IT change remains a persistent struggle for most organizations today. Software teams are aware of the need to move faster and be more agile, yet they are dealing with growing complexity and the weight of unknowns within the ecosystem of their current IT architecture estate. The misinterpretation of Agile principles has seen a culture where documentation (of which test design is a part) has fallen by the wayside. Fortunately, for teams who appreciate that software engineering is a complex, emergent discipline, there are techniques for turning this situation around.
Testing is a key part of this solution. Testers can help uncover and formally document knowledge needed to: