LEVERAGING GLOBAL TALENT FOR EFFECTIVE TEST AGILITY2012 Agile Conference

OUTLINE Introduction The Development and Testing Process Testing Quadrants Conclusion

INTRODUCTION We had a corporate mandate to utilize

offshore outsourcing and decided we were going to make the best of it.

we found was that by starting with an overall testing strategy and an understanding of the strengths and constraints,

NEXUS

NEXUS

THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING PROCESS A. Existing Test Approach B. Challenges Testing High Performance Computing C. Additional Challenges of Testing Simulation

Software

OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING India Romania Vietnam

THE PROBLEM The more complex customer regressions

were still catching a lot of problems. Besides taking a long time to run to provide

results, the problems discovered with the more complex customer data were also difficult to debug.

TESTING QUADRANTS

TEAM LOGISTICS

CONCLUSIONS A. Test Automation is Necessary to Maintain Velocity B. A Testing Strategy Helps to Maximize Efficiency C. Outsourcing Can Work When Used Judiciously. D. Treat Outsourcer as a Partner E. Cost Effective Global Talent F. Distributed Teams Can be Effective G. Test Automation Does not Replace Exploratory

Testing