0 to give tasks to a large group of people or to the general public, for example, by asking for help on the internet, rather than having tasks done within a company by employees: --
Police are embracing apps to crowdsource investigations.
They then crowdsource the product to a community of testers, who register for testing the software voluntarily.
In crowdsource testing, people voluntarily test a software with the possibility of not being paid (if no bugs are discovered).
In addition, crowdsource testing allows for remote usability testing because specific target groups can be recruited through the crowd.
Brightidea was an early pioneer in using the internet to crowdsource product improvements.
Their aim was to crowdsource the development of the game, which they claim was about 50% complete.
Many components of the program leverage crowdsourcing and will be open source and the ultimate intent is to crowdsource a next generation combat vehicle.
The crowdsource testing team is usually in addition to the in-house quality assurance team, not a replacement.
