain high levels of quality in their work, Agile software teams adopt various strategies including:
  • Increasing collaboration – among developers, testers and all members of the project team 
  • Increasing exploratory testing – to find unforeseen issues
  • Automating tests wherever appropriate - enabling automated regression testing, keeping up with development velocity, and freeing time for more exploratory testing.
  • Using Test Driven Development (TDD) to shorten the time between specification of a requirement and testing 
  • Developing a test strategy that goes beyond GUI testing and delves into API testing - and encouraging refactoring
  • Enabling continuous integration and continuous delivery
SmartBear’s portfolio is constructed to allow Agile organizations to adopt the techniques and tools that are appropriate for them. 



Team and Collaboration


Code and Document
Review		 Collaborator Code review is very much an Agile practice, as is collaborative review of planning documents. Learn More
Test Management QAComplete Plan, develop and execute manual, exploratory and automated tests. Manage to sprints; includes burn down charts; risk based testing; Definition of Done (DoD). Learn More
Release and Deployment Management Automated Build Studio Build and release automation tool for enabling Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery. Automate test lab: set up/tear down, restore test databases. Use for on premise, virtual and cloud test environments. Learn More
Performance Profiling AQtime Pro Code coverage analysis. Learn More



API Testing


Functional and Security Testing SoapUI Pro Test automation/continuous regression testing. Has features geared at Agile practices such as refactoring, service mocking, automation, exploratory API testing, and test coverage analysis. Integrates with CI/CD tools. Learn More
Load Testing LoadUI Pro Enables automated performance testing in sprints and releases. Exploratory Load Testing of APIs. (Reuses SoapUI API Tests) Learn More
Performance Monitoring AlertSite for API Monitoring API performance monitoring is important in CD environments, not only to monitor what got into production, but to use on a regular basis to monitor within the Development or QA environments, isolating performance issues that sneak into the continual builds. (Reuses SoapUI API Tests) Learn More



Web and Application Testing


Functional Testing TestComplete Test Automation/continuous regression testing. Runs xUnit tests. Coverage testing via AQtime. Learn More
Load Testing WebLoadUI Pro Load test automation. Enables automated performance testing in sprints and releases. Learn More
Performance Monitoring AlertSite As with API performance monitoring (above), web performance monitoring is important in CD environments, not only to monitor what got into production, but to use on a regular basis to monitor within the Development or QA environments, isolating performance issues that sneak into the continual builds. Learn More
DejaClick Web recorder can be used to record and annotate exploratory test sessions. Learn More


 
























QAComplete

Test Management

This agile test management application helps you prioritize key test functions, account for risk, plan for coverage, control test execution and report on results for better release decisions.

SoapUI Pro

API Testing - SoapUI Pro

A cross-platform testing solution for Web services and APIs, SoapUI Pro is loaded with features you need to rapidly create and run automated functional, regression, compliance and security tests in 1 environment.

TestComplete

Automated Testing

Designed for advanced and novice testers alike, this multi-tasking automated tester combines an easy-to-use interface and script-free testing with powerful customization features.