The fight between Spreadsheets and Test Management software

In this blog by Original Software, you can learn more about how to win the fight against manual spreadsheets and use specialized software in all aspects of your software testing. 

Spreadsheets can be useful, and even great, for many reasons. But when we talk about managing your organization’s software testing, a spreadsheet may be the last thing you need. Recent surveys show that most people are not using specialized software for their test management. That means most are still using spreadsheets.

It’s the fight night that everyone has been waiting for. Well, everyone in the testing world. Well, everyone in the Original Software office, anyway.

If you’ve read any of our content before, you’ll know that our relationship with spreadsheets is… strained. We love spreadsheets in lots of places – managing the office fantasy football team, for instance, or for putting together a quick graph. But when it comes to managing your software testing, spreadsheets are far from ideal.

Despite this, in recent polls we conducted at MUGA (the M3 User Group of America) conference and of Infor Syteline users we found that over 70% of respondents don’t use specialized software for their test management. This means that, in all likelihood, they are managing things using spreadsheets.

In this blog by Original Software, you can learn more about how to win the fight  and use specialized software in all aspects of your software testing.

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