SPA OnDemand

What is it?

SPA OnDemand is an innovative, low-touch service that allows you to have effective testing resources and infrastructure on stand-by, but not have to pay for it until you use it and only pay for what you use. The goal ... to measurably reduce field defects AND better manage testing costs.

This is a compelling proposition when you consider that 30% or more of a typical IT budget might be consumed by testing, AND that full-time test automation / regression and performance testers may spend 30% of their time on stand-by anyway. For certain applications, SPA OnDemand can mean significant savings, without sacrificing quality and results.

SPA offers
Functional Testing
Test Automation/Regression testing
and
Performance testing services OnDemand.

How does it work?

SPA OnDemand is made possible by our extensive testing expertise and specialist resources, purpose-built process infrastructure, extensive technology/tools infrastructure, and pre-built knowledgebase and frameworks. In essence, you are plugging into a sophisticated testing cloud with some of the same benefits cloud offers from an applications perspective.

There are 6 core elements for SPA OnDemand.

• Readiness Fit: Not every application is appropriate for SPA OnDemand. With some minimal discovery, a SPA specialist will offer honest counsel on whether or not your application is appropriate for SPA OnDemand, or is better addresses with traditional project outsource model.
• Ramp up: We assign a SPA OnDemand Resource Manager, and then leverage sophisticated and proprietary knowledge management tools (see Q-Patterns and Risk-based Prioritization for more information) to capture, maintain, and continuously enhance information about your application. We use a very structured approach for initial information gathering, one that maximizes knowledge transfer but tightly manages demands on your resources.
• Request Management: For SPA OnDemand cycles, you will be able to schedule test requests through a secure online portal. You will submit requirements/enhancements, fixes, known issues, and other relevant information. You are also able to see previous requests and related details including test results.
• Resource Management: We assign a SPA OnDemand Resource Manager (RM) for your application that manages the knowledgebase for your application, and assigns and tracks testers, test beds, and other resources online.
• Test Management: Your SPA OnDemand team efficiently and effectively maintains your test environment and updates test documents by leveraging our sophisticated and purpose-built knowledge management infrastructure (see Q-Patterns and Risk-based Prioritization for more information). A communication plan (i.e., Meetings, Status, etc.) will be established between you and your team.
• Feedback Mechanism: Your SPA OnDemand Dashboard will show results in a graphical format. You will enjoy near real time 100% visibility to progress and results.