Conclusion

An ideal agile engagement needs a test ecosystem that is flexible and supports both continual testing and quality monitoring. Given the complexity in agile engagements, automated decision-making to achieve both speed and quality would be invaluable.

Agile development has attained critical mass and is now being widely adopted; the initial hesitation no longer prevails. The QA function is a key enabler in this journey. The coexistence of traditional IT along with agile delivery principles is giving rise to a new methodology based on bimodal development.