Quality Assurance Services

The seasoned Quality professionals at eCube understand that to imbibe quality as a daily mantra the basic foundations of Quality have to be established including the Policies, Procedures, Standards, Guidelines and Checklists. In addition to this Quality can be assured only when a solid Quality Control department is in place along with the essential metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of the Quality Management System. eCube consultant’s covers all these aspects in order to guarantee a robust Quality Assurance function which will enable your organization to derive greater value out of its IT systems.

QA Process Assessments
Our assessment services assess your QA "current state" and develop a QA strategy and vision. We provide comprehensive assessment, process improvement and implementation services that assure maximum efficiency of software development, with measurable results. Whether you develop software for commercial use or rely on it to control significant aspects of your own business, problems with production software can result in huge losses to revenue, profit and market share. The cost of errors increases exponentially the longer it survives through the development process. eCube’s experts are experts in finding hidden inefficiencies in software development processes, by employing a pre-emptive approach to finding defects.

Process Improvement Planning
Upon completing the assessment, eCube will help develop a comprehensive improvement plan, clearly identifying the precise steps, best practices and methodologies that will be leveraged in optimizing the client's development and business processes. Our plan will assure the greatest overall benefit with the promise of minimal disruption to the ongoing business at hand.

Improvement Planning picks up where the QA Assessment left off. Once the client has had the opportunity to review and accept the assessment recommendations, eCube develops a comprehensive improvement plan which defined specific, detailed tasks needed to successfully implement the assessment recommendations. It provides a clear roadmap for implementation keeping in mind client resources and time constraints.

Implementation & Consulting
Planning what to do and how to do it is important but implementing it right is everything. Let our experts not only help you develop the most effective QA Process improvement plan but make it happen as well. eCube has vast experience implementing a wide assortment of projects with very successful results.

Software Configuration Management
Our Software Configuration Management service delivers a phased plan that establishes a client-centric standard for scope, resources, responsibilities, processes, tools, and maintenance procedures for development projects.

Quality Audits and Compliance
eCube provides a structured and independent Quality review to determine whether project executions are meeting the planned quality requirements. We also verify the implementation of approved change requests, corrective actions, defect repairs, and preventive actions. The audits can occur as scheduled or at random. Our Quality audits help accomplish the following:

• Verify compliance to policies, standards and procedures
• Identify inefficient and ineffective policies, processes, and procedures being used for the project, thereby reducing the cost of quality on the subsequent projects.
• Increase customer satisfaction and acceptance of the product or service delivered by the project.

Quality Models
The standard on which eCube’s experts provide your organization with QA consulting are based on:

• ISO 9000, 9001 and 9004
• CMMI

Our services range from customizable templates, to target training or maintenance services to a complete implementation and training of the standard. We also offer stand alone services such as internal audits and facilitating management reviews.

Quality Metrics
Measurement has a critical role in all of the QA and testing services. In most cases, the measurements suggested by eCube’s consultants themselves are quite simple, meaning they are simple to understand and simple to collect and report. This makes it very straightforward to quickly determine the state of quality at any point in the SDLC. And measurements provide ready facts for better decision making:

• Remediation (corrective) actions
• Phase exits
• Release to deployment
• Continuous process and capability improvement

Quality Control Services

Quality Control is a procedure or set of procedures intended to ensure that products or performed services adhere to a defined set of quality criteria or meet the requirements of the client or customer.

Test Automation Services
There is no argument about the fact that Software Test Automation offers the promise of cost savings for any organization testing numerous releases of an application throughout the year. eCube’s consulting on Test Automation is customized for your organization and will help you save time and gain a significant return on investment. Implementing a good software Test Automation solution requires significant experience in a broad range of situations and environments. eCube has successfully delivered Test Automation solutions, using a broad range of tools and in all kinds of environments. eCube delivers outstanding results based on its expertise gained from numerous engagements to help companies establish superior test automation. Our ability to custom fit the most suitable Test Automation framework based on your unique set of needs and capability in addition to our quantitative methodology for tool selection assures you make the right decision that complements your processes. Our comprehensive Test Automation services include but not limited to:

• Test Automation Assessment
• Test Automation Feasibility Evaluation
• Test Automation Tools Evaluation
• Test Automation Framework Design & Development
• Test Automation Implementation
• Test Automation Metrics

Independent Verification & Validation Services
eCube offers Independent Verification and Validation services for objective, vendor neutral, third party audits that guard your interests and investments. As numerous companies are trusting large parts of their software development to other companies they are often getting surprises in the form of poor software quality and missed deadlines. Only an objective third party advisor like eCube can provide an unbiased audit and assessment of your vendor delivered software development projects. We employ a proven systematic approach to IV&V which deliver measurable financial value both up front and into post deployment maintenance. The Independent Verification & Validation models supported by eCube include:

• Comprehensive IV&V Audit
• Project-based Audit
• Third-party Testing

Software Validation Services
Our vast experience in various technologies and domains will ensure that we can help your organization get the maximum benefits out of the Testing phase of the Software Development Lifecycle. The value added services we provide include Test Planning, Design, Execution and Defect Management. Our consultants are well-versed in various software tools and methodologies and will thus partner with you to build an efficient validation strategy which will ensure reduction in post-production defects thus decreasing overall time and money spent on bug fixing and validation.

• Test Planning
• Test Analysis and Design
• Test Execution
• Defect Tracking and Management

eCube’s Value proposition

eCube’s Quality Consulting division strives to help you improve IT Value and IT Governance by partnering with some of the leaders in Automation and Digitization of Processes. We also provide customized process solutions, giving a 360 degree solution to address all your process needs. Our team of competent Quality professionals provides you with world class consulting in the areas of Software and Systems engineering, Operations Excellence and IT Governance. Our risk-based, requirements-driven testing methods will ensure your business systems and applications function and perform to your expectations while assuring security and quality. You can achieve greater business value from your technology investments with disciplined, independent quality assurance and software performance testing delivered by our consultants in order to:

• Eliminate waste caused by defects
• Detect defects early, reducing rework that causes schedule delays and cost over runs
• Improve the quality, performance and security of your business applications
• Accelerate delivery time during all phases of the software development lifecycle