Reinder Otter
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12 years 7 monthsReinder Otter is an experience test consultant who has performed different roles of the past few years as tester, test manager, test tool expert and test consultant. He is at this moment leader of the Expert Group Open Source and Testing in the Netherlands.
Job Function
Testing
Country
Netherlands
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| The Open Source Test Tool ParadigmTesting is often seen as an effort to determine the quality of the product at the end of a project, so it needs to be executed when development has finished instead of being a means to deal with risks at the earliest stage possible. Therefore, project budget, is in most cases spent on the processes that actually produce tangible products, at the expense of the testing budget. Whatever budget is left for testing will be spent on people rather than on test tools, especially since most of the mainstream tools are often perceived to be too expensive. A solution to this may be found in the use of open source test tools. With no license fees, the use of open source tools can provide a customer some of the benefits of test automation, without the costs. |