Automated Test Outlook 2014

The Automated Test Outlook 2014 explores the following five major trends: Business Strategy: Organisational Proficiency The talent pool for test engineers is shrinking and test managers must improve organisational proficiency through smarter hiring, better on-boarding and greater investment in training to ensure a properly skilled and staffed test organisation. Architecture: Managed Test Systems New technologies deliver superior feature sets on test equipment, helping test managers monitor the health of their test systems, lowering test costs and maximising uptime. Computing: Cloud Computing for Test Traditional test frameworks limit profitability by not providing the ideal balance of performance and cost or the ability to scale based on actual product demand. Similar to the IT industry, cloud computing applied to automated test can alleviate these growing test concerns. Software: Scalable Test Software Architectures Pressure to deliver test systems faster with fewer resources shifts software strategies away from rigid, inflexible solutions in favour of software-based platforms to maximise longevity and scalability across a product's lifecycle and across new product designs. I/O: Redefining the Notion of Sensors The number of sensors in products has significantly increased, challenging test managers to keep up with new technologies and adapt to this growing need. Test managers need agile test solutions they can change as quickly as the sensor-integrated products they test. Automated Test Outlook 2014 is based on academic and industry research, user forums, surveys, business intelligence and customer advisory board reviews. Download the Automated Test Outlook 2014: ni.com/ato/