Outsourced QA Testing Services

All your software testing and quality assurance needs can be met at one place. Our services include automation testing, Quality Assurance outsourcing services and independent testing solutions. Our team is highly efficient and has extensive knowledge in Quality assurance. We provide testing services in a shorter time frame with customized and scalable solutions.

QA testing services can help you minimize run-time errors, and optimize your performance. The premium Quality Assured outsourced services are fed with the highest test results cases to certify software and applications with increased scaleability and without bugs or defects.

A full range of Outsourcing Services that include:

• Quality Assurance Assessment
• Foolproof planning
• Methodology and test architecture
• Mobile App Compatibility Testing
• Test automation
• Testing case development
• Functional testing
• Performance
• Usability
• Check compatibility with other systems

This is called Outsourcing. It is when work is outsourced to an outside vendor/company and is not performed internally. Many companies choose to outsource software testing and QA. There are many factors that can drive outsourcing. However, it is important to note some points before choosing a vendor.

Software Testing Outsourcing: Why do You Need It?

Software Testing Outsourcing is the practice of outsourcing software testing to an independent testing specialist, testing company, or third party, where they are not directly involved in the overall development of the software.

It is difficult for organizations to find the right mix of skills required to complete a project that uses the latest technologies within their organization.
For examples, I was working on a project where I set up a new testing team with highly skilled resources, methodologies, tools, and processes.

Team members must have skills in the following areas: Mobile Automation (Selenium and Appium), Rest API testing, SOAPUI exposure, and a solid background in cloud testing.

A tester who has knowledge in Automation, Healthcare, Testing strategies for Cloud environments, Coding and Scripting (Python and Java) was required.

How can you expect someone to have all these skills? It is possible to meet the deadline even if one of the skill sets is not present.

Would you believe it would be possible for all organizations to hire testers with the closest matching skill, train them on their knowledge gaps and get them up to speed before putting them on the project execution team? Are you sure that they will be productive right away?

Many companies are not Testing Services Companies and do not have a Test Center Of Excellence (TCOE). This is because they lack the expertise and tools to support the various testing requirements of the company’s projects.

They haven’t kept up-to-date with testing trends, adopted global best practices and optimized testing productivity using efficient methods. The cost of building and maintaining core competencies within an organization is much higher than outsourcing.

Organizations that don’t have a long-term plan to build core competencies in testing will be more inclined to outsource QA services.

Similarly, most companies cannot afford to establish TCOE. This is especially true for startups that cannot focus on product development and instead invest their time in testing facilities.

These cases can lead to organizations having difficulty delivering quality products to customers. Because they are unable to adopt the most recent testing techniques, trends and technologies, they have to compromise quality. Outsourcing Testing is the only way to ensure product quality.

Sometimes it is a one-time task and the company doesn’t want to spend too much on testing. So they decide to outsource testing to domain experts.

Factors to Consider Before Outsourcing

To help you decide if to hire a testing company or execute a QA task internally, check out the following scenarios.

One Time Project & Internal Quality Assurance Team Has Skills

If you are testing for a single project, it is likely that the project will require specialized skills which are not available to the internal team.

You have the option of training your internal staff, but this would take too much time and increase costs. You can choose to outsource the QA work to a company with the necessary expertise and support for the latest technology.

A Short-Term Project, But More People

A QA team’s strength is often lower than that of the Maintenance and Development teams. Sometimes, delays in development, or any other reason, reduce the QA window. This would mean that the project or business requires QA completion as soon as possible.

In such situations, you have two options: use the existing resources to get high-level testing done, or hire more people to do extensive testing. This is a hard decision because it involves hiring and training people for testing, as well as retaining them over the long-term. It is better to outsource the work of a QA company.

Long-Term Project, But You Need To Save on Cost

Outsourcing is a cost-effective option. It is more expensive to maintain an internal team of specialists than it is to contract with a third-party. If you’re in a position to manage and execute long-term projects, outsourcing 90% will make sense.

It is always best to keep a small group of business experts and project managers within your organization. Another problem is losing control of the project and business knowledge. You should be able to control what is outsourced.

