Services

There are a number of specialist areas associated with Software Verification and Validation that are supported by K. J. Ross and Associates. These include:

Establishing and Improving Test Processes

Perhaps your organisation is new to software testing. We can assist to get your organisation started with testing to help you acquire the necessary skills, and to start to build necessary test processes.

Even organisations that are experienced testers may have not had the opportunity to step back and assess their strengths and weaknesses and put in place some tactical improvements to increase effectiveness and reduce costs of testing.

Project Test Outsourcing

Testing is a big job: test strategy, planning and estimation; evaluation and application of automated test tools; system, integration and module testing; performance and usability testing; test management; employment of techniques and frameworks, and so on..... It is frequently not cost effective to undertake all this completely internally for one-off or varying projects. Outsourcing some of your testing requirements may be the better answer.

We can help you with testers to complete your entire testing project, right from augmenting your testing team with test consultants, through test outsourcing your project to be tested on-site or in SMART Labs, our own Nationally Accredited independent test laboratory.

Specialist Consulting

Perhaps there is a short-term specialist need for your organisation, such as implementation of automated tests, develop a specific test strategy for your project, rollout of new techniques and methodology, or an acting test manager.

Independent Evaluation and Auditing

Perhaps you need an independent audit or advice regarding a software product, project or system - someone to look over your shoulder or that of your vendor to help find flaws that may turn out to either be just embarrassing or catastrophic. We can evaluate the integrity of software development according to requirements imposed by software safety and software development standards from various bodies, such as IEEE, ISO, IEC and Defence standards. We can conduct risk assessments to identify weaknesses and to put in action plans for remediation of critical risks.

We have a solid list of reputable clients. Our track record provides an overview of some of the specific roles we have undertaken with these clients.