PROVIDENCE, RI — (Marketwired) — 02/09/16 — New research sponsored by , the world–s leading provider of innovative software solutions for robust embedded software quality, reveals that as the world around us increasingly becomes more dependent on products whose functionality is controlled by software — and the demand for improved product quality and regulations become more stringent than ever — software testing is an industry in the midst of incredible transition.
Issued today, the Vector Software Annual was designed to capture the thoughts of industry leaders across the embedded software testing industry to discern:
What trends the market is actually embracing
What users are interested in learning more about
What projects the market plans on addressing in the near future
What capabilities are of interest to users
The purpose of the research was to learn about what the embedded software testing industry is focusing on now and what its concerns may be in the near future. Selected highlights from the findings are:
are critical concepts of interest. Other than the overall term of “embedded software test,” respondents of the Vector Software Annual Software Testing Technology Report were most familiar with the terms continuous integration (CI) and continuous testing. This aligns well with the overall industry shift toward increased quality as continuous integration requires isolated code changes to be immediately tested and reported when added to the larger code base.
Some surprising results came in terms of respondents– familiarity with the term “.” About 45% responded that they were “very unfamiliar” with the term (which represents latent defects introduced during system architecture, system design, or system development), and its overall weighted average score for familiarity came in at just 2.33 out of 5. A large majority of respondents (nearly 80%) indicated that they were potentially planning to address with their next project. This finding is not surprising given the many studies that have shown that the largest component of software cost is often not the original development, test, and manufacturing, but the post release maintenance cost.
The growth in the has had a noticeable effect on the software testing industry. This is likely due in large part to the fact that because IoT enables the interconnection of the physical and virtual world based on interoperable communication technologies, essentially every electronic device will have network connectivity — and that means every manufacturer of electronic devices will also be in the software business.
The top capabilities that respondents are interested in are: ; .
The research also generated findings of interest on a wide variety of key topics including code quality and testing analytics (with responses broken out between specific audience segments including management, developers, and testers/QA team). The full report includes more detailed information on the impact of automated testing of legacy code, the effects of continuous integration and change-based testing, technical debt, the Internet of Things, and much more. The complete report is now available for on Vector Software–s website.
Vector Software is the world–s leading provider of software testing solutions for safety and business critical embedded applications. Companies worldwide in the automotive, aerospace, medical devices, industrial controls, rail, and other business critical sectors rely on Vector Software–s VectorCAST test automation platform. The VectorCAST environment enables software development teams to easily automate complex testing tasks to improve software quality, using Test-Driven Development, Continuous Integration, and Change-Based Testing processes to engineer reliable software for accelerated time-to-market release cycles. Vector Software is headquartered in East Greenwich, Rhode Island USA with offices worldwide, and a world-class team of support and technology partners. To learn more, visit: or follow Vector Software on , , , , and .
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