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Optimized Software Testing
Given all the risks inherent in deploying software that hasn’t been tested appropriately, with optimized testing software leaders can be confident that projects will be developed rapidly with high quality. Having spent over 20 years implementing test transformations, Software Development Technologies has the proven capability and expertise to provide the resources to optimize your software testing as well as to perform the testing.
SDT has the proven consulting expertise to transform and strengthen your organization’s software test practices and build an exceptional software test capability. Whether you require an automation framework, a best-in-class quality and test methodology, training, mentoring, metrics, test environments, standard roles and job descriptions, an offshore strategy, senior consultants or skilled testers for projects, SDT can provide you with test solutions that will decrease your time to launch and significantly reduce your deployment risk.
Launching the Transformation
When CIOs decide to invest in quality and test, they partner with Software Development Technologies to provide the leadership and required intellectual property to architect and accelerate the implementation of the Enterprise Software Test Center of Excellence (CoE). Implementation, validation and refinement of the Enterprise Software Test CoE are performed using the client’s application projects, with SDT consultants working side by side with client testers providing mentoring and training as needed.
SDT uses a four step approach to transform a testing organization:
- Assessment – SDT analyzes a test function’s capabilities to determine its effectiveness and to identify its strengths and opportunities for improvement.
- Set Test Transformation Goals – SDT identifies critical goals that guide the test transformation.
- Acceleration and Deployment – SDT provides its proven IP to ensure your Enterprise Software Test Center of Excellence is operational as quickly as possible.
- Drive Results – SDT works closely with the client testers to drive the Enterprise Software Test Center of Excellence towards best in class status.
A well-conceived software testing strategy can put an organization on track for greater innovation, growth and success. The CIO can rest assured that projects will be deployed with higher quality and fewer post-release defects, and be secure in the knowledge that the company’s investments are demonstrating a significant return.
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
Software Development Technologies can offer you and your organization leadership SDT STRW™ Methodology - a complete, proven approach to rapid implementation of best-in-class test automation and processes for new or existing test organizations.
- Pre-defined and proven test process out-of-the-box or customized to your specific needs.
- A complete offering of test courses and templates designed to supplement the methodology.
- Senior level consultants with an average of 25 years of experience in software test.
- A proprietary assessment methodology, using industry best practices, to examine your existing approaches to test, identify and prioritize areas needing improvement, and recommend actions.
RESULTS ACHIEVED
Organizations who have adopted the SDT methodology for transforming test operations have realized benefits such as:
- Improved delivered application quality; increased user / customer satisfaction; reduction in the cost of application development; quality driven earlier in the life cycle.
- Rapid implementation of a centralized, consistent roles-based testing organization established with the right onshore / offshore model, yielding improved coverage and testing throughout the life cycle.
- Training and mentoring of key personnel in their specific roles using an efficient testing process.
- Adoption of an industry set of best practices without the need for extensive research and learning.
- Higher success rate in automating the testing function.
- Increased visibility to critical defects earlier in the development cycle.
- Protection of their strategic and tactical IT development and deployment plans through more effective pre-release testing capability and reduced post-release risks.
The Transformative Power of Software Testing White Paper (PDF)
SDT Partners with IT Transformation Executive to Create Software Testing Centers of Excellence Case Study (PDF)
Executive
Sponsor summarized SDT’s performance as follows:
“As an IT Transformation Executive, my Software Testing Partner decision is critical – I trust SDT to deliver the right senior consultants and test project teams. With Software Development Technologies’ proven intellectual property and experienced consultants, we rapidly developed and implemented a clear strategy and automation framework that is efficient and repeatable. Using SDT’s testing approach, there is now a centralized infrastructure to rapidly test and deploy our highly customizable global systems – this will greatly reduce our manual testing workload and maintenance costs. SDT has implemented practical solutions, which build on and improve our existing infrastructure both onshore and offshore, while implementing new approaches that streamline our processes. The resulting lower costs, higher quality and strong teamwork provide the right return on investment with the right projects being processed the right way through the Test CoE.”
Becky Wanta, Chief Information Officer
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Sarah Kim,
Lighthouse Worldwide Solutions
"This seminar provided an excellent forum for bringing together test
from different sized companies at all different levels of testing, in one room
guided by an expert in the industry. The topics covered and the
discussions generated gave me real life examples of how I can improve my process."
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Deirdre Ryan,
Director of Worldwide QA,
Quarterdeck Corporation
"A course all test engineers should take in order to learn a structured, realistic and practical approach to testing."
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Michael Anglen,
StorageTek, Inc.
"Not only did I learn a lot, but the course prepared me to take the
information back and implement it."
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