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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

Typical challenges in the E&U segment


Typical challenges in the Energy and Utilities (E&U) segment include the following:

  • An aging work force: The high labor force participation rates are in the 55 to 64 age group. Furthermore, we have an aging infrastructure (investor-owned utilities will need to make infrastructure investments in the competitive market).

  • Environmental concerns: The climate scientists expect dangerous climate change sometime between 2025 and 2030, which will be followed by strict regulations.

  • Energy technology consumerization: The utility customers are adopting new energy-focused technologies, such as rooftop solar, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and intelligent thermostats.

  • Cyber Security Concerns: Smart meter data will raise many privacy and data protection issues that will also need to be addressed by utilities.

  • Failures in smart grid implementation: Failure pertain to integration of Outage Management System (OMS), Distributed Management System (DMS...