Software development processes have evolved with evolution of computing platforms beginning with mainframes to desktops and now to cloud and mobile platforms. Due to this reason, there are tremendous changes taking place as to how to test the new software running on the latest platform. Every new trend is posing challenges to even the most experienced software testers as to how to make the strategy for testing these software products. Thankfully there are ways to deal with these challenges. Apart from testing perspective, there is the issue of ineffective quality assurance. Most often quality assurance is neglected during the software development process which results in high level of software defects in the product. Quality assurance should always come before testing on software projects but it is seldom practiced. This book focuses on the new challenges in the field of software testing and quality assurance and effectively demonstrates to deal with them.

The book has 2 parts. Part 1 is all about software testing in various project environments right from client server to cloud and mobile platforms. Part 2 of the book is on software quality assurance. The book discusses the quality assurance processes as well as how to keep improving your processes. This is one aspect which is often ignored by organizations. The reader gets deep insight into all these areas in the book. The book definitely is valuable to the reader and readers will benefit from reading the book. The author of this book has over 25 years of experience in the software industry and has worked on more than 20 projects.

He is also a popular author who has written best selling books on software quality assurance, software testing, software project management and SAP materials management.