The NFTA (Non-Functional Test Association), focuses on promoting and advancing the field of non-functional testing. Increasing the understanding, and appreciation of NFT, while building a community of passionate industry experts, to provide a variety of dependable services to organisations.

NFT is a specialist skill set that requires an understanding of system quality attributes, business needs and associated risks. The majority of good Non-Functional Testers will gladly enlighten you with their success stories of saving an organisation from disaster and the common challenges and issues they face in various industries on regular occasions. These common challenges tend to be related to misconceptions and a lack of Non-Functional understanding, that can manifest in several ways, with unqualified NFT resources putting your budget and business at significant risk through a lack of capability and know-how to approach Non-Functional Testing and establish the appropriate level of coverage to mitigate and manage risks.

Many suppliers and organisations offer NFT services, but in some cases, this tends to only be available as a peripheral element of their business, with little investment in training, or appropriate accessible skills, the provision of this service in many cases can be problematic for the business, with the allocation of unskilled resources providing an inadequate service, with disastrous results.

Unfortunately, this compounded lack of available information and standardisation in the Non-Functional industry can lead to a multitude of problems, risks, nugatory efforts and increased costs.