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BuILdIng An ecosystem
Around crowdsourced
testIng
We have the crowd.
We are aware of crowdsourcing.
We are seeing an increase in crowd testing assignments.
But where is the ecosystem?
What is an ecosystem? Dened in layman terms, it is a complex and
diverse set of interactions that happen between multiple entities, both
living and nonliving, in an environment. Despite all the attention,
research, and application that has gone into crowdsourcing in recent
years, there are some compelling questions that we are faced with at
the end of the day:
• How easy is it for someone new to apply crowdsourced testing
to address his or her needs?
• How easy is it for anyone out there to nd an assignment in
crowdsourced testing?
Having read this book so far, ...