Agile Methods: Testing Challenges, Solutions & Tool Support

TL;DR

This paper discusses the testing challenges faced in agile software development, explores solutions and approaches to address these challenges, and reviews tools that enhance testing efficiency in agile projects.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of testing challenges in agile methods along with potential solutions and tool support, which is a relatively underexplored area.

Findings

Identifies key testing challenges in agile development

Proposes solutions and approaches for testing issues

Reviews tools that support agile testing processes

Abstract

Agile development is conventional these days and with the passage of time software developers are rapidly moving from Waterfall to Agile development. Agile methods focus on delivering executable code quickly by increasing the responsiveness of software companies while decreasing development overhead and consider people as the strongest pillar of software development. As agile development overshadows Waterfall methodologies for software development, it comes up with some distinct challenges related to testing of such software. Our study is going to discuss the challenges this approach has stirred up. Some of the challenges are discussed in this paper with possible solutions and approaches used for resolving these challenges. Also, the tools in practice are mentioned to improve the efficiency of the process.