Challenges enterprises face in mobile testing and how to improve overall app quality.
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Titled “WhyMobile Apps Fail," Connectikpeople.co soon #Retinknow®, observes that, the
results, based on insights from nearly 900 respondents from a variety of industries including high tech, financial
services and telecommunications, explored the top challenges faced by testers
and end users, and how issues can be effectively addressed to minimize defects
in mobile apps before they are launched.
The survey revealed that 44 percent of the defects are found by the user,
24 percent from direct feedback, and another 20 percent from public user
reviews (e.g. in app stores). When asked to rank the types of issues most
frequently encountered by mobile app users, user interface issues, performance,
functionality and device compatibility were at the top of the list.
The survey identified the top three challenges in mobile testing:
insufficient device coverage (63 percent); lack of reliable automation (48
percent); and, needing more coverage to execute test scenarios than time permits
(47 percent). Survey respondents believed the most critical measures to reduce
mobile app defects are more functional testing, more device/OS coverage and
more performance testing.
Therefore, Perfecto Mobile offers the following tips to overcome these
challenges and ensure a better user experience and improve overall app quality:
- Utilize a cloud-based Device-as-a-Service: assuring sufficient device and OS coverage can help teams focus on testing, not managing devices;
- Use a tool that can support continuous, unattended testing: improve efficiency by embracing automation that enables testers to test more with fewer resources and greater consistency; and
- Deploy a monitoring system: providing early detection of performance issues before they impact users will help to improve quality for users.
For more details about, you can download the Perfecto Mobile 2014 Benchmark
Survey, “Why Mobile Apps Fail,’’ here.
