The impact of deployment methodology and environment strategy on testing

In the previous sections, we explored common development methodologies and the environment strategy that’s used for Sales Cloud projects. The approach taken here has an impact on how testing can be incorporated into the development life cycle. Let’s explore how each has an impact:

• Development methodology: Agile and Waterfall require different testing skills. The difference between working with an Agile, rather than Waterfall, methodology is that the focus is on face-to-face communication rather than extensive documentation. This means there is less documentation for testers to work from. Documentation is required. Agile can be harder for testers as there is a need to continuously adapt. Testers on Agile projects fulfill a range of roles, including attending sprint planning, estimating tests, writing test cases, and attending reviews.
• Environment strategy and management: Not having dedicated...