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The fairly ominous title of the Forrester 2021 Predictions paper for software testing ‘Software Developers Face Mounting Pressure’ really does capture the changes that have been wrought by the global pandemic on a sector that is now even more digital, driven, and deadline-powered.

No, the sector did not collapse thanks to the weight of the pandemic, like many others, but it has meant that software development teams and testers are under immense pressure to meet increasingly tight deadlines in increasingly complex times.

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As the world shifts into second-quarter gear, Mandla Mbonambi, CEO of Africonology believes that some definitive trends will shape the software testing and security landscape over the next year.

“The industry is incredibly challenging right now – the pressure is on the software tester to ensure that quality is baked into every aspect of development, but at greater speeds,” he adds.

“Organisations know that quality is …