The key factors that determines maturity of Testing organization are Organization, Operating Model, Testing Process, Testing Methodologies, Tools and Infrastructure. The characteristics of each factor in a steady state or Mature state are listed below
Key Focus Areas
Desired State
Organization
Centralized QA organization
Well defined QA organization structure and governance Model
Common pool of testing, domain, technology and tools skills
Internal BA pool to be leveraged for domain / application training
Operating Model
Enforce earlier involvement of testing team in project life cycle
Project specific structuring of teams and working model
Definition of a flexible Inter-group communication model
Resource planning and utilization management
Process
Formal review process in testing lifecycle
Processes for effective knowledge management
Processes for formal change management
Mechanisms for defect causal analysis & prevention
Formal risk identification, evaluation, and mitigation
Standardized templates, guidelines and checklists
Measurement framework for testing
Methodologies
Focused automation of functional/regression testing and adoption of framework
Tool consolidation and centralized license management
Tool based test management and end-to-end integration
Effective tool utilization
Infrastructure
Tool based data preparation and techniques for scrubbing & masking
Centralized test data repository
Test Environment Management
It can be pictorially represented as mentioned below.
Test Process Consulting Approach
We can measure the maturity of your Testing and Testing Organization with proven checklists and frameworks and provide a detailed assessment of your current state and build a roadmap to move to the steady state. We carry out the Assessment exercise with well-defined phases as mentioned below
Service Offerings
We provide gamut of service offerings in the Test Process Consulting space. Please find below our key service offerings.
Diagnostics & Advisory Services
Test Process Assessment & Recommendations
Test Process Compliance Audit
Definition and Implementation of Roadmap to move to steady state
Setting up of Testing Center of Excellence
Offshoring Testing Efforts
Key Enablers
Well Defined and proven Testing Process Maturity Analysis Methodologies
Questionnaire for all the Focus area that determine the effectiveness of the Testing Organization
Access to Maturity Review Checklists and Scoring Techniques.
Proven process and Methodologies to capture the Current State
Access to Best Practices and Benchmarking Practice.
Extensive experience in Test Process Consulting for Fortune 500 companies
Expertise in offshoring Testing efforts
Expertise in building Testing Center of Excellence
Key Benefits
Reduce the Cost of Future Testing
Improve the overall efficiency of the Testing organization
Enable consistency in deliverables and improved quality
YoY Productivity improvements over a 5-year period
Resource utilization and optimization
Cost and effort savings through Test Automation
Reduce the Cost of Testing through Onsite-offshore model
Engagement Model
Novature Tech in its culture engage with the Customer in a Transaction level and eventually leverage all its Services to transform the client into excellence. Novature Tech is very flexible in engaging with the Customer depending on the current and future needs of the customers. Some of the key engagement model being followed are
Assessment 2 Maturity – Engage with Customer to Conduct 2-3 weeks Testing Process Assessment and play the current state. Upon approval on current state, prepare a detailed roadmap for moving to steady state and execute the roadmap in phase wise approach upon approval.
Transact 2 Transform – Engage with Customer for other Services such as Functional Testing or Test Automation or any our other service and leverage Test Process Consulting Services to demonstrate the gaps and contribute to the transformation of our Customer Testing to excellence
