Software testing forms an integral part of any software project / product development. It begins with the requirement analysis of a project/product and continues till the product is deployed for use. Competitive pressures require software companies to be more agile in bringing in new features with minimal cost quickly. Hence it is important that testing is carried out cost effectively capturing the maximum number of bugs/errors in the software. Outsourcing the testing to focused product outsourcing companies is one of the ways this can be achieved.

Our Offerings
At Texnovate, we run a testing center of excellence to provide you a comprehensive solution framework to achieve your goals/requirements of:

• Quality improvement
• Functionality Verification and validation
• Technology Efficiency Improvement
• Newer product/platform release changes
• Reliability estimation [testing can serve as a statistical sampling method to gain failure data for reliability estimation]

We have a well trained team who apply proven system testing and quality assurance methodologies and techniques. With our expertise for getting the job done right, systems go into production faster and with the least problems. Our expertise in other areas of product development means that we can also provide assistance with fixing the bugs, documenting/improving/re-engineering the product code thereby improving your time-to-market.

Software Testing – Typical approaches
We have listed below the typical approaches used in Software testing. At Texnovate, we offer a combination of the approaches listed below depending on our client’s requirements.

• Black Box - Functionality testing without understanding the technical internals of the system.
• White Box – Testing with an internal view of the test object and its processes. White-box testing is also called glass-box testing, logic-driven testing or design-based testing.
• Manual Testing
• Automated Testing
• Value added testing – E.g. software design testing, application profiling etc.

We ensure that the testing remains cost effective by using our global delivery model to move the relevant test activities to our offshore centres.

Software Testing Cycle
Texnovate’s testing solution provides the advantage of reduced risk and increased control by aligning testing objectives with business objectives and by increasing the effectiveness of testing throughout the various stages as outlined below:

• Requirements Analysis: During the design phase, our expert testers work with your team in determining what aspects of a design are testable and under what parameter those tests work.
• Strategy and Planning: We help programme and project managers define what they want to achieve from testing; deliver the testing benefits and maximise the return on the resources used by formulating the right test strategy, risk management and defining a pragmatic test plan.
• Test Development: Using our proven expertise, techniques and templates, we can help you rapidly improve your testing processes. We help put together right Test Procedures, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Scripts for use to maximise testing value.
• Implementation and Execution: By using the best among the testing approaches such as black box, white box, manual / automation testing, our team executes the software based on the plans and tests. We report any errors found to the development team for correction with sufficient details so that the development team does not waste time finding the exact point of occurrence of the defect.
• Reporting and Metrics Analysis: Once testing is completed, our team generates metrics and make final reports on their test effort and make recommendations on the release readiness of the software. We also provide continuous feedback of the project throughout the life cycle so that corrective actions are taken well within time.
• Retesting the Defects

By integrating our approach with improved testing techniques and testing principles, we provide a cost effective and flexible process, rather than a comprehensive, all encompassing process. We apply our expertise in each of the following testing levels:

• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• System testing
• System integration testing
• Acceptance testing
• Alpha testing
• Beta testing
• Regression Testing

Our expert team can provide you guidance on all aspects of testing and on offshoring effectively to achieve your product vision. Please contact us at info@texnovate.com for more details and any further information.