| At the start of 2009 TEAM International has | | | | TEAM Testing Center of Excellence provides, |
| updated its strategic movement and business | | | | except for usual QA & Testing solutions, a |
| orientation by deciding to put greater efforts in | | | | comprehensive QA and testing function |
| development of its innovative QA and Testing | | | | assessment to help organizations timely and |
| Center of Excellence. In this way the company is | | | | correctly determine all of the existing gaps/errors |
| responding to increasingly rising demand for high | | | | at the preproduction stage of application |
| quality software solutions. The decision to expand | | | | development and thus to save costs and time of |
| and advance its QA and testing outsourcing | | | | fixing bugs at the postproduction stage. To |
| expertise was based on diverse recent market | | | | introduce this type of services, TEAM has launch |
| researches and surveys indicating that finding and | | | | an online evaluation tool. QIQ Quiz, being a tiny |
| fixing bugs accounts for almost 50 percent of the | | | | element of the complex assessment tool, is |
| total cost of the software project. In addition to | | | | comprised with 6 multiple choice questions. Each |
| this, the surveys also reveal that offloading QA | | | | question has its own grading logic. The Quiz results |
| & Testing function to an offshore vendor | | | | reflect with high precision whether or not the |
| can save companies up to 75 percent compared | | | | quiz-taker organization is deploying its QA and |
| to in-house costs. Understanding that the direct | | | | testing function correctly as per market |
| cost of quality in terms of staff time by itself is a | | | | standards. QIQ Quiz results also contain tips on |
| compelling reason for considering a new business | | | | how to use it more effectively with significant |
| model for QA & Testing, TEAM International | | | | benefits for the company. |
| added QA and testing to the list of its current | | | | TEAM encourages all organizations that perform a |
| services and starting year 2009 provides a full | | | | QA & Testing function with domestic |
| range of QA & Testing solutions that help | | | | resources to take our new QIQ Quiz to get a |
| companies with increasing software product | | | | better understanding of potential areas for |
| quality while decreasing staffing cost and the cost | | | | improvement. |
| of rework | | | | |