White Papers
Welcome to the White Papers section of the SQS-UK web site. Contained in this section will be items of interest on different topics - from managing risk in software development to automation, maximising e-Business applications and use of existing infrastructure and how to do it effectively.
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Software Quality Paper Requirements Management - Potential and Trends
The success of IT projects stands and falls with requirements management.
Therefore this Software Quality Paper elaborates stumbling blocks and success factors respectively which prevent or bring forward an appropriate requirements management in today's projects.
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has captured the attention of business and is being seen as a methodology to reduce costs and enable the business to concentrate on core revenue generating activities.
But how can you be sure that you can manage service level agreements, increase agility and efficiency and raise quality levels?
Software development outsourcing is an irreversible trend and part of the increasing industrialisation being seen in all sectors.
A new White Paper called ”Software Development Outsourcing - Identifying and minimising risks” explores the steps companies should take on the road to a successful outsourcing project. It examines the requirements for effective outsourcing and looks at the steps which need to be taken to enable companies to identify project risks in good time, produce project forecasts and discover the different possible courses of action that may occur given certain scenarios.
A new White Paper entitled "Quality Governance assures BPO success", examines how Quality Governance can actually deliver the promised benefits from BPO and supply metrics and measurements of success. The white paper looks at what can go wrong in BPO, who should be responsible for delivery of success, how to implement Quality Governance and how to measure effectiveness and retain control.
A new White Paper entitled "Quality Governance -Transforming IT into Business Value" examines how IT Governance and Enterprise Governance rely on Quality Governance to provide the building blocks for effective deployment. The White Paper discusses how Quality Governance can ensure IT projects deliver added business value, increased efficiency and ensure delivery is on-time and on-budget. The role of IT projects in business development is maturing. IT must now be in alignment with the strategic business goals of the business. Quality Governance is at the core of IT Governance and Enterprise Governance. It must assure that the business's strategies and objectives will be achieved and that the quality of IT is guaranteed, ensuring IT delivers.
Risk Assessment SAP Software Quality Paper Requirements Management - Potential and Trends Software Quality Paper Development Outsourcing - Identifying and minimising risks "Quality Governance assures BPO success" White Paper "Quality Governance - Transforming IT into Business Value" White PaperAnother white paper is "Usability Testing - Mitigating Risk". Usability Testing is often thought of as the last test before go live. It is no longer acceptable to expect the business or their live users to perform the function of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) or Usability Testing at Go Live stage. This will expose the business to possible problems and customer dissatisfaction. This white paper sets out some of the strategic thinking to ensure the best possible user experience is delivered.
"Usability Testing - Mitigating Risk" White Paper "Making the Case for Test Processes" White PaperHow to leverage existing best practice to deliver higher quality software. Making the case for test process is the subject of this white paper.
"From Requirements to Test Cases" White Paper "Realising the True Value of Testing" White Paper "Introduction to Modular Table Driven Testing" White Paper "Managing Risk" White Paper "User Acceptance Testing (UAT)" White Paper "Basel 2: The New Capital Accord" White Paper "e-Business Application Performance Optimisation" White Paper
