Importance of Non Functional Testing

Software testing is of Two types-

1. Functional Testing-It is a type of software testing that validates the functionality of the system as expected according to the functional requirement.

2. Non-Functional Testing- This type of testing validates the non-functional area of the application system.

When the product is delivered finally to the client and the end-user begins to use the software application then there are chances of some issues related to the performance of the application to come into the picture, these issues are not coming under functional testing but they can easily lead the user experience in a negative way. So Non-Functional testing plays an important role to make the application fast and reliable for the end-users.

The main purpose of non-functional testing is to ensure that all the non-functional aspects of the application are tested and the application can work as expected in all varying environments.Non-Functional testing includes performance testing, scalability testing, stress testing, load testing, etc. A basic example of Non-Functional testing is to check how many users can simultaneously log in to an application. Non-Functional testing is as important as Functional testing to deliver a quality product. Non-Functional testing improves the usability, performance, scalability efficiency of the software product. Non-Functional testing basically deals with below parameters of the system-Security, availability, efficiency, usability, integrity, reliability, portability, survivability, reusability of the system.

If non-functional testing is not done before making the project live, it might result in some critical issues like when many users log in to the app at the same time the application system becomes slow or response time can increase when load is increased on the application.These scenarios can even lead to make the application crash which can give a bad impression in front of the client.

To conclude all this, one can say that the Software development team should always include all the scenarios related to non-functional testing in their test plan, to deliver a quality product.

We, at Oodles ERP, provide end-to-end ERP software development services to varied business needs and requirements. We also have experienced QA engineers that perform a variety of software testing techniques to detect bugs and software glitches. Our development team resolves these bugs and glitches to ensure that your ERP software performs seamlessly across the supported devices and platforms.