Generating synthetic test data is not only the surest way to be compliant with industry regulations, it is also the key ingredient for effective testing that produces quality software. No matter which stage of the software development lifecycle you work in we promise you that synthetic test data will help to make your day better, your job easier and your project a success.
Let’s look at how synthetic test data can help each role in the software development lifecycle, starting with testers.
Tester
Too much manual effort spent creating and finding new data, causing costly delays
It is said that 50% of a tester’s time can be spent doing these tedious tasks that waste your valuable time.
When you use synthetic test data you will have rich sets of the right test data delivered to your system when you need it. The sets of test data will be able to test not only existing functionality, but new features and functions too. This makes it the ideal choice as testing new features with existing data can make tests inaccurate.
You’ll also enhance coverage when you use rich sets of synthetic test data, as you’ll have the ability to exercise more combinations of scenarios, automatically.
A great thing about synthetic test data is that it can be shared, enhanced, stored and re-used amongst teams, maximising the value of work done and reducing time spent in testing.
CIO
61% of projects overrun in time and budget
Deliver valuable, working software earlier and reduce development costs when you use synthetic test data. With 61% of projects failing, overrunning in cost or time, it is more important than ever to make sure that your project is a success.
Synthetic test data will reduce time spent in testing, helping to avoid budget overruns. Testers and developers will have access to the data they need, when they need it so they won’t spend valuable time creating data or waiting for it. You will also be able to reduce your infrastructure costs with synthetic test data providing the optimal minimum set of data to fully test a system.
What’s the result? A fully tested system, reduced infrastructure costs, testing shifted left and quality applications delivered on time and budget.
Security officer
Production data is rich in volume, but not quality
Production data provides volume for testers, however the data is rarely right for the tests. Typically testers need a specific set of test data to effectively test a system, but instead they have to spend time sifting through volume to find what they need, if it is there. Production data
cannot test future scenarios and functionality in an application, it can only test events that have already occurred. This is one way that bugs are missed in testing and found in production.
Production data in testing and development is also “no go” area and can land you with some serious fines, not to mention brand damage and customer defections. Synthetic test data is created from scratch, with all the characteristics of production but none of the sensitive content. Synthetic test data will take you beyond masking, improving testing processes and ensuring that you’re compliant with current legislation and upcoming laws too. Think of the cost savings when you use synthetic test data with average fines of up to $3.5 million!
Developer
Waiting for data to test with causes delays
No more waiting for test data! You will be able to quickly synthesize test data to satisfy your specific needs. Working in Agile? You will be able to access new data at the beginning, middle and end of a sprint. This will save you so much time as you’ll be able to quickly mock up and create new synthetic test data- something that is a key requirement for an agile project to be a success.
Manually creating data is a long, tedious and error prone process, that rarely results in quality data. Go synthetic and create millions of rows of interrelated test data, based on your criteria in a matter of minutes.