We work hard to develop innovative points of view and undertake research projects to explore topical issues and trends. Our white papers and thought leadership material is produced to provide a fresh perspective.
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Software QA & Testing - Building World Class Capability
Introduction to Sogeti Software QA & Test Credentials
There are 140 Sogeti Ireland professionals, of which approximately 60% are in the Software QA & Testing Business Unit. The success of Sogeti Ireland and the Group's test business is underpinned by its ability to provide complete solutions and services relating to software testing across the full Software Procurement and Development Life Cycle (SPDLC). At Sogeti, our people are considered thought leaders globally. In fact, in an increasing number of countries, our TMap® and TPI® open methodologies are the recognised test standard.
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The economic crisis has left Ireland and many other countries in a state of confusion with a constant uncertainty as to what will happen next and what the best steps will be towards recovery. Even with this doubt businesses have been able to identify opportunities through software innovations.
This report highlights the importance innovation has on economic growth for Ireland in the context of an international competitive environment and how Ireland compares. It discusses in detail the benefits that innovation has on economies, businesses and organisations with a main focus on the Top 10 Software Innovations of today.
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The World Quality report, prepared by Capgemini, Sogeti and HP, is the outcome of an annual survey of over 30,000 CXOs, IT directors, QA managers and engineers from around the world.
In this year’s report, we revisit quality trends and approaches and take a closer look at related industry-specific issues and challenges. We also examine new trends in application delivery – such as using agile methodologies and testing cloud-based applications – and explore the effects that these new approaches are having on QA practices and techniques.
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A key and challenging aspect of SAP testing is test scripting design, preparation and execution – this paper focuses on this subject. Through Sogeti's broad experience in SAP testing and associated implementations, ten tips have been prepared to facilitate knowledge transfer to help ensure your SAP test scripts are designed, prepared and executed to the highest standard. These tips, when used in conjunction with an effective testing approach, are designed to contribute to cost effective testing and should help all projects mitigate risks and avoid costly overruns.
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This report by Capgemini UK argues on the proposed deployment of smart electricity and gas meters across the UK by 2020 argues that a regionally organised, franchise-type approach to deploying the meters and implementing the underlying network is likely to emerge as the best option to maximise time to value, minimise costs and keep customers on-side.
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Small Business Banking and the Crisis: Managing Development and Risk is the seventh edition of the World Retail Banking Report. Jointly produced by Capgemini, UniCredit and Efma, the report focuses on investigating the challenge the small business banking market faces to master risk while accelerating business development, which was brought to the forefront by the economic and financial crisis.
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The first edition of the World Quality Report is now available. It provides an in-depth evaluation of current trends in software testing and application quality. The findings are based on a survey sent to 10,000 CIOs, It Directors and QA managers in over 400 unique organisations around the world.
The survey was jointly sponsored by Sogeti, Capgemini and Hewlett Packard and a copy of the report can be downloaded below.
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Declan Kavanagh, CEO of Sogeti, discusses how IT can contribute to economic recovery.
He contends that we must now focus on how, as a small open economy, we can take advantage of the international recovery which will gather pace in 2010.
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Declan Kavanagh, CEO of Sogeti, discusses how business management can learn from the techniques used in Agile development. This paper discusses similarities between traditional software development approaches and established management practices. It goes on to outline how Agile software development is being used to address the shortcomings of established development methodologies.
Based on this premise, the paper explains how the tools and methods used in Agile can be applied to create a flexible management system that is more responsive to the challenging modern environment.
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Capgemini’s latest Benchmark Measurement on EU eGovernment reveals increase in the availability and sophistication of online services across Europe, however take-up still lagging behind
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Eleventh edition of report reveals full impact of economic crisis on Utilities sector and sheds light on challenges around continuing investments and meeting legislative targets
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In sequential software development lifecycles such as the V-model, the emphasis has traditionally been on defining, reviewing and subsequently validating the initial business requirements in order to produce a full set of high-quality requirements. Further higher levels of testing, such as User Acceptance and System testing, are then planned to achieve coverage of these requirements and their associated risks.
In this white paper, Fran O'Hara and Ken Brennock discuss testing in Agile environments.
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This white paper discusses Managed Test Services (MTS) and how, when successfully executed, outsourcing of software testing can reduce the cost of the testing function by 25% or more, as well as improving time to market and overall software quality. This is vital because so many businesses now heavily rely on IT applications functioning faultlessly, time after time.
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The challenging business environment and market uncertainty are resulting in a sharp focus on cost reduction and value for money throughout all sectors, public and private.
In this white paper, Declan Kavanagh puts forward ten areas of focus that will have the immediate effect of achieving better value from existing and new IT suppliers.
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The confusion caused by low quality master data maintenance (MDM) leads to a range of issues including: poor customer service, redundant marketing campaigns, inaccurate product shipments and, ultimately, a higher cost of doing business.
In this white paper, David Flynn and Gary McSherry contend that firms who fail to deploy robust, clearly-defined and scalable master data management processes will struggle to realise transformational benefits and enhanced business value from their ERP systems.
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With any software project, good estimation in an essential ingredient, otherwise project plans and schedules are based on faulty information.
Ken Brennock, Technical Director at Sogeti, offers useful guidelines for estimating projects using the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
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Declan Kavanagh, CEO of Sogeti, contends that running your test organisation like your own business and implementing best practice business principles will significantly improve the performance of test and increases the visibility of its contribution in the organisation. This paper provides some tools and techniques for test managers to take steps to develop an entrepreneurial approach.
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Non-Functional, or technical, testing can be broken into a number of areas organised by requirements type e.g. performance, usability, security.
Declan Kavanagh, CEO of Sogeti, presents a useful overview of non-functional or technical testing in all its various forms.
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The development and deployment of new software solutions to the end business user often stumbles at the final hurdle. When it comes to UAT, having a well structured approach and an appropriate level of business user involvement is critical to any projects successful roll out.
In this paper, Declan Kavanagh and Ken Brennock outline what you can expect from UAT and how to implement it most effectively.
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We have probably all heard the term ‘black box testing’. This means that test design is based on the required external behaviour of a system rather than knowledge of its internals.
Unfortunately, in many projects, the term could be better applied to how testing is perceived by stakeholders such as project managers, developers and customers!
Fran O’Hara, Practice Director at Sogeti, offers his opinions on the importance of Risk-Based Testing.
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One of the most frequent questions that senior Sogeti staff are asked is 'What is the best structure for software testing to ensure delivery success?' There are many flavours and hybrids to consider.
Declan Kavanagh, CEO at Sogeti, offers his opinions on structures for test organisations.
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