{"id":9114,"date":"2017-04-18T14:57:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T14:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/?p=9114"},"modified":"2025-05-05T21:20:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T21:20:53","slug":"infographic-what-you-should-know-from-the-state-of-software-testing-report-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/infographic-what-you-should-know-from-the-state-of-software-testing-report-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"[Infographic] What You Should Know from the State of Software Testing Report 2017"},"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;\">Over 1600 testers have spoken\u2026 here\u2019s what they reveal about the state of software testing in 2017.<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest and greatest international report on the software testing profession has been released, the State of Testing Report 2017 by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.practitest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PractiTest<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teatimewithtesters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tea Time with Testers<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares results from this year\u2019s testing survey with more than 1,600 participants from over 60 countries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In general, the report shows a continuation of the trends that we noticed last year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is what Joel Montvelisky had to say about this year\u2019s report:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFor me the most interesting thing is to see that testing changes as an evolution more than a revolution. We see a slow but bigger adoption of DevOps, we also see testers getting involved more and more in CI and CD, and overall playing a bigger part in the general trends that are affecting our development ecosystem as a whole.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like we did for a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/test-automation\/state-software-testing-profession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">similar report last year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we figured it would be helpful to sum up the info from the report in an infographic for today\u2019s post. If you get a chance, you can read the whole report <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/qablog.practitest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/State_of_testing_2017_final_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4529e111a1000cb1505a2c76794dce9a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9843\" src=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/4529e111a1000cb1505a2c76794dce9a.jpg\" alt=\"infographic - state of testing 2017\" width=\"564\" height=\"2204\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s take a deeper look at some of the most salient findings from the report:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Todays_Testers_Got_Their_Start_In_Testing\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">How Today\u2019s Testers Got Their Start In Testing<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is funny is that more testers got involved in testing by accident (32%) than those who knew they wanted to be a tester beforehand and thus studied to become one (24%). Here it is interesting to note that formal testing training is on the rise, as 43% of testers engaged in it over the past year, up from 23% in 2016. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Certifications<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were also a major form of learning for testers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other ways that testers got started in testing were: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21% moved into testing from another company<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">16% started as students or interns and decided to remain as testers since then. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7% other<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Todays_Important_Skills_for_Testers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">Today\u2019s Important Skills for Testers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the report, the top three most critical skills for testers today are <\/span><b>communication, functional automation and scripting, and web technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some important virtues were also noted such as humor and patience! We agree, a good tester is one with a sense of humor and patience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some other tasks that testers most often reported helping with and thus should try to be good at are helping to create the documentation correctly, managing environments and being involved with the deployment and integration operations. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Size_of_Test_Teams_is_Shrinking\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">The Size of Test Teams is Shrinking<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some interesting shifts were reported in the structure and size of test teams. Notably, less QA teams reported to a VP or Director of QA and more reported to Project Managers. Also, in line with the previous year, test teams are getting smaller, which makes sense as development teams are increasingly adopting Agile. 26% of teams were composed of 6-15 testers while 43% had only 1-5 testers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Agile_is_Todays_Standard_with_CICD_and_DevOps_Following_Suit\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">Agile is Today\u2019s Standard with CI\/CD and DevOps Following Suit <\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is clear now that the adoption of Agile is practically universal, with close to 87% of respondents saying they work with Agile or Agile-like methodologies. This is a 5% increase from 2016, which is pretty significant given that the number was already quite high. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right on the heels of Agile, CI\/CD is almost a standard in the world today with 75% of respondents claiming they use it either all the time or in some projects. The authors of the report boldly make their conclusions about CI\/CD by saying, <\/span><b>\u201cTo the people who do not know what CI\/CD is, you better hurry up and learn what it is.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lastly, a DevOps development model was reportedly followed by 26% of testers, up from 23% in 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adoption_of_New_Testing_Tools\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">Adoption of New Testing Tools<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testers are testing not just applications, but also new tools for testing. 56% reported that they had used a new tool in the past year which is good news for software testing tool vendors! It\u2019s also good news for testers because it means they are innovating. At Abstracta, we believe it\u2019s always a good thing to evaluate new tools, in order to explore better and easier ways of testing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Todays_Top_Challenges_for_Software_Testers\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">Today\u2019s Top Challenges for Software Testers<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testers face an unlimited list of responsibilities and tasks in always a finite period of time. So, it is no wonder that <\/span><b>the number one challenge that testers reported they face is coping with time frames. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other problems that persist for testers are communicating the value of testing to rest of the organization, getting good tools and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and time spent on side tasks not related to testing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_Prediction_for_the_Future\"><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #00b674;\">A Prediction for the Future<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Testers were asked to look into the crystal ball of their mind\u2019s eye and predict what subjects\/ technologies will be important 3 to 5 years from now. Here are just a few:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR\/AR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wearables<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Internet of Things (IoT) <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Application Containerization<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Security<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microservices<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Data<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And that wraps up the most important things you should know from the State of Software Testing Report 2017! Are you surprised by anything? We can\u2019t wait to watch and see what happens as the year goes on, observing which trends come and go. One thing that is for sure, testers will remain in demand, and at Abstracta, we are hiring! If you are an experienced software tester, send us your resume to <a href=\"mailto:jobs@abstracta.us\">jobs@abstracta.us<\/a>!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Recommended_for_You\"><\/span><strong>Recommended for You<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/test-automation\/state-software-testing-profession\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Infographic] The State of the Software Testing Profession 2015-2016<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abstracta.us\/blog\/software-testing\/life-software-tester\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Life of a Software Tester<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1600 testers have spoken\u2026 here\u2019s what they reveal about the state of software testing in 2017. 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