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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 40. Smart Energy and Smart Grids – in Need of Effective Testing

The advent of digital technologies has been phenomenal for electric utilities. Electric utilities have seen transformation from the legacy systems to Smart Grids and Smart Metering Infrastructure (SMI). While digital technologies have been a boon for electric utilities, the drivers for change have been cost pressures combined with a regulatory push.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following:

  • Drivers for transformation of electric utilities

  • Trends in Energy and Utilities (E&U) industry

  • Key challenges in E&U

  • Smart meters and Smart Grids

  • Testing considerations for Smart Metering Infrastructure (SMI)