TPI-based Test Process Assessment and Improvement

Business and IT managers constantly need to manage the balance between realizing the commercial demands of the business, and at the same time meeting the organization’s own stringent professional IT standards. There is also the challenge of ensuring that testing is aligned to the delivery organization rather than being perceived as a discrete activity removed from the rest of the business. In addition, there are often the problems of an immature testing process and the uncertainty of how to make worthwhile improvements.

Sogeti’s solution, TPI® -Test Process Improvement, is a tried and tested structured assessment of an organization’s testing maturity with a view to improving its overall testing and QA effectiveness and efficiency.

Complementing the TMap® approach, TPi provides an objective insight into the ‘maturity’ of an organization’s entire test processes. It then identifies and defines incremental steps for improvements to achieve desired optimum testing capabilities. The assessment also provides insight into the broader context in which testing operates – including overall IT governance, business requirements management and other overarching processes.

A comprehensive and quick assessment
TPI-based Test Process Assessment and Improvement covers:  

• Comprehensive review and assessment of the efficiency and effectiveness of the client’s existing testing processes and environment
• Practical recommendations for cost-effective short- and long-term process improvements to suit specific organizational needs, such as test automation
• Support in implementing recommendations, including on-site training and coaching
• Or Quick Scan - a condensed view of a company’s process maturity.   

Major benefits
Clients derive the following benefits:

• A deeper insight into the strategic value of testing particularly within the overall QA of systems development or maintenance
• The incentive to kick-start a process improvement program, leading to a more structured approach to testing
• Improved control over both the process and its associated costs
• More predictable quality and consistency of software
• Reduced elapsed time of testing process through automation, improved risk analysis or reusability
• A route map for aligning testing process with an organization’s control and management systems, and a repeatable process for continuous improvement.

TPI is a highly adaptive tool and Sogeti has worked with clients from all industries and sizes.