Agile Tools - Most Effective For Bussiness Growth

March 14, 2013 - PRLog -- As more and more organization are adopting agile environment they are also facing complication and thus selecting Agile Tools to manage these complication effectively. While an organization might know the kind of tool they require for agile testing like test automation, defect tracking, test management etc., but the real challenge is to select the best tool that fits into the present situation of the organization. Below are some factors discussed that helps an organization in proper selection of tool.

Majority of the team tend to use traditional tools that unfortunately lack easy agile planning and tracking via release or iteration. These tools fail to offer team with easy change of plans and priorities and lack to use product backlog, requirement, and user’s stories as primary planning asset.

The next factor that organization must consider is the scalability. A selected tool might look excellent when applied on several test, but it is important to consider whether it work on thousands of test. Here scalability can be viewed as ability to handle growing volumes of test or the capability to handle continuing maintenance of test.

Every organization has its own way of working and thus it is important to keep in mind that if certain Agile Tools meet the requirement of one organization, the same might not be able to yield the similar result for another organization. The structure and requirement of organization varies accordingly and thus these factors must be considered during selection.

Usability is the fourth factor that must be considered during selection. Depending on types of individual expected to use tools along with their technical skills level, ease of use must be considered. It would be great if selected tools can be used by people irrespective of their skill level that helps in saving time. If higher skills are required to operate such tools, team member might not feel encouraged to use and there are chances of tool abandonment.

Support is the fourth factor when it comes to selecting Agile Tools. After implementing, learning and applying the tool considering whether the vendor is capable of offering support or not is sensible. Choose a vendor that offers you best support by checking the concerned vendor’s support forum in order to see if there is any existence of bugs and how they are addressed.

Selecting Agile Tools just because it has stunning features might not prove to be suitable because of the organizational structure. Thoroughly understanding the features is thus highly recommended.

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