In the world of mobile apps and websites, digital testing, also referred to as QA (QualityAssurance), involves quality control (identifying and documenting bugs) during the various phases of development. Normally, testers do their part before a product (website or app) is put into production. However, a number of technical problems may still surface during product utilization.
Project teams have a need, which testing providers cannot meet, for one-time, focused, and, sometimes, urgent testing.
As every developer or project manager knows, most of the time, these "in-between" bugs are fixed on the fly by project team members themselves. They don’t require a testing campaign on a grand scale but they deserve as much attention as any other bug.
A bug always has the same effect: a degraded user experience. Thus, high-quality controls are required to identify maintenance-stage bugs. In general, these bugs are quite ordinary.
Here are several common examples of situations giving rise to such risks:
The unifying characteristic of all these cases is their "simplicity": these are simple, isolated, and easily reproducable test cases, or test tasks as they are called. StarDust has created MyTestingLab.io, an online shop of task-based testing, to support Project teams in resolving these anomalies.
MyTestingLab.io simplifies ordering one-time testing and offers quick test completion. Tests ordered on MyTestingLab.io are performed by StarDust testers on a pool of some 2,000 devices. First, the customer makes a selection from a catalog of tests or customizes the task. Then, the ordered tests are performed by StarDust teams. Finally, the customer collects their test results in 24 hours (on weekdays).
This way, the need for a one-time test such as verifying an email template or analyzing a bug reported by a user, can be addressed effectively. Project teams do not waste their own time on tests and can implement possible fixes based on results.
