Company X is based in South Africa, and was established in 2005. It initially started with one employee and has steadily grown to 43 employees in 2009. The company is made up of three divisions: consulting, support, and software development. The software development division employs eight software developers, all with less than three years industry experience. The type of software products developed by company X covers a wide spectrum that ranges from small desktop applications to large content management web applications, running on the Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms. The company focuses on current customer needs and will attempt any type of development project required by a customer, even if there are no skills in that particular domain. The reason for this wide array of products is to ensure a continuous flow of income. The success or failure of these small software companies depend on the quality of their software products. Software testing forms part of quality assurance (QA), a process aimed at building quality into a product (during development) to ensure that the required level of quality is achieved. These two processes are integral parts of the software development process, but are often left until last due to a lack of resources and time-to-market pressures [18]. Without proper software testing, high quality software products cannot be created and the future of many small software companies lies in the balance. The cost implications for releasing software fraught with defects are immense, not to mention the costs incurred when fixing defects in the latter stages of a project [19]. 

a)Based on case study given, briefly explain on how Company X can use Critical Testing Process to ensure the sustainability of their product software.

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