Implementing a Testing Centre of Excellence

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Online

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Online

A central, shared testing team has many attractions for a business and can provide an attractive option for improving the testing function - yet reducing costs. To set up a Testing Centre of Excellence can be expensive and time consuming. If the Centre of Excellence is set up correctly, these costs will be minimized and the business will quickly recoup these costs and achieve extensive additional benefits. There are many steps to achieving the goal of a Centre of Excellence.

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Testing

Course programme

What is a Testing Centre of Excellence?

  • Why a Testing Centre of Excellence should be considered
  • What gains the business and the testing programme should expect from deploying a Testing Centre of Excellence?

The key components of a Testing Centre of Excellence

  • People and resources required for success
  • Best practices, tools and processes and how they should be deployed for maximum effect
  • Test Asset Management and the role it plays in a Testing Centre of Excellence
  • Metrics and measurements and their effective management

Resourcing

  • Methods for attracting and motivating the best candidates
  • Strategies for maximizing resource management
  • Competencies and career management strategies

Sourcing

  • Principles of sourcing
  • Benefits of outsourcing versus in-house

Metrics

  • The metrics cycle
  • Purpose and analysis of metrics
  • Sources of metrics
  • How to report results effectively

Quality

  • Testing and Quality as a change enabler and how to apply it effectively
  • How testing can improve quality and increase efficiency
  • How testing can reduce costs

Implementing a Testing Centre of Excellence

Price on request