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Unit 11: Testing Strategies

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Caselet Kshema Plans Software Testing, Validation Services
K SHEMA Technologies, a Bangalore-based software services firm, as part of its
diversification, is planning to offer software testing and validation services.

The company recently set up a team of five engineers in this regard, which would be
expanded later, said Mr Anant Koppar, CEO, Kshema Technologies.
“The need to set up a separate testing and validation team was primarily on the client’s
insistence,” Mr Koppar said, adding that the company would also offer third party software
testing services and certification later.
Two of our major customers had shown interest in availing of these services, he added.
The testing team would be part of the company’s engineering services division, set up
recently as part of the organisational restructuring.
Through the division, the company not only plans to provide end-to-end solutions in
engineering design services, but also intends to offer quality consultancy.
The company had a team of four lead auditors certified by BVQI, Mr Koppar said, adding
that it was currently handling three to four consultancy assignments from the existing
customers.
In order to strengthen its engineering services division, Kshema is also planning to tie up
with three/ four small partners for design development. These partners would be
essentially small-time engineering companies and the company expected to announce the
partnerships in the next few weeks, he added.
Mr Koppar also said that the company expected to achieve the SEI CMM Level 5 by June
this year.

The company, which has successfully developed and implemented several technologies
on the Microsoft .Net platform, was in talks with Microsoft to get itself declared as a .Net
Competency Centre, he said.
The industry slowdown had impacted the company’s growth, which is likely to be between
10-20 per cent for the current year.

The company recorded a turnover of ` 57 crore in the last financial year.

11.8 Summary

Software testing is the lifeline of any successful Project Implementation.
Right tools and methods help in correctly identifying problems and correcting them
before live runs.
Software Testing is the process of executing a program or system with the intent of finding
errors.

Or, it involves any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capability of a program or
system and determining that it meets its required results.

A common practice of software testing is performed by an independent group of testers
after the functionality is developed before it is shipped to the customer.

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