Born out of SQA services provided for its own product development projects, Data-Core’s SQA Practice has grown and matured into a 100 plus-member full service independent SQA unit. The practice has, over the past few years, provided SQA (also known as Testing) services to a number of businesses, particularly to the mid-market companies
Overview
Data-Core's SQA Practice is a specialized, mature professional service that is built upon the following key strengths of the organization
- Experience in large-scale software testing for domestic and international corporations
- Technical expertise that comprises over 400 person-years of SQA effort
- Depth and competence across diverse technical platforms and tools
- Innovative global delivery model that reduces cost for our clients without compromising on quality
- Ability to effectively gain and retain knowledge of customer applications
- Ability to scale up and meet peak demand for resources without having to maintain excess capacity
- Data-Core’s track record of successful engagements and satisfied customers
Service Offerings
Data-Core’s SQA practice offers a full range of testing services that are grouped into four phases
that supports the complete range of software product development. They are:
- Planning and Preparation Phase
- Release and Maintenance Phase
- Testing and Evaluation Phase
- Test Asset Improvement and Maintenance
Test Execution and Reporting Phase
During the construction, unit testing, quality assurance testing and UAT of product development the following services are offered:
- Test Environment Configuration
- System & Integration Testing
- Unit Testing
- Performance Testing
- Smoke Testing
- Load/Stress Testing
- Functional Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Regression Testing
A differentiating feature of Data-Core’s SQA Practice is in the quality of the documentation that it
provides in each Client engagement. We provide in-depth Status, Progress and Defect Reports including
Comprehensive Test Logs, Defect and Root Cause Analysis and Performance Monitoring metrices during the
execution of these services.
Release Phase and Test Asset Improvement Phase
During the release of the software product, the Practice provides production bug re-testing and
reporting along with processes for Test Assets Improvement and Management resulting in
- Defect Leakage Analysis
- Updated Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Scripts
- Updated Knowledge Repository
Supporting Activities
- Knowledge Retention & Knowledge Transfer
- Risk Management
- Data Security
- Communication and Reporting
- Defect Management
- Resource Management
- Continuous Improvement
Industry Best Practices
Methodologies and Processes
Data-Core has Methodologies and Processes in place for execution,
strategic planning, balancing schedule and scope. Data-Core is an ISO9001:2000 and CMM Level 3 organization.
Knowledge Retention
Data-Core considers acquisition and retention of the Client’s domain knowledge an
absolute key to providing superior testing services. Accordingly, it creates human and electronic
knowledge repositories with adequate redundancy (redundant storage, additional staff acquiring knowledge).
Metrics Driven Improvement
We strive for continuous improvement by reporting on performance
indicators and integrating with 6 Sigma.
SLA-based Assurance
Data-Core prides itself in on-time delivery, in achieving optimal
defect ratios and in resource ramp-up responsiveness.
Documentation
Data-Core has received customer accolades for the depth of its documentation.
We provide granular test cases and comprehensive test logs to supplement requirements and baseline documentation.
Also our Defect Management Documentation of unresolved defects provides accurate quality indices of a release.
