31 Media, organisers of The European Software Testing Awards, are proud to announce the entries for the 2016 Awards Programme are now open.

Now in its fourth year, The European Software Testing Awards celebrate companies and individuals who have accomplished significant achievements in the software testing and quality assurance market.

Following feedback from previous years, the Awards Categories have been updated to best reflect the industry.

The 16 categories for 2016 are:

• Best Agile Project
• The Best Mobile Testing Project
• Best Test Automation Project – Functional
• Best Test Automation Project – Non-Functional
• Graduate Tester of the Year
• Testing Manager of the Year
• Best Overall Testing Project – Retail
• Best Overall Testing Project – Finance
• Best Overall Testing Project – Gaming
• Best Overall Testing Project – Communication
• Best Use of Technology
• Testing Team of the Year
• Testing Management Team of the Year
• Most Innovative Project
• Best User Experience (UX) Testing in a Project
• Leading Vendor

New category for 2016: UX testing

New for this year is the Best User Experience (UX) Testing in a Project Award.

“We introduced this Award Category following extensive discussions with former and current members of the judging panel who expressed the importance of highlighting the end user in projects,” said Cecilia Rehn, General Manager of 31 Media and Editor of TEST Magazine. “We have also gathered more feedback from last year in order to give future entrants the best possible chance to impress the judges. This is all published online on the Awards website.”

The European Software Testing Awards is an opportunity for the market as a whole to be acknowledged and praised. With such recognition comes self belief, enhanced awareness, the breeding of success, the attraction of fresh and bright talent, as well as bringing high levels of exposure and acclaim for individuals, teams, and organisations.

Interested parties can register online and download the entry forms. Completed entries are due back on the 15^th of July 2016.

About The European Software Testing Awards

The European Software Testing Awards 2016 marks the Awards Programme’s fourth year. Entries officially opened on the 4^th of April 2016 and are due in by the 15^th of July 2016.

The winners will be announced at the Gala Dinner on Wednesday 16 November 2016.

All entries will be judged blindly to ensure impartiality by a panel of seasoned industry professionals, all of whom currently hold senior management roles.

The Headline Sponsor for The European Software Testing Awards 2016 is MICRO FOCUS.

31 Media, organisers of The European Software Testing Awards and publishers of TEST Magazine would like to thank its sponsors for their support.