Independent Outsourced Testing

Outsourced development can offer attractive advantages. Independent Quality Verification will keep vendors and outsourced development centres both efficient and effective and provides the validation of outsourced work before it is returned for integration and acceptance. Thus ensuring the system requirements are actually delivered and that agreed Service Level Agreements are achieved.

Independent Outsourced Testing
Independent Outsourced Testing will deliver end-to-end quality management and testing solutions with reduced delivery risk at price competitive onshore and offshore rates. Scalability and flexibility are assured to enable improvements in productivity and efficiency to be realised for the business. The Independent Outsourced Testing framework will deliver:

Leading to optimised development, testing and implementation processes as well as reduced costs across the lifecycle.

Onsite Quality Centre
As part of the Independent Quality Verification process, an Onsite Quality Centre is established. This Quality Centre will manage and test requirements and communicate these requirements efficiently to developers. A Test Strategy is formulated and documented ready for the offshore testing part of the programme.

Quality entry and exit gates are defined and monitored with the Quality Centre acting as the Gatekeeper. Updating of stage entry and exit criteria is monitored and updated as required. The Quality Centre acts as the mediator between the business requirement and the offshore development and testing team to validate and verify the quality of the delivered material before it is returned to the onshore location.

Metrics and Reporting
To provide quantification of reduced cost and increased quality and the benefits and cost reductions accrued; metrics are proactively gathered and delivered to the business. The effectiveness of the testing programme can be verified and the resultant effect on development shown.

These metrics allow business and IT executives to retain control of the outsourced development and the testing project and report ongoing savings and improvements in a simple and effective manner.

By managing the quality of deliverables from outsourcing the needs of the business can be met, the targets set for improvements and savings can be proven - and the predicted benefits set out in the business case for outsourcing delivered.

Deliverables