Whether your organization is using a waterfall or Agile development methodology (or a combination of both), or transitioning to DevOps, “shifting left” to move testing earlier in the development cycle results in higher-quality software at lower costs. What’s usually unspoken about this shift left is the need for teams — from idea to production, including development, quality assurance, security, release, and delivery — to collaborate more closely throughout the development cycle.

This white paper walks you through some of the key considerations for building collaboration into your testing strategy and concludes with a checklist to help guide your efforts.