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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Chapter 39. Digital Transformation Trends in Energy and Utilities – QA Considerations

The utility industry stands right on the forefront of adopting innovative technologies. Among utilities, for example, electric power, water, or transportation, the electric power utility industry is undergoing a momentous change. Digitalization and innovation drive the emergence of digital utilities business. Chief Information Officers (CIOs) in utilities sector must adapt their organizations to explore innovative provisioning business models.

Testing is an important component in a complex domain such as utilities. A regular trend of testing based on requirements does not help; the current market is looking for skilled resources who can understand the utility domain and can test many unwritten rules and end-to-end scenarios that cover the entire system involved in the utility application landscape. To overcome such challenges while testing these complex systems, understanding utility business scenarios and...