• Software development is independently verified before being returned onshore
• Reduces the costs and risks of offshore development with more thorough testing and quality validation
• Release valuable resources for higher business value creation by capitalizing on the benefits of offshore outsourcing
• Increases agility and flexibility by doing more work offshore and reducing time to market for delivery of products and services
• Achieves higher quality of deliverables

A recent report which interviewed CIO and IT Director level executives stated that 80% of businesses have already suffered time and cost overruns and non-adherence to specifications in offshore projects. Offshore outsourcing of testing from GTEN will overcome this risk by helping to quantify costs and making sure offshore development actually delivers what is required.

Why Outsource?
Cost savings are often stated as the primary reason for outsourcing, but 58% of those currently outsourcing have no idea what cost savings to expect and have no idea of how to gather metrics to prove these expected savings.

GTEN will supply a seamless, integrated service of testing and quality assurance with onshore and offshore responsibility. This enables the use of optimized testing processes onshore and offshore using expertise and staff available from GTEN.

Offshore Testing Centre of Excellence
The creation of an offshore testing centre of excellence is a key differentiator in delivering improved quality development. The creation of this offshore testing centre of excellence provides an objective and independent check on quality and deliverables that is not biased by development pressures. This enables offshore development to be tested and verified before it is returned onshore - resulting in lower cost of development and reduced cost of testing.

Outsourced Offshore Testing will deliver the required business advantages and cost reductions by utilizing high quality but lower cost resources located offshore. Offshore Outsourced Testing also:

• Removes the high cost of establishing and maintaining a separate in-house QA and test team onshore
• Manages the peaks and troughs of resource requirements for testing
• Provides access to a resource pool of certified and experienced personnel, tools and technologies for onshore and offshore testing
• Implements optimized testing processes based on the experience of GTEN in successfully testing and assuring the quality of major systems
• Efficiency and effectiveness is constantly monitored and improved by GTEN
• Provided an independent quality check on offshore development service providers

Metrics and Reporting
To provide quantification of reduced costs and increased efficiencies metrics are proactively gathered and delivered to the customer.

These metrics allow business and IT Executives to retain control of the outsourced development and testing project and report ongoing savings and improvements in a simple and effective manner.

By managing the quality of deliverables from offshore outsourcing, the needs of the business can be met, the targets set for improvements and savings can be demonstrated and the predicted benefits set out in the business case for outsourcing delivered.

Deliverables

• Metrics to prove increased quality, reduced cost of development and reduced cost of testing
• Documented requirements for delivery to developers
• Test Strategy for optimized application of resources
• Optimization of process automation and process improvement

Leading to optimized development, testing and implementation processes and reduced development costs across the lifecycle.