Crowdsourced Testing (company)

Crowdsourced Testing is a crowdsourcing platform which provides functional, localization, usability and Beta testing through crowdsourcing. They manage a crowd of over 16,000 testers around the world.^[1]

Crowsourced Testing (Company)

Native name	Crowdsourced Testing SpA
Industry	Software Testing, Crowdsourcing
Founded	Montreal, 2012
Founder	Simon Papineau
Headquarters	Montreal, Canada and Santiago, Chile
Services	"Crowdsourced Testing connects web and software development companies with professional software testers from around the world available on short notice to test their projects on a large number of different platforms and devices." - Crowdsourced Testing team

History

• Crowdsourced Testing was launched in 2012 by QA on Request, a traditional quality assurance testing company.^[2]
• They were invited to join Start-Up Chile's fifth cohort in November 2012,^[3] and were selected out of 100 as one of the 21 startups to pitch for the Demo Day.^[4] It was then that Simon Papineau, Crowdsourced Testing’s founder and current CEO began to split his time between Canada and Chile, as a Chilean team began to grow.^[5]
• In April 2013, Crowdsourced Testing was invited, along with six other companies, to join the Wayra acceleration program.^[6]
• They were invited to join Rackspace's 24k Startup Program in July 2013,^[7] and Tech Wildcatters’ Globe Start in August 2013.^[8]

Testing process

After every project, a tester's performance is rated on a scale of 0-10. This score is averaged with his previous scores in order to get his Tester Score. Only testers with scores above 6 are allowed to participate in paid projects. First-time testers who register to the Crowdsourced Testing platform are required to begin with free (non-paid) projects before getting their Tester Score above 6.^[9]

When requesting a testing project, clients are able to choose between the devices they want tested, the time spent on each device, and the number of testers to test.^[10] Crowdsourced Testing also offers packs for people who do not know what tests their product requires.

Products

In addition to its testing services, Crowdsourced Testing has launched two products designed to help testers during the testing process.^[11]

Damn Bugs

Damn Bugs was launched in March 2013 as a free, web-based bug tracking software.^[12] It is only a bug-tracker, and does not claim to act as a test management software.^[13] Its features are:

https://bugtrack.in/

• Free Chrome browser extension that allows testers to take screenshots and report bugs without having to leave the page that they are on^[14]
• Permission management for each testing session^[15]
• Standardized bug reports^[16]
• Project status reporting charts^[17]
• Email notifications for comments and updates related to your tasks^[18]
• Unlimited amount of users allowed^[19]

Damn Bugs also has a feedback page where users can offer suggestions or voice their concerns. Comments are classified as: "Under Review", "Planned", "Started", "Completed" or "Declined". So far, Damn Bugs developers claim to have implemented more than 75 suggestions into Damn Bugs.^[20]

Overlook

Launched in May 2015, Overlook is a free web-based test plan management software.^[21] Its aim is to help teams create executable test plans for test-plan driven testing. Its features include creating and executing test plans, and iOS and Android readiness checklists. Like with its other product Damn Bugs, Crowdsourced Testing has launched a forum to collect user suggestions and requests.^[22] The team has claimed that they will go through all requests, and implement those that make sense.^[23]

References

1. "Crunch Base - Crowdsourced Testing Co.".
2. "QA on Request Launches New Crowdsourced Testing Platform, Enters Wayra". May 30, 2013.
3. Mercure, Philippe (2013-04-28). ""Start-Up Chile": coup de génie économique ou fiesta aux frais des contribuables?".
4. "21 startups subirán al escenario en el 4º Demo Day de Start-Up Chile". March 15, 2013.
5. "Launching a Crowdsourced Testing Startup from Chile with Simon Papineau, Founder & CEO of Crowdsourced Testing". January 8, 2014.
6. "Wayra showcases its start-up talent to over 300 Global investors". Telefonica. 12 November 2013. Retrieved March 2015.
7. "Venture Beat - Crowdsourced Testing".
8. "Welcome to Techwildcatters".
9. "Tester Evaluation". Crowdsourced Testing. Crowdsourced Testing. April 2013. Retrieved March 2015.
10. "Testing Costs/Price". Crowdsourced Testing. Crowdsourced Testing. April 2013. Retrieved March 2015.
11. "Venture Beat Companies - Crowdsourced Testing".
12. "Project Management : Damn Bugs System Properties".
13. "Issue Tracking: A Free Open Source Agile Project Management Tool".
14. "Chrome store add-ons : Damn Bugs".
15. "Damn Bugs, Overlook, Workflowy, and Trello".
16. "Capterra: the smart way to find business software".
17. "Damn Bugs Features".
18. "Bug reports: the key element of your software testing process". Crowdsourcetesting. Laura Gaudino. November 2014. Retrieved March 2015.
19. "QA Test Labs - Damn Bugs Review".
20. "User Forum - Damn Bugs".
21. "Announcing Overlook, new test plan management software".
22. "QA Hipster - Damn Bugs, Overlook, Workflowy and Trello".
23. "Announcing Overlook, new test plan management software".