NISA / Quality audit
Software quality audit and test strategy
Before automating or growing a team, you need to know where the risks are. A quality audit shows how your applications are tested today, what slips through and which actions will bring the most reliability.
Common challenges
- Defects found in production rather than during acceptance.
- Test coverage that is unknown or hard to measure.
- Long regression campaigns repeated for every release.
- Unclear roles between development, QA and business teams.
When to call on NISA
- Before a rebuild or a significant scale-up.
- When incidents increase after releases.
- Before starting a test automation initiative.
- When a new team takes over an application.
Scope of the engagement
- Review of the testing process and delivery cycle
- Analysis of test repositories and defect history
- Mapping of functional and technical risks
- Assessment of existing automation
- Interviews with product, development and business teams
Engagement steps
- 01
Scoping
Define the application scope, contacts and questions to address.
- 02
Observation
Analyse practices, tools, test data and defect history.
- 03
Diagnosis
Identify gaps, risks and strengths worth keeping.
- 04
Recommendations
Propose a test strategy and a prioritised action plan.
Possible deliverables
- Audit report
- Risk map
- Test strategy
- Prioritised action plan
- Debrief with the teams
Frequently asked questions
- Does the audit mean changing our tools?
- No. The audit starts from your current environment. A tool change is only recommended when it meets an identified need.
- Who needs to be available during the audit?
- Usually a product owner, a developer representative and the people currently testing. The scope is agreed during scoping.
- Can the audit cover a single application?
- Yes. The scope can be limited to one application or a critical user journey.
Related services
- Automation testing services
Automated tests chosen with method, easy to maintain and built into your delivery pipeline.
- User acceptance testing (UAT)
Prepare, run and secure business validation before each release.
- QA consultants
Targeted quality profiles to extend your project teams, in France or nearshore.
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