As per WQR 2016, the QA and Testing spend is predicted to increase to 40% of the overall IT budget by 2019. While this predicted upward trajectory must eventually halt, it is perhaps indicative of the industry's enthusiasm for emerging technologies and automation techniques. For example, 48% of survey respondents in this sector foresee using cognitive automation, and 40% foresee the use of predictive analysis (automated identification of the risk areas). Elements of these developments are already evident, with 47% of automotive sector respondents saying that they use predictive analytics to determine or optimize test coverage in a DevOps environment. This corresponds with findings from across all the sectors of an increasingly intelligence-led approach to test data and test environment management.
OEM suppliers need to increase their capabilities in digital testing on the application side, with a focus on IoT, analytics, artificial...