I own an Independent
Software Vending firm and a few years ago, the market demand pattern changed so
rapidly that my firm was left struggling to survive. This was the same
situation experienced by a number of ISV’s at that time and I realized that to
come of this problem I would have to change my business models and adopt a
different approach to work. The business mantra that was being repeated often
during this time was “focus on core competencies”. Upon analyzing this phrase,
I came to realize that outsourcing whatever was taxing my developers was the
best approach to take and I could reduce operational and developmental costs by
outsourcing repetitive but vital and time consuming jobs like testing. This
realization also opened up new possibilities for my business, namely, testdriven development. This meant that my development process could be boosted by
more frequent testing cycles, improved testing efficiency and reduced time to
deployment.
Test driven
development meant that any problems could be fixed at a relatively early stage
in the development process. The overall mindset of my enterprise transformed
due to the business outcome based testing and this meant greatly reduced
operational costs for my company too. Another huge advantage that I enjoyed by
outsourcing to the right testing service provider was that the efficiency of
the testing process was greatly increased and the time that was being consumed when
testing had to be done in-house was saved. This also meant real and significant
reduction in the “time to market” of the product which is what really matters
because taking too long to release the product would mean disaster. Because
testing efficiency was improved, we also enjoyed a lesser defect leakage ratio
and this also contributed to a significant reduction in operational costs. The
technical partner service that I chose for my testing needs offers testing
consultancy, testing services and testing related solutions too. This three
pronged approach compartmentalizes the services provided effectively and you
get the freedom to choose only what assistance you need. This also helps to
keep operational costs minimized. Overall, all I want to say is outsourcing to
the right service provider solved all my problems and put my enterprise on the
fast track to growth!
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