There are specific testing-related measures against which a tester can be evaluated. For example, all testers must be detail oriented and possess analytical skills, independent of whether they are technical testers, subject-matter experts, security testers, performance tester or usability testers. A software tester should requires at least complete knowledge of software testing  tools, logical and analytical ability along with quality approach to the software testing processes. Tester should focus and improve all his skills on” understanding customer requirements and writing appropriately”, “comprehensive test cases”, “performing and executing test” and “preparing a detailed self-explanatory test report”. Testing complex business requirements will require extraordinary level of experience and knowledge to keep the budget and time constraint for performing testing without compromising with the coverage or quality.

Some testing tasks may require specific skills within the technical or subject-matter area. For example, a tester who is experienced, or at least familiar, with security testing techniques should be responsible for security testing. A tester who is not skilled in this area can only guess what makes an application secured. Similarly, in the case of localization testing, an English speaker can only guess regarding the correct translation of an application into another language. A more effective localization tester would be a native speaker of the language into which the application has been translated.

Individual skill and knowledge contributes in business failure and success. The individual skill and knowledge contributes in business failure and success. if a resource enhances his skill sets, albeit in a phased manner, he will be far more valuable to his company and the company will be a more potent force in the market. Not only this is relevant in a recession, but also in a booming economy where companies compete to attract and retain the best business. “Forced Multi-Skilling” by companies might lead to the employee losing interest in job and finally walking out. This apart, employees’ work-life balance may be negatively impacted due to time constraints. “Multi-skilling needs to be nurtured and ‘sold’ to employees. It should not be thrust randomly

According to a survey of web application users, 86% websites are inadequate of non functional testing and also there are bugs resides in the application forever, this is been a major concern, particularly in the area of “Security and assessing peak load Performance Capacity”. The testing teams today have a much bigger challenge of anticipating the varied ways in which customers can use the systems and ensuring that the systems do behave properly when approached from a variety of ways.

There is well known interesting theory called “Rule of 8” – It specified that if the load-time of a web page exceeds eight seconds, users are unlikely to wait, or “stick around”, for its completion. So “Performance is a “must have” feature”, No matter how rich your application is functionally, if it fails to meet the performance expectations of your customer then the product will be branded a failure. Fast enough is not really enough; need to attach the security string to pull the customer confidence. Present emerging market is completely revolving with internet – Anywhere you can post your data and access your data. “How safe is the data as it navigates a complex internal and external network?” Turning all these performance and security risks into actionable results and mitigate, Testing is not solution and its not about just discovering defects, it is about de-risking delivery. It is about assessing risks as early possible in the SDLC to enable us to take appropriate actions to delivery quality on time.

Security assessment and Performance monitoring must take place throughout the entire project life cycle and need to have a new set of test process and methodology applied with right set of tools and correct blend of technical and business logic will help us to move to the next level. Web 2.0 brings in myriad ways of converting prospects to customers and providing a hassle free customer experience. SOA testing has really come up as another big thing in the world of Web 2.0. SOA will only makes sense if its tested in right way using right tools and right methodology. Today there are SOA test tools that can test the underlying interoperable components of an application without going through the front-end – not just from a functionality standpoint, but also from a Security and Performance standpoints.