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Success Story: Testing Business Case Diagnostic

by EDITOR on 14/12/06 at 4:50 pm

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:

—    High-level project plan

—    Schedule of interviews

—    Assessment kick-off

—    Preliminary current state finding and observations

—    Test improvement areas (Identify Defect areas & Cost associated)

—    Quantitative impacts of test improvement areas (ROI)

—    What-if business case scenarios supporting your planned initiatives

—    TCoE business case - test recommendations, value propositions and action plans