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[edu.pk](edu.pk)  \nMuhammad Abbas  \nDepartment of Computer and Software Engineering, CEME, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan  \n[m.abbas@ceme.nust.edu.pk](m.abbas@ceme.nust.edu.pk)  \nABSTRACT  \nAgile development is conventional these days and with the passage of time software developers are rapidly moving from Waterfall to Agile development. Agile methods focus on delivering executable code quickly by increasing the responsiveness of software companies while decreasing development overhead and consider people as the strongest pillar of software development. As agile development overshadows Waterfall methodologies for software development, it comes up with some distinct challenges related to testing of such software. Our study is going to discuss the challenges this approach has stirred up. Some of the challenges are discussed in this paper with possible solutions and approaches used for resolving these challenges. Also, the tools in practice are mentioned to improve the efficiency of the process.  \nKeywords  \nAgile development, Software development, Agile tools.  \n1. INTRODUCTION  \nThe trends of industry practices have been changing and updating lately. More automation techniques have been used and more advanced methods have been practiced for coping with the environmental challenges. Similarly, a new method has been practiced in the industry which helps for rapid software development named as Agile Method. Agile has been lately replacing the traditional software development methods and it has been practiced in the industry yet also having a great scope for research. As agile includes fast development techniques like Extreme Programming, it is also cost effective for any organization. It is different from the traditional waterfall development process as development in agile methodology is done according to sprints. Due to its difference with the traditional development, it has major challenges in software testing. Atypical testing lifecycle involves different phases of identifying errors and faults and then correction of those errors and faults leading to testing again. As the development in the agile  \nmethodology is rapid and we therefore opt this methodology for rapid development of software so taking out time for comprehensive testing is difficult. Research has shown that agile methodology does not provides you this time for testing. We this study will identify the major challenges which may arise during agile testing and they can relate to the management of testing or can relate to the implementation of testing. The challenges can come at the organizational level between teams or can they can occur for the specific product. We also propose the solution for those challenges in light of the tools.  \nIn this paper we have done a research about the challenges that arise in software testing for agile methodology. For this purpose, research papers from IEEE were consulted. There were certain challenges that were shortlisted to be mentioned in this paper and that are mentioned in section 2. Section 3 consists of the solution of the challenges described in the previous section followed by the description of tools that are mentioned in section 4. In the end we have mentioned the conclusion along with the future work.  \n2. Agile Testing  \nIn software development when we talk about the word “agile”, we usually refer to more flexibility, more collaboration and probably more simplicity [1] . And when we talk about the “agile testing”, it normally refers to testing of bugs and errors in the ","cbCaiek4Nug50qbi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiek4Nug50qbi","pdf",158678,"English","# Agile Methods: Testing Challenges, Solutions & Tool Support\n## Introduction\n## Agile Testing\n## Challenges\n## Infrastructure for testing\n## Test documentation\n## Insufficient testing coverage","[{\"question\":\"Why does agile development create challenges for software testing?\",\"answer\":\"Agile development follows rapid sprint cycles, making it difficult to allocate enough time for comprehensive testing. 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