Deccan Herald: Vice-President of Cognizant’s Testing Practice Writes About Career Opportunities in Software Testing

“Testing is no longer considered to be just another stage in the development lifecycle, but runs parallel to the software development life cycle (SDLC) as a full-fledged software testing life cycle (STLC),” writes Sripriya Kalyanasundaram. “Testing has established itself as a highly attractive profession. But in order to become a good tester, it is important to constantly update skills.”

Noting that most testers, in the absence of formal courses on testing in graduate programs, are trained either in finishing schools for testing or in-house within companies, Kalyanasundaram adds, “Cognizant has put in place an elaborate recruitment and training program for its testers. We have invested significantly in helping our professionals obtain international testing certifications, such as ISTQB, CSTE, PMP, and so on, and domain certifications, such as LOMA, AICPCU, NCFM, AHM, amongst others.”

While companies have traditionally offered testing services in an integrated fashion, bundling it with application development and application maintenance services, Kalyanasundaram points out that companies such as Cognizant today offer testing services on a standalone basis, focusing on supporting enterprises’ and product companies’ testing needs through Independent Verification and Validation (IVV) of their software.

“Organizations now look up to testing to provide them with the necessary confidence to power ahead in their business initiatives of integrating disparate platforms, reducing time-to-market with accelerated development methodologies, and delighting the customer by enhancing the “experience” of their customer-facing applications,” she writes. “In the future, testing will help businesses discover pockets of value gaps, which they can act upon to increase productivity, optimize effort, and reduce cost.”

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