When software is released without benefit of thorough QA testing, users get frustrated. Shareholders get angry. And employees get discouraged. Bugs, design flaws, and implementation errors can all derail an application’s successful launch and damage a company’s reputation.
That’s why many of the world’s leading companies turn to Aquent’s Quality Assurance group to safeguard their considerable investment in new or enhanced software applications. These clients know that relying on Aquent to conduct a disciplined QA process before release will result in fewer headaches and costs after release.
Services
Aquent’s QA group is central to the success of our IT division, which provides the full complement of IT solutions and services. Our team of expert engineers, testers, technical writers, and project managers applies proven QA methodologies to all disciplines of the software development life cycle.
We can either supplement the work of your in-house QA staff or rapidly assemble a full team to take responsibility for the QA process while your development team devotes its time to building a product. However you choose to work with us, the result will be an application you can trust—with the quality you expect.
QA’S Three Core Disciplines Are:
Quality Engineering
- Quality engineering assessment
- Quality engineering process improvement
Change Management
- Change management implementation
- Change management support
Test
- Test planning
- Manual testing
- Automated test consulting
- load testing
- performance testing
- Managed testing
Aquent also provides QA staff augmentation services by the person, project, or team.
Why Aquent?
Aquent has the people, technologies, relationships, and methodologies to bring working software in on time and within budget. And we do it at prices far below those of the “Big 5” firms, but with comparable quality and service. Here are a few more reasons why our clients choose Aquent:
- Aquent is a sponsor of the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), the certifying body for quality assurance professionals.
- Our solid industry relationships with Rational, Mercury, Compuware, and Segue cover 90% of the QA tools market. Aquent clients reap the benefits of these relationships, including advance access to the latest releases and to certified high-level trainers.
- We have years of QA experience and use only proven techniques for assessment, management, and testing.
Working With Us
- Meet with an Aquent account manager and an Aquent principal consultant specializing in QA.
- Our Account Manager will focus on your business goals, while our Principal Consultant will focus on your technical goals. Together they’ll establish a baseline of recommended services.
- We then search the world’s largest database of fully-screened and qualified technical and creative consultants to find the exact match of industry experience, QA savvy, and technical skills.
- If needed, we can submit candidate and team résumés by e-mail, facilitating your review process. Key team members will be promptly presented for interview.
- Our account manager and principal consultant will work with you to ensure the best possible selection for your requirements. We’ll follow up with detailed weekly reporting of performance to technical and financial project milestones, regular in-person check-ins, and timely, accurate billing. We want you to be delighted. And we won’t rest until that mission is accomplished.
Sample Deliverables
- Quality Engineering Assessment
- Quality Engineering Recommendations and Strategies
- Change Management Plan
- Managed Testing Services
- QA Staffing Services
- Example Test-Execution Reports
- Build Schedules
- Methodology Documentation
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