The demand for ever more complex, varied, and larger data has created a situation where QA can no longer keep up. Burdened by outdated Test Data Management (TDM) practices and technical debt, agile teams are looking for new ways to overcome test data bottlenecks. Modern TDM tools and techniques are…

A glance at industry research from recent years shows that test data remains one of the major bottlenecks to fix in DevOps and CI/CD: The most recent Continuous Testing Report found that the average test team spends a massive 44% of their time finding, waiting for, or making test data.[i] …

Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery or Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines have been largely adopted across the software development industry. Seen as an efficient and necessary approach to software delivery, CI/CD helps organisations deliver software rapidly. This is accomplished by bridging the gaps between development and operations and introducing automation…

It’s 2022 and the risks associated with poor test data practices show no signs of abating. According to the latest World Quality Report, the use of potentially sensitive production data rose in 2021, despite the compliance risks associated with using raw data in less-secure test environments. This risk of costly…

Data generation enables organisations to create data of the right variety, density, and volume for different testing and development scenarios, all while avoiding the compliance risks associated with using raw production data. Creating data from scratch will be familiar to testers and developers, who often produce data when they find…

At Curiosity, we talk about test data extensively, because we believe test data is repeatedly neglected in testing and development discussions. …

The live webinars and conference talks target pressing issues in software requirements, test automation, testing and test data. Curiosity Software, specialists in software testing and development acceleration, announce two further events in a busy 2022 schedule. The live webinars and conference talks target challenges in software design, development, and testing. They’re designed to help cross-functional teams deliver higher quality software, faster, and at less cost to the business.

Evolution and innovation in software delivery often focuses on automation, or on changing how teams collaborate and work together across the software delivery lifecycle (SDLC). However, when it comes to innovation, one key part of the SLDC is frequently overlooked: test data management (TDM). Outdated test data management practices have…

Today, any test data solution must be capable of fulfilling data requests of a greater volume, variety, and complexity, faster than ever before. This often-pressing need is not always fully appreciated by organisations, but is seen in negative consequences that include: Growing testing bottlenecks. An increase in erroneous test failures. …