Chapter 25. How Should a Tester Adapt to Cloud – Call for Change of Mindset among Testers
The dawn of the digital era brings a new set of challenges for companies today. With cloud, mobile, analytics, and social media forming the cornerstones of digital transformation initiatives, unanticipated obstacles often appear along the road to digitization. These digital roadblocks may stall the overall digital evolution, sending developers back to the drawing board to draft alternate routes around the problem. Finally, these obstacles may actually be the product of individuals seeking to bring such digital initiatives to life.
In the past, testers have relied on well-maintained applications and a scope of testing limited to both functionality and the ability to scale. The traditional way of testing was to work on requirements, create a test strategy, design test cases, and then execute them in a closed environment. This testing almost always lacked certain infrastructural components...
