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Gordon Flower – Head of On-Demand test services
Leveraging the cloud for On Demand test services
SQS – Software Quality Systems
Agenda
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Challenges
• Tools• People
What is on demand
• Pay per use
Use of the cloud
• SaaS, Amazon AWS, Azure
Examples of cloud engagement
• Performance/automation/regression
Agenda
The Challenges for testingTools
License costs - €€€
Setup/ configure/ maintain €
€
Infrastructure - €€
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The challenges for testing
Tools
The Challenges for testingPeople
Experience
Peaks and troughs
Office space
Specialist skills
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The Challenges for testing
People
What is On-Demand test service
It’s a service model
• You do not get a specific person
It’s conducted off-site
• Generally short term engagements
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What is On-demand testing
Cost is based on different factors
• Service levels – response times / SLAs• Complexity of application• Codebase size• Number of requirements / test cases• Maximum concurrent load
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Pay per use method
Traditional
• On Site• Start date and duration• Pay while waiting for environments• Pay while issues are being fixed• A person is assigned
On Demand
• Off site• Start date and effort• Pay while actively engaged• Schedule next test execution• A service is provided
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Traditional model vs On-demand model
On Demand services
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On Demand services
Application performanc
e monitoring
Code review
Application security testing
Functional testing
Mobile testing
Requirements
validation
Test automatio
n
Performance testing
On Demand services
Use of Cloud tools
SaaS
Templates
OS provision
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Use of cloud tools
How the cloud enables On Demand
Cost
Accessible / Security
Setup time
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How the cloud enables on demand
Internal
• On Site culture• Management of resources• Documentation for each account
Client
• On site culture• Remote access to System under test• Security• Belief in quality of product
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Challenges in change
Example test engagement
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Example test engagement
Cloud Enables on demand testing
• Fast tool set up• Lower infrastructure costs• Efficient license models• Flexible resource allocation• More cost effective test resources (people and tools)
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Summary
sqs.com
SQS Software Quality Systems30 North Wall QuayDublin 1Ireland Phone: 01-6709916Fax: 01-6709917http://www.sqs.com
Thank you for your attention.
Gordon FlowerHead of on demand test service IrelandPhone: +44 (0)75 807 99909Mobile: +44 (0)28 90 [email protected]
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