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