Software Quality Assurance Blog

Success Story: Test Process and Methodology — ROI, Assessment and Implementation

The Client
Client is one of Canada’s leading specialist in serving institutional investors. They have the expertise to support their customers, beneficiaries and shareholders providing information services, custody, securities lending, investment management, performance and analytic measurement, cash management, and record keeping.
Client Challenge
The client wanted assistance in the verification of their application testing progress and [...]

Success Story: Testing Business Case Diagnostic

Challenge:
—    Prepare a Test Center of Excellence (TCoE) business case outlining enterprise value and cost impacts aimed at establishing a baseline company-wide test function capable of supporting standard testing requirements
—    Create ‘what-if’ business case scenarios based on the establishment of a TCoE prior to commencement of your major initiative (ERP upgrade/implementation of CRM system etc)
Results:
—    [...]

Success Story: Systems Development Life Cycle

Challenge:
—    A Utility CIO realized that the strategic value of his IT group depended on how closely aligned IT was to their corporate objectives; and their ability to deliver cost effective, high quality applications on time. Focus concentrated on improving their SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), and he viewed QA Consultants’ Testing Center of Excellence [...]

Business Users interest in Testing

n90% of all IT projects are delivered late
n50% are delivered over budget
n50% of all IT projects fail to meet business objectives

IT Benefits: Achieving Excellence in Testing

nMost IT organizations don’t know how much (of the estimated 30%-60% industry average IT budget) is spent on Testing.

nMost CIO’s don’t know if their Enterprise applications are CMM Level 2/3/4/5 and the economic/risk factors that could be minimized with a formal testing methodology.

nnIncreased need to combat outsourcing pressures of key IT functions requires a [...]

Cost of Quality

Cost of Quality

Defects found in Production
nBased on an average of 100 defects * 4000 * 4 releases a year

$1,600,000

Defects not found as a result of gaps in functional knowledge
nBased on an average of 82* defects found * $3000 * 4 releases a year

$984,000

Improper planning efforts allowed for defects to [...]

What is the compelling Business Case for Testing Excellence?

n90% of all IT projects are delivered late
n50% are delivered over budget
n50% of all IT projects fail to meet business objectives
n40% to 60% of total software project costs are in testing. Giga Group
nUS spends 1% of Gross Domestic Product on software defects. Patricia Seybold Group
nLess than 25% [...]

How Test Management Can Help You End QA Chaos and Gain Control

Webinar
Description:
The growing complexity of today’s applications, combined with increased competitive pressures and skyrocketing costs of application failure have catapulted the need for testing to new heights. However, most IT organizations lack clearly defined, repeatable testing processes as well as the right tools to run their QA [...]