Software Testers - Past, Present and Future
Software Testers - Past, Present and Future Early during the last decade, software development companies were producing applications by the bucket-load to keep up with the incredible customer demand. The role of the Software Tester then, was to (in my opinion) detect the critical and major issues, and most minor issues were simply brushed under the carpet to get the product out of the door on time. For the Software Testers, it was (to coin a phrase) "A much simpler time". During this time-frame the Software Testers actively working hard to get themselves recognized as a necessary part of the software development process, and not just some kind of 'bottle-neck' that delays a products release. Credit to the testers for actually achieving that goal! Having worked so hard to achieve their aim, Software Testers found themselves under threat, a threat which in a way came from inside their own camp. The threat I am talking about was 'Test Automation'.