High costs and bad quality results are recurring problems in IT projects with poor test management. Inadequate utilisation of resources, high expenditure on development and maintenance, poor outcomes, inefficient communication and insufficiently supported business processes lead to a situation in which project objectives are not reached in terms of costs, time and quality. The IT unit is too expensive and delivers systems that are inappropriate, not good enough and after the deadline. zeb/test.management can solve these problems. It combines best practices from software engineering and IT management with the sector-specific expertise and project experience of zeb/.
In spite of its well-known special importance to a project’s success, co-operation between IT and functional divisions frequently causes difficulties. At the latest, problems become evident in the testing phase of projects. Therefore, systematic test management has to start early on. It has to meet the following requirements:
- Efficient and effective identification and implementation of functional requirements;
- Early integration into the development process to prevent mistakes in development;
- Minimisation of the burden on human resources in functional divisions;
- Support for resolving IT issues;
- Cost-efficiency in the provision and maintenance of IT systems.
Suitable management approaches have to be applied to IT projects to fulfil the requirements. Otherwise, you run the risk of facing the recurrent problems of IT projects:
Our approach
High-quality IT systems cannot be achieved by subsequent testing alone. Rather, it is necessary to identify, plan and implement measures at an early stage. Hence, test management is more than just testing at the end of an IT project but forms an indispensable, integral part of the entire development process.
The zeb/test.management approach is designed to prevent typical problems instead of correcting mistakes later on. High consequential costs are avoided by providing support to development activities right from the start, e.g. by the early preparation of practice-oriented test cases.
zeb/ understands test management not as an isolated function in the development process but as a part of an entire system of management approaches, such as requirements management, project management, product management and quality management. On account of the heterogeneous application of such approaches in different enterprises, zeb/test.management is adapted to the special circumstances in the project’s environment. Thereby, the project’s fundamental requirements and specific framework are particularly taken into account.
zeb/test.management is characterised by a tried and tested combination of industry standards and best practices coupled with zeb/’s specific expertise. Examples of industry standards and best practices are:
- Preparation of the testing phase proper by test planning;
- Application of various testing methods, such as black box test, white box test;
- Implementation of different test levels, such as developer testing, integration testing and system testing.
zeb/’s sector-specific expertise complements the standards and best practices:
- In-depth understanding of banking due to long-standing experience in the financial service sector for IT systems oriented to business requirements;
- Technical know-how based on the experience that test automation reduces costs already when systems are initially provided and even more so when they are further developed;
- Comprehensive approach for test cases matching the objectives by developing them directly from the functional concept;
Your benefits
IT projects receive integral support through the zeb/test.management — from the strategic objective and functional requirements to operative test implementation and acceptance. zeb/test.management is scalable anytime. It can be used both for supporting an individual project and in the complete re-orientation of overall test management for an entire enterprise.