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Key Performance Indicators

Key Performance Indicators is a jargon that is used in almost every industry whether it is IT, Automobile or Online business.  KPI is a Metric but a Metric is not necessarily a KPI! There will be a target specified against each KPI and the value can be above or below the target set. One may collect 20-25 metrics for a department but there might be 5 or 6 metrics which can be used to track the performance of the group or the department. These metrics are generally classified as KPI's and each KPI can be lined to the goal of that department. KPI is decided by management and will be aligned to the program or organization goals.KPI is easy to understand and everyone working in the department from the lowest role to the highest role should be able to interpret/understand the metrics. Whenever the KPI value falls below or above the target values action should be taken. It is difficult for an organization to perform or for a client to monitor the performance of a partner without KPI

Challenges in Testing Mobile Applications

The testing of mobile applications is more challenging than a website or client server application testing. I have listed down the different types of challenges using a mind map.