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Preface
Contrary to the title of the book, Software Testing as a Service, we can think of soft-
ware testing as a manufacturing activity and not as a service. Yet, by doing so we
can commoditize the software testing service. is can have tremendous impact on
schedules, quality, and cost, and is now possible, because now many service provid-
ers can get many software testing projects to work on at the same time. It would
not be possible if any service provider does not get many projects to work on simul-
taneously. e software services provider can set up a centralized organization that
can handle all existing and incoming test projects and deliver ...