Risk Reduction

A key issue in IT governance is alignment of the information system on the actual business objectives and requirements. Tests aim to demonstrate this alignment.

Information System certification guarantees that tests are end-to-end aligned on business requirements. This requires proving the alignment at each stage of the test process.

 
 
 
"Information System CERTIFICATION is end-to-end bidirectional traceability, i.e. from requirements to tests and from test results to requirements."

 

 

 

Previous investments in requirements management and automated testing solutions are not always sufficient to ensure successful Information System certification.
 
Even IT departments that are experienced in testing will face difficulties when it comes to certifying that the information system meets all the expected business requirements. They may be experienced in quality assurance, i.e. ensuring that the information system runs appropriately, but certification requires additional commitment from the IT department.
 
 
 

Business Pains

 Risk reduction brought by Smartesting® benefits to:

  • Executives seeking for IT Governance improvements and require systematic assessments of risks and priorities This task is more difficult than ever due to current globalization trends of IT Teams with outsourcing and offshoring.
  • Business Unit Managers who cope with the lack of traceability and compliance readiness throughout their development and validation process as requested by theirs executives. Time To Market pressure is high on Project Managers as they often can’t measure efficiently test completion efficiently, and therefore can’t forecast completion dates.
  • Analysts and Architects who are responsible for IT Projects alignment with business needs and have little visibility on the conformance of validation assets to those needs.
  • Testers who suffer from tests that quickly become obsolete leading to the abandon of the systematic and iterative functional test approach, because the test assets links to requirements database are inconsistent.