
Development Testing for Competitive Advantage: Innovative companies move testing upstream in proactive effort to boost efficiency
Regardless of industry, more and more companies are finding themselves in the software business as they seek competitive advantage by developing and delivering increasingly complex applications to their customers. Subject to intense time-to-market demands, these efforts are spawning new business requirements as companies strive to produce products that satisfy their customers' needs for flawless functionality. To deal with this pressure, organizations are looking for ways to increase the productivity of their developers and accelerate their testing process. These organizations must overcome the high risks and costs associated with the traditional software development lifecycle (SDLC).
