InformationQA Process Assessment and Strategy
System maintenance costs must be reduced to let IT focus on strategic business requirements. Streamlining quality assurance processes—which are often overlooked—is an excellent way to lower them. Collaborative’s approach to QA Process Assessment and Strategy features four well-defined steps, including comprehensive, thorough testing. The method, described below, highlights system shortcomings and enables their repair.- Assess current QA processes and procedures using multiple dimensions.
- Identify future QA process goals, processes, procedures and organizational requirements.
- Develop a QA strategy and a plan to implement it (typically including quick hits).
- Deliver a documented set of recommendations, process improvements and strategy.
Assessments provide insight into the overall QA process and organization, and enhance efficiency, cost-effectiveness and support. They also foster seamless integration among phases of the software life cycle. Furthermore, Collaborative’s pragmatic processes and formulas identify and measure QA systematically, helping companies improve the way they institute quality. They also calculate tangible results from QA process improvements.
Well-tuned QA processes save millions, eliminate redundant processes and other inefficiencies, and enable tighter "feedback loops" for developers. Other benefits include more stable testing environments, end-to-end requirements validation, higher levels of automation, and ultimately, more satisfied customers.