BenchmarkQA Quality Path™ Consulting Services (download PDF)

Quality Path™ - Quality Processes, People, and Tools & Technology

When maneuvering the many challenges of creating a quality software application, detours and road blocks can slow your progress and put your project’s success at risk. Avoid the common roadblocks that plague project teams:

• Incomplete, ambiguous, or non-existent requirements
• Insufficient version control and scope creep
• Burnout and turnover due to improper or inefficient resource allocation
• Lack of tools or technical resources
• Poor test coverage
• Unending rework

BenchmarkQA Quality Path is a start-to-finish Quality Assurance strategy that establishes a systematic QA process—enabling quality to drive your development process. With our five-phase strategy, we have refined and streamlined exactly what it takes to develop and manage an effective software quality program, and created a systematic approach to turn our experience and knowledge capital into your quality assurance powerhouse.

Created from over 22 years of best practices and the collective wisdom of our QA experts, Quality Path begins with a quick but comprehensive 4 part assessment of your software quality lifecycle.

Phase 1 - Assessment

• Assess your software development lifecycle processes, people, and tools
• Find any critical gaps in quality
• Identify quick-fix as well as strategic opportunities for improvement to directly impact your bottom line

Phase 2 – Formulation and Planning

• Establish a cost-effective road map to achieve your objectives
• Gain internal support and alignment necessary for success

Phase 3 - Execute

• Implement an efficient quality program and testing practices to improve quality, reduce development costs, and retain customers
• Leverage our proven knowledge assets including templates, tools, training programs, and much more
• Lean on our expertise to develop, manage, and mentor teams to exceptional performance

Phase 4 – Maintenance and Transition

• Use our metrics program to improve control over the quality lifecycle
• Demonstrate the value of testing
• Ensure the strategies and process that have been established are stable and provide the results you want

Phase 5 – Audit and Enhance

• Receive metrics and ROI analysis
• Identify areas for continuous improvement

For a more comprehensive overview of the Quality Path service, please download our Quality Path PDF or contact Molly Decklever at 952.392.2384.