The statistic shows the proportion of IT budgets that is put towards quality assurance and testing practices, from 2013 to 2018, according to the results of worldwide survey of senior IT-management executives. In 2018, respondents indicated that, on average, quality assurance and testing accounted for 26 percent of their organization's IT budget.
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The statistic shows the proportion of IT budgets that is put towards quality assurance and testing practices, from 2013 to 2018, according to the results of worldwide survey of senior IT-management executives. In 2018, respondents indicated that, on average, quality assurance and testing accounted for 26 percent of their organization's IT budget.
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The statistic shows the proportion of IT budgets that is put towards quality assurance and testing practices, from 2013 to 2018, according to the results of worldwide survey of senior IT-management executives. In 2018, respondents indicated that, on average, quality assurance and testing accounted for 26 percent of their organization's IT budget.
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- May 2018
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- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2012 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,700 respondents
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- CIOs and other senior technology professionals
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
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- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- 2012 to 2018
- Number of respondents
- 1,700 respondents
- Special properties
- CIOs and other senior technology professionals
- Method of interview
- Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
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