1. Software Testing Workshop 11-Jul-08 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright © 2008 Polaris Software Lab Limited All rights reserved. These materials are confidential and proprietary to Polaris and no part of these materials should be reproduced, published in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopy or any information storage or retrieval system nor should the materials be disclosed to third parties without the express written authorization of Polaris Software Lab Limited. Session 4: Testing Centre of Excellence Testing CoE

2. 2 Topics covered Why Testing CoE? What is Testing CoE? Benefits of Testing CoE

3. 3 Why Testing CoE? Large Enterprise Business Div 1Business Div 2 LOB – 1.1LOB – 1.2LOB – 1.3LOB – 2.1LOB – 2.2LOB – 2.3 IT Department in a large enterprise Very large IT staff strength. (As per recent survey each of the top 10 IT spending organizations in Australia has around 1000 IT staff. This doesn’t include the vendor IT staff working for the organization) Divided into teams of different sizes working on various projects Disparate technologies, different processes, different stages – yet to work together flawlessly at all times IT budgets focusing on “More for less $” Key challenges Time to market Down time High maintenance cost Key testing challenges Resource ramp-up / ramp-down / rotation Ineffective usage of test automation tools Inability to leverage on the best practices within the organization

4. 4 What is Testing CoE? SCM, Build & Deployment Automation Cost Time Direct cost reduction through Year-on-Year productivity gain Transitioning to cost effective global centers Indirect cost reduction through Increased profits & business competitiveness through cycle time reduction Less down time & maintenance cost through improved quality Functional TestingAutomated RegressionNon-functional TestingSpecialty Testing Internal Testing CoE CoE Partner

5. 5 10 - 30% Schedule Crunch 10% Effort saving > 98% Defect Removal Efficiency > 98% Coverage & Traceability SCM (Release), Build & Deployment What are the benefits? 5 - 10% Schedule crunch 5% Effort saving 95 – 98% Defect Removal Efficiency Around 95 -98% Coverage & Traceability SCM (Build), Build & Deployment 0% Schedule variance Around 95% Defect Removal Efficiency Around 95% Coverage & Traceability SCM (Versioning), Build & Deployment Time Performance Monitors

6. Thank You COPYRIGHT NOTICE Copyright © 2008 Polaris Software Lab Limited All rights reserved. These materials are confidential and proprietary to Polaris and no part of these materials should be reproduced, published in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopy or any information storage or retrieval system nor should the materials be disclosed to third parties without the express written authorization of Polaris Software Lab Limited. For further details Please contact: Shyamala.balram@polaris.co.in a.ginige@uws.edu.au