Outsource It!

Moving Toward Disposable Outsourcing in QA

Let’s look at an example of traditional QA outsourcing—functional testing for a mature application. In this case we would most likely face a lot of challenges, including these:

• High domain and application knowledge requirements for QA staff; complex and time-consuming ramp-up and training process for new staff

• Large volume of artifacts—in particular, many test cases; potentially stale artifacts

• Large number of bugs and requests for enhancements with potentially complex release references

Establishing a disposable outsourcing approach in this case would be a complex, time-consuming process. To to get there, we’ll need to pay attention to the following areas:

Effective on-boarding. Start with ...