{"id":4466,"date":"2016-01-13T15:53:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T15:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abstracta.us\/?p=4466"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:21:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:21:24","slug":"white-paper-10-mistakes-companies-make-when-outsourcing-software-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/white-paper-10-mistakes-companies-make-when-outsourcing-software-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"White Paper: 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Outsourcing Software Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><script src=\"\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/300\/addthis_widget.js#pubid=ra-58d80a50fc4f926d\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Outsourcing Software Testing Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">With software testing accounting for 35% of IT budgets in 2015 (according to the World Quality report 2015-2016), it\u2019s\u00a0clear that managers are looking to maximize their test spend, making the most of each dollar by testing as efficiently and effectively as possible. Obstacles that many managers report experiencing when trying to release new systems are their reliance on manual testing and lacking the tools, time, expertise, etc., needed to test thoroughly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">Outsourcing is a smart solution because you don\u2019t have to go through the hassles of recruiting, hiring, training, purchasing tools, and the like. When you leave testing to experts in the field, you reduce business risk and obtain higher quality testing. The best part is that you have more time to focus on what you do best. That is if all goes well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">What You Will Learn:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">\u2713 Mistakes to avoid in order to select the optimal outsourcing partner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">\u2713 Tips for how to and not to work with the outsourced team to ensure project success<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">\u2713 How to retain the outsourced software testing team for future projects<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #333333;\">And more!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"_form_50\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/abstracta.activehosted.com\/f\/embed.php?id=50\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outsourcing Software Testing Do&#8217;s and Don&#8217;ts With software testing accounting for 35% of IT budgets in 2015 (according to the World Quality report 2015-2016), it\u2019s\u00a0clear that managers are looking to maximize their test spend, making the most of each dollar by testing as efficiently and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[80,81],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v14.0.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White Paper: 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Outsourcing Software Testing | Abstracta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download our white paper for the 10 common mistakes companies make when outsourcing software testing that you can learn from the easy way.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow\" \/>\n<meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"bingbot\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/white-paper-10-mistakes-companies-make-when-outsourcing-software-testing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Free White Paper: 10 Mistakes Companies Make When Outsourcing Software Testing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When you leave testing to experts in the field, you reduce business risk and obtain higher quality testing. 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