World class Test Factory will lead the way to the future of IT testing services by creating an flexible organisation through Innovative design. We will maximise the business value of Quality Assurance and Testing services for our clients and effect a Quantum leap in costs”

1. Industrialization of Testing
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Major challenges – latest Report
 The major challenges according to latest world quality report
published are as below
 56% of the respondents feel there is lack of appropriate process and methods
 19% of the respondents felt issues regard to availability and access to in house
test environment
 Test budget are increasing due to Test is still on left hand side ofV model in
majority cases and still early involvement of Test in development life cycle is
lagging, emphasis is still on Defect detection and not on defect prevention.
 There is huge investment of test tools and test infrastructure , there is lack of
visibility on ROI and effectiveness .
 Not much of focus on Innovation , which is leading to challenges in getting
trained and quality human resources on latest technological advancements in
Mobile apps testing , cloud and Big data testing
 Lack of innovations in end to end automated test frameworks
 Lacking efficiency in QA – Labour arbitrage is no longer only way to reduce
cost of quality, lack of necessary tools , process and metrics are the prime
reasons for Lacking efficiency in QA.
 A growing number of organizations are moving towards centralizing
their QA activities across the entire business

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What is Industrialization ?
 It isn’t a pretty word, especially when spoken in
the same breadth as “Services”, a word that
carries connotations of customization and a
personal touch.
 Industrialisation in general means the process of
transitioning from an agrarian society into an
industrial one, applying industrial production
processes.

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Factory ??
• Standard products
• Highly automated machines / Robotics / Assembly
lines
• Blue collar worker
• Well known for automotive , electronics/computer
/Mobile mass manufacturing
• Output units – tangible

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WhyTest Factory ?
SPEED
COST
Test Factory aligned
MOVING TO……
Traditional Model

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WhyTest Factory ?
 The reason for Test factory is not only a mono-dimensional
contract focusing on the core deliverable, but also on the fact that
each customer might have its own processes, test concepts and
test methodologies which makes any reuse nearly impossible.
 A strong harmonisation of all testing related activities will enable a
high level of reuse between different parties. Most of the testware
created in a Test Factory can be reused by the end customer.
 If the fundamental testing process is similar. For that purpose we
suggest TMMi as the process reference model to be adopted.
 If the head of the Test Factory is controlling the overall process
chain, including all involved parties, feels responsible for the overall
harmonisation, many synergies by reusing testware can be
leveraged. In practice, this reduces test efforts significantly for all
involved parties and improves the overall quality of the end
systems, since each projects can focus his test activities on those
aspects that are core for their deliverables

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Test FactoryVision
World class Test Factory will lead the way to the future of IT
testing services by creating an flexible organisation through
Innovative design. We will maximise the business value of
Quality Assurance and Testing services for our clients and effect
a Quantum leap in costs”
We will build the factory on Agile principles and shared
services, enhance our competencies to exceed our clients
expectations and be the choice of International clients for
outsourced testing services.
We will meet these challenging goals by engaging the right
talent and passion of people, who believe that quality is not an
accident, but it is result of Test Factory Vision”

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How can I supportTest Factory ?
 Test Program manager
 Test Manager
 Test lead
 Test analyst
 Tester
 Test automator
 PerformanceTester

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Test Factory - Journey
Increasing Maturity drives Effectiveness and Efficiency benefit
Fragmented
Application
Development
(and testing)
Consolidating
of application
development
Separation of
Development
and Testing
Professionalized
Testing
Different
Test models
Maturity
Benefit
Different
(blended)
sourcing
Scenario’s
Resource based testing
 T&M
 Ad hoc projects
 Many suppliers
Result based testing
 SLAs
 Outsourcing
 Off-shoring
 1-3 suppliers
Benefits internal to test function Internal and external benefits
Where is your Project
today ?
Test Factory

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Test Factory – How Does it Look ?

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Test Factory – Service Catalogue

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• Testing as a Service
• Basic, Standard &
Additional Services
• Consumption based
delivery (SLA´s)
• Fixed price services
= cost control
• Onsite, Offsite, Offshore
= Blended sourcing
• Cost reduction 20-60%
•Application Lifecycle Mgmt
•Test tooling
•Automation
•Regression Testing
•Virtual Test Environments
•Speed up Time to Market
Time reduction up to 80%
•Cost reduction 10-60%
• Documents, templates &
reports
• Test methods & processes
• Use of toolset
• Roles
• Issue & Change
Management
• Review and Inspection
• Resources faster up to
speed 1-2 man month
per resource
•Single Point of Contact
•Test policy and strategy
•Test levels and types
•Resources
•Suppliers
•Toolset
(licenses, HW)
•Test environment
•Cost reduction
20-30%
Centralise Standardise
OptimizeIndustrialize
Test Factory – Four corners

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Standard Criteria forTest Factory
Standard Criteria Customer Requirements/Test Factory
response
Low Medium High
• Complexity of Work Package
• Interaction with Business
• Project Budget for Testing
• Delivery Schedule (Deadlines, Time
to Market etc.,)
• Skills (Automation, Performance)
• Team Size
• Flexibility (Core and Flex)
Level 1 – 0 to 4 weeks; Level 2 – 4 to 8 Weeks; Level 3 – 8 to 12 weeks.

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Industrialization Benefits
 Improving efficiency and operating as a
global company.Testing is fundamental to
guarantee quality, and it accounts for up
to 35 percent effort of the entire
software development and application
management lifecycle
 Savings up to 40% of the total testing cost
through industrialization – a bench mark
report!

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Benefits Statement – Test Factory
 "The test factory is a key component of our industrialization
plan, and we are prepared to revolutionize the software
testing market with this new innovative approach.“
 "By implementing the Test Factory solution, testing service
providers are able to lower the risk of all aspects of project
delivery while substantially improving their ability to offer
innovative, competitive offerings to win new business,“
 Test Factory model addresses all aspects of managing and
delivering quality assurance services. It improves new
business pursuit success rates by leveraging unique
capabilities -- such as real-time customer access to web-
based project metrics -- that enable customer collaboration
throughout project delivery.Additionally,Test Factory
provides data privacy strategies and technology, enabling
more projects to be performed off-site.

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Challenges – Test Factory
Streamlining of
Processes
Manage resource utilisation
and cross skilling
Establishing communication
channels
Managing demand
flow to the Factory
Transforming into new model
Getting Best in
Class confirmation
from Industry

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