| Introduction | | | | available in the market. By picking Open Source tools, |
| Software Test Engineering is the acquisition and | | | | organizations can cut capital expenditure. At the |
| application of technical, scientific and mathematical | | | | same time, automated testing tools can also allow |
| knowledge to design and implement testing best | | | | companies to undertake cheaper regression testing. |
| practices and processes that enable realization of | | | | When examining the outsourcing option, companies |
| software testing objectives desired in a given | | | | must explore and clearly differentiate the parts |
| product development life cycle. Software systems | | | | where testing can be done onsite and the areas |
| and applications need to be tested in the different | | | | where it can be outsourced, while optimally using the |
| stages of their evolution, to ensure that they are | | | | collaboration tools. If there are questions regarding |
| zero defect and bug free and scale as the | | | | who is doing what, a company needs to set up a |
| requirements of customers grow. | | | | transparent system that tracks each remote team |
| Current market state | | | | member of the test team. |
| Unlike the past years, when organizations deployed | | | | No company knows the business of Test Engineering |
| manual methods to test software, today the | | | | better than Impetus |
| environment has underdone a major change. The | | | | Impetus is a pioneer in Outsourced Product |
| older methods are time consuming, costly and | | | | Engineering, having partnered in the development of |
| inaccurate. Organizations are now having to deliver at | | | | hundreds of globally successful products. Impetus |
| “Internet speed,” which means faster | | | | uses this immense experience to help companies build |
| product cycles, quicker go-to-market, lower costs of | | | | high quality products successfully, taking them from |
| development, high scalability, better quality, improved | | | | conceptualization to launch. In the interim, the |
| user experiences and enhanced global | | | | company offers end-to-end services to ISVs including |
| competitiveness. | | | | technology research, architecture consulting, design |
| Challenges faced by product companies during | | | | and development, customization, integration and |
| product testing | | | | product testing. The company leverages cutting-edge |
| Products must be intuitive to use and work in a | | | | technologies and platforms, such as Cloud Computing, |
| similar manner as other products within the domain. | | | | High Performance Computing, .Net, and Open Source, |
| Typically, the way in which end customers use the | | | | to provide customers with the most cost-effective, |
| products varies. Companies have to determine at the | | | | top-of-the-line product engineering solutions. |
| outset whether their teams are doing enough testing. | | | | Impetus’ focus on process excellence and its |
| With the latest software applications becoming more | | | | adherence to prevailing global quality benchmarks |
| complex, it is difficult to know when testing should | | | | helps customers create high quality products. Quality |
| be stopped. Especially when the product has to be | | | | is also maintained through Impetus’ adoption of |
| shipped quickly and the company is not sure whether | | | | Best Practices along with its successful adoption of |
| it has tested enough. However, there are some | | | | onsite-offshore and White Box and Gray Box |
| common factors that can help organizations to decide | | | | engagement models. By continuing its investment in |
| when testing should be marked as completed. | | | | R&D Impetus innovates new methods of building |
| Various methods are used by companies to take this | | | | better products. Impetus believes in simplifying |
| decision. Some take it on the basis of test case | | | | testing activities. The aim is to make testing an |
| execution completion, some on the basis of test | | | | intrinsic part of the process, so that it is not |
| budgets depletion, or beta/alpha period termination, | | | | considered an additional activity requiring different |
| and some decide when the bug rates get reduced | | | | skill-sets. What we have done for instance is |
| and deadlines end. . At the same time, companies | | | | simplified automation to such an extent that the |
| have to examine whether the product is finally | | | | need for an automation engineer doing this task has |
| market ready and of acceptable quality for clients. A | | | | been minimized. We have ensured that even the |
| number of organizations depend on their software | | | | existing testing team helps in automating the test |
| beta programs to elicit customer feedback and | | | | cases. Additionally, we have developed cost effective |
| incorporate it into the new products. Finally, | | | | solutions so that we can emphasize the use of OSS |
| enterprises are also grappling with the question: | | | | or in-house tools. |
| “should we outsource product testing,” and | | | | What Impetus does in the Product Engineering |
| consider outsourcing as an option when drawing up | | | | domain |
| testing strategies. There are many reasons why | | | | For companies looking for a product testing partner, |
| companies are outsourcing the testing function. For | | | | Impetus is an unmatched choice. Impetus’ |
| one, they do not have to invest in special hardware, | | | | experience in the product engineering domain, which |
| software and networking—basically the | | | | encompasses technology research, architecture |
| infrastructure, required to conduct stress tests on | | | | consulting, design and development, customization, |
| the system or application. It is much more cost | | | | integration and product testing, has given it as edge |
| effective to outsource product testing. At the same | | | | over other competitors. In the area of Test |
| time they do not need to outlay skilled manpower, | | | | Engineering, Impetus provides clients a perfect blend |
| which may not be available in-house anyway, for | | | | of manual, automation and specialized testing |
| conducting complex tests. | | | | techniques. Impetus provides automation solutions |
| What to do: How can I address these challenges It is | | | | that deliver a higher return on the investment of |
| important to design the test strategy early along | | | | clients. At the same time, Impetus has relevant, |
| with the product road map and begin with a test | | | | state-of-the-art infrastructure, in its Labs where even |
| plan, a document that contains details about the | | | | the most complex software can be tested quickly |
| objectives, approach, scope and focus of a software | | | | and efficiently. |
| testing project. Test plans are usually created in | | | | The Impetus edge in Test Engineering |
| order to enable people outside the group of | | | | A major advantage offered by Impetus is its testing |
| software testers to understand more about the | | | | team that includes professionals well versed in all |
| project. These test plans should contain enough | | | | existing software platforms and emerging |
| information to make it useful but not too much | | | | technologies. Companies strapped for testing talent, |
| information to make it difficult for people outside the | | | | will find this pool extremely beneficial for their testing |
| project to understand the situation. Test plans usually | | | | needs. At the same time, Impetus also provides |
| include details about the target audience, the | | | | higher-end specialists and test architects, that can |
| objectives of testing, overviews of software | | | | actually become a part of the test defining and |
| products, legal requirements, traceability requirements, | | | | designing stage. Impetus is equipped with the |
| testing priorities, database set up requirements and | | | | necessary tools, cutting-edge technologies, |
| project risk analysis amongst others. Additionally, | | | | methodologies and Best Practices that ensure that |
| companies must focus on the cost element when | | | | testing leads to zero defect, bug free software. |
| identifying and evaluating test plans and testing tools | | | | |