Abstract:
Overview
In today’s business world, Competitiion is the order of the day for any organisation across the globe, Be it a Aeronautical Industry or an IT company. Each and every organisation is exploring newer opportunities to increase their topline and bottom line revenue.
Over a last few years Software Testing has taken a greater Momentum in the IT service space. This is mainly due to the fact that the organisation are realising the importance of having software with near -zero defects.
Gone are those days where, Testing is conducted by the development team itself or with only client. Today testing became a such profession service that, many organisation prefers thier software should be tested by a Independent organisation.
Testing Center of Excellence (TCOE) a unique model in the software testing field which is widely recognised as the key differentiater over the traditional model of software testing services. This model uses the concept of integrating all the required testing capabilities at a single place. The successful adoption of this model results in deployment of software in lesster time, quality and cost effective.
What is TCOE
Testing Center of Excellence(TCOE) is a testing practice which integrates People, Process, Tools, Expertise and Management at one place for providing effective testing services.
TCOE is like a supermarket which caters the needs of all testing services. Though it is a Unit, it follows the principle of managing any organization ie. the internal organisation of the centralized testing team is comprised meeting requirement of specific LOB or service.
TCOE Framework
- Integration of all testing capabilities i.e. People, Process, Tools, Exertise and Mangement skills
- Enables the reusability of Artifacts and their by improves the productivity
- Analysis of the process by using various Metrics and enables scope for continuous improvment
- Follows the systematic process and consistancy
- Adopts risk based testing, requirement Traceability and knowledge management techniques to improve testing effectiveness
Conclusion:
Considering the above, one can understoold that TCOE is a better model for the emerging changes in Software Testing Services. Wih the centralized pool of all the required capabilities for software testing, TCOE enables the organisations to gain the maximum benefit both to the vendor and client in testing services This paper will concentrate on Framework/need and the benefits of TCOE to the testing service providers
Presenter Profile:
Jayashankar Rajanna, Test Analyst, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
 He holds Master Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Bangalore University, He is a Certified Software Tester (CSTE) from Quality Assurance Institute USA and also holds Dipolomo in Financial Services from Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
He has more than 8 years of industry experience in the field of Finance, Capital Market and software testing.
He is associated with Infosys from last two years. In his last assignment he was leading a testing team which delivered applications in the area of Investment Banking for a Major US based Finanancial Service Provider.
Currently he is leading a team for a TCOE enagement with one of the major US Bank. |
