Investigando o processo de testes de software nas startups de software brasileiras

Abstract

Software startups are primarily focused on developing software quickly, under conditions of extreme uncertainty and with limited resources. Within this context, these companies end up facing different challenges. One of them is related to software testing, which is often compromised. There is a lack of testing activities within these organizations as they do not know how to test and what should be tested. The present work aims to develop a testing process for software. To support the construction of this process, a review of the literature on testing practices and activities was carried out. Based on the literature review, a survey was developed to map Brazilian software testing practices and activities. The survey was applied with professionals who are involved in the testing activities of startups. For a more assertive analysis of the survey, research questions were elaborated and through the results it was possible to have a broader view of the existing testing practices and activities in Brazilian software startups. In this way, it was possible to identify that some startups lack testing activities and that they were in the MVP development phase. Therefore, the testing process was designed considering these startups, and was designed within the Customer Development model. After its creation, the process was evaluated with testing and entrepreneurship specialists who work in startups and according to the feedback from the evaluators, the necessary changes were made.