Case Study: Poll Everywhere doubles test coverage and speeds deployments with Rainforest QA

Scalable Exploratory Testing that Keeps Development Resources Focused

Poll Everywhere, a San Francisco–based audience response system, needed to expand test coverage while keeping QA developer-owned and avoiding added headcount. With continuous integration and multiple daily deploys, the team wanted scalable exploratory testing that wouldn’t pull developers off critical projects or require constant test rewrites during active UX changes.

They implemented Rainforest Exploratory to provide on-demand, crowdtested exploratory sessions and scripted regressions; testers deliver documented issues and step-by-step screenshots within 72 hours. The approach doubled test coverage, surfaced 36 previously unknown bugs, reduced developer time spent on exploratory QA, and sped up deployments while increasing confidence in releases.

Poll Everywhere

Brian Goodman

Product Manager