# Tips to efficiently/effectively test SaaS solutions?

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** process, systems-thinking\
**Created:** [25 June 2024 08:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377 "2024-06-25T08:10:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![clockwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@clockwood](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/clockwood)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2024 08:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377/1 "2024-06-25T08:10:34Z")

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Hello

Our organisation are working with a Delivery Partner to implement a new SaaS Erecruitment solution.

The delivery partner have said they will lead on a proportion of the testing and I’m thinking our internal team focus on compatibility and integration. Does anyone have any tips on test strategies in respect of testing SaaS applications?

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**Author:** ![simon\_tomes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/simon_tomes/32/14009_2.png) [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2024 16:06 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377/2 "2024-06-25T16:06:29Z")

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While I don’t have direct experience with the situation you’ve described, perhaps something from the community would help.

Here’s a list of items related to “test strategy”.

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**Author:** ![jesper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/jesper/32/8341_2.png) [@jesper](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jesper)\
**Post date:** [25 June 2024 21:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377/3 "2024-06-25T21:10:17Z")

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This recent article By @sjprior comes to mind. It covers most I could think of

> **[Testing SaaS – Quality in a “Buy not Build” Culture](https://leadtestinclude.com/2024/06/20/testing-saas-quality-in-a-buy-not-build-culture/)**
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> It may surprise some people as it’s not commonly talked about in the industry but not every company will develop its own IT systems. Not every company has an agile development culture, some have a …

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**Author:** ![clockwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@clockwood](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/clockwood)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2024 07:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/tips-to-efficiently-effectively-test-saas-solutions/77377/4 "2024-06-26T07:25:33Z")

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thanks both for your suggestions 🙂 I will take a look at these!