Offshore QA Outsourcing

This is a time when the offshore QA outsourcing market has been growing quickly. Many American IT companies have outsourced their QA departments to overseas vendors. Companies can save significant money by outsourcing their QA department offshore. These benefits go beyond cost savings. Offshore outsourcing can also offer many other benefits.

The main advantages of are:

A faster time to market: Sometimes, testing times can be cut in half when we combine offshore and onshore teams. You can have teams that are available in different time zones with offshore outsourcing. This doubles efficiency and costs nothing.

Higher ROI In countries like the US, labor costs are very high. They can also benefit from offshore outsourcing because the labor cost in traditional regions is much lower, and generally the workers have the same or better skills. The return on investment for offshore outsourcing is high.

Focus on Core Business. By delegating internal resources and transferring time-consuming tasks to an outside team, you can shift your focus to core areas of business or accept new assignments.

Global leverage: Outsourcing places your company in the middle of a new global market. Our business will be more open to global resources, know-how, and skills and we will also get publicity in emerging markets.

Benefits of QA Outsourcing

Cost-savings are the main benefit of outsourcing. It will cost more to build core competency and set up TCOE in the company than outsourcing. Overhead testing tools and expensive infrastructure will also increase the cost of testing. Outsourcing will lead to a reduction in operational costs and a rise in revenue.

Specialists, or testing organizations, use a systematic approach for testing. This is based on best practices worldwide, the best testing strategies & methodologies, processes & tools and provides the highest quality testing with the most cost-effective methods.
These independent testing agencies are well-equipped with technically sound test resources and have created their own cloud infrastructures and testing platforms for testing purposes.

Third parties or independent testers can offer specialized services in a variety of domains, including the latest technologies such as Web services, Mobile testing and Cloud testing, Digital testing, Big data, and Embedded System testing. They can offer specialized services in addition to regular testing. You get full testing coverage using the most current testing tools.

They offer a wide range of testing services, including: They can provide everything from basic testing to test advisory, quality engineering, test automation, and next-gen testing (digital, big data analytics mobile testing, medical device test, etc.) that require a strong test strategy and high analytical skills for the tester.
They offer services such as Test Planning, Test Design and Test Execution.

These testers have a deep understanding and experience with all open-source and commercial tools. They can adapt and integrate any Automation frameworks that are available on the market.

Independent testers and testing agencies not only offer innovative solutions, but also solve the diverse testing problems that global clients face. They are able to handle even the most difficult software testing issues at all stages of testing.

Testers or independent testing organizations can perform impartial evaluation & report and can give accurate feedback, without external influence.

Third parties or independent firms will not have access to information about any project-related changes made during the software development process that affect the testing. Uninfluenced Testing
Outsourcing is a way to overcome the limitations of insufficient skills, resources, or time.

Business owners can rest assured that the testing will be done by industry experts. The final product will be high-quality.

Business owners no longer have to worry about the testing timeline or missing deadlines. They can establish strong SLA’s for the timeline and other quality parameters with a third party. This helps to reduce the time required for software development.

The owners don’t need to worry about how vendors test and manage their work. Owners can review the outsourced work and monitor the program, so they can concentrate on the development activities.

Outsourcing testing provides an outside view of the product, as well as an overall picture to business owners. This helps them make better decisions.

This will reduce the burden on the in-house team, giving them more time to be creative and effective within their work scope. This will reduce the pressure on internal resources.

Organizations may request additional testing support from independent vendors for special requirements, e.g. new technology, resource crunch, or time crunch.

Clients can choose the right business and payment model based on their project requirements. They can also sign a long-term or short-term SLA-based contract.

Crowdsource Testing allows organizations to expose their software to real users. This allows them to collect feedback and defects well in advance of the actual testing phase.

It is a well-known fact that outsiders are better at reviewing and testing products. An outsider will be able to see every detail of the product. This will allow for faster product improvement.

Owners can take advantage of the time zone factor if testing is outsourced. The test report will be ready by the time the owners wake up the next morning.
Outsourcing QA can make a big difference for your company.