SDT provides software testing services and products to help customers create quality software on time and on budget. They ensure predictable quality, minimize risks, and reduce costs through their rightsourcing model which blends internal and external testing resources. SDT's Unified TestPro is a test automation tool that supports various software types and allows for parallel design and automation to increase productivity.

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RIGHTSOURCING  RIGHT PROCESS  RIGHT PEOPLE  RIGHT TOOLS
Real World Testing Done Right
Introduction to
Software Development Technologies

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SDT … Real World Testing Done Right
INTRODUCTION
 SDT provides practical, proven and
effective software testing services
and products to ensure its
customers create quality software
on-time and on-budget
Founded in 1992
by Edward Kit, author of
Software Testing in the Real World:
Improving the Process

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SDT Delivers Effective Testing Solutions Fast
 Ensures predictable software quality
 Increases probability of user acceptance
 Minimizes risk of revenue interruption
caused by project failure
 Reduces software development and
deployment costs
 Shortens time-to-deployment
 Increases ROI on development
projects
BUSINESS BENEFITS

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SDT … Serving the Needs of our Clients
MANUFACTURING
OTHER INDUSTRIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INTRODUCTION

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SDT … World-Class Software Testing
 SDT creates the organization, process,
technology and environment required
to deliver software on-time and on-
budget
 Test Assessment
 Test Transformation
 Test Automation Technology
 Rightsourcing Services
 SDT STRW Methodology
 SDT STRW Courseware
 Venture Testing Program
… delivered by world-class testing
specialists with decades of experience
INTRODUCTION

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SDT Rightsourcing Test Services
 Ensure production-ready, positive-
impact releases
 Provide trained and certified
quality professionals
 Follow a proven end-to-end test
process
 Utilize a balance of onshore and
offshore resources
 Use complete test automation
architecture and implementation
 When combined with UTP, provides
the most effective manual and
automated testing at the lowest
cost
RIGHTSOURCING
SDT Rightsourcing services blend the right mix of internal and
external testing services for all your projects
RIGHTSOURCING
End-to-end
Cost-effective
‘Round-the-clock’

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Emerging Companies Challenges
 Time to Market
 Quality
 Staffing
 Process
SDT Venture Program exists to address these challenges

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SDT Venture Testing Program (VTP)
SDT is committed to helping ventures build sustainable
businesses
SDT is uniquely positioned to test venture and emerging
companies software
 World-class proven, practical testing
 Highly competitive market rates for people, tooling, process,
training
 SDT innovative Onsite / Onshore / Offshore Blended Testing
Model

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Deep Collaboration
SDT Senior Test Architect works onsite to analyze the
development and test process, design the approach and
manage testing.
SDT synchronizes testing with development

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Benefits of SDT Venture Testing Model
 Experienced, world-class software testing services provider:
 Well-established test processes and associated training for the
largest global corporations in the world for over 16 years
 Keyword Driven testing – ability to implement manual testing and
test automation right the first time, avoiding the test automation
scripting nightmare
 Solutions for the key test enterprise challenges associated with
Client/Server, Java, Web, API/Middleware, Mainframe, Embedded
devices, etc.
 Full access to the SDT proprietary outsource process & automation
tools
 Cost-effective, quality-centric model overcomes failures of current
offshore/onsite model

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SDT Test Services Enabled by Technology:
Unified TestPro (UTP)
First Global Managed
Test Services Technology
High value, collaboration, visibility
First Manual and
Automatic Keyword
implementation
Reduces programming; manual and
automated test cases implemented
more quickly
First Extensible
Architecture
Client / server, web, API,
mainframe, embedded, telecom
software systems support
Parallel design and
automation
Increased productivity
Roles-based
integrated toolset
Fewer testers,
reduced maintenance
UTP

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Hosted Server
Execute
Automate
Design
Design
Design
Design
Automate
Reports
Unified TestPro (UTP)
Software
Under Test
Architecture

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Unified TestPro (UTP) Product Features Comparison
Criteria UTP Legacy
A Framework for test design Yes No
Separation of test design from test
automation
Yes No
Intelligent, powerful database Yes No
Keywords, the most advanced
technology for rapid test
development and reusability
Yes No
Support for Web, C/S, API, Embedded
and Mainframe
Yes No
Higher levels of test abstraction Yes No
UTP

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SDT Software Testing in the Real World (STRW)
Baseline Test Methodologies
Verification: (early life cycle testing)
 Technical Reviews and Software Inspection
Validation: (stages of testing during development)
 Unit Testing
 Integration Testing
 Function Testing
 System Testing
 Acceptance Testing
Methodologies include implementation templates, examples, reports,
checklists, task lists, defined processes, etc.
METHODOLOGY

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SDT Software Testing in the Real World
Baseline Test Courses
 Technical Review and Inspection
 Unit and Integration Testing
 Software Testing in the Real World
 Software Test Design
 Software Testing Tools
 Software Testing for Leaders
 Software Test Automation Architecture
 QuickStart for Test Designers
 QuickStart for Automation Engineers
COURSES

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Why Choose SDT as Your Testing Partner?
SUMMARY
SDT is superior to internal efforts, large computer-
service vendors and outsourcing companies because:
 We focus all our efforts and skills on software-test
methodologies, training and solutions
 Our STRW methodology has been proven practical
and effective for over a decade in the largest of
companies
 Our experts have decades of real-world experience
with the widest range of testing projects, technologies
and environments
 Our multishore, Rightsourcing solutions avoid common
communication, security, travel and time-zone issues
caused by outsourced and offshore test operations
 Our Managed Test Services automation solution,
Unified TestPro, provides high value, high visibility

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Solution Suites
 Test Transformation: Services and Tooling to Transform Test
 Test Outsourcing: Services to Outsource Test
Software Test Tools
 Unified TestPro®
: Integrated Test Design and Automation
 ReviewPro®: Software Technical Review
Standalone IP Families
 STRW Process: Full Suite of Test Methodologies
 STRW Training: Full Suite of Test Courses
Standalone Services
 Assessments
 Test Design
 Automation Architectures
SDT Key Offerings Summary
SUMMARY

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 SDT continues to innovate with Test Transformation,
Assessment, Tooling, Outsourcing, Process, Training
 SDT has a proven approach – in use at large Fortune 500
companies
 SDT’s Managed Services provides the most effective
testing at the lowest cost
 Test Transformation and Test Outsource – most
effective and comprehensive
Summary
SUMMARY