Report
The Case for Beta Testing to Evolve
This impact report looks at how traditional beta testing practices are holding up against the demands of today’s fast-paced markets and why it’s time for a change.
PDF · 9 pages · February 24, 2021
Beta testing has been around for more than 50 years and has not changed much, but the products it tests, the way people buy them, and the pace of releases all have. This impact report makes the case that testing needs to catch up.
It walks through the larger trends at play, then the problems test managers keep meeting, from undefined processes to scattered tools. It closes with Delta Testing, an evolved approach that gathers feedback before every release.
What’s inside
Macro trends behind user testing
How connected products, online buying and ratings, and faster agile release cycles are raising the demands on beta results.
Where traditional beta falls short
Six challenges, from undefined processes and scattered tools to missing tester communities, weak stakeholder alignment, and testing that cannot keep up with agile.
What Delta Testing changes
What Delta Testing is, how it brings continuous feedback into every release, and the results the report links to it.
