IVIS Group Testing Services

Complete Testing Services from the Multi-channel Experts

Whether you develop applications, systems and websites in-house or externally, you must test them thoroughly to ensure their success before deployment. The risks from implementing untested B2B, B2E and B2C applications are high. Bugs can lead to disastrous consequences for your business, especially if the application in question is customer facing. Recent high profile cases of retailers launching websites with unforeseen accessibility and usability problems show that even the big players occasionally fail to test effectively before launching business-critical systems.

Most companies lack the internal skills and resources to effectively test developments and need a reliable and knowledgeable partner to perform this critical task.

IVIS Group - The Testing Experts

IVIS Group is the testing partner of choice for some of the largest and most successful multi-channel and online businesses. Our clients choose IVIS Group as their QA resource because of our depth of experience, long track record of successfully delivering QA solutions in complex large scale projects and our unique approach to bridging the gap between business and IT throughout the project lifecycle.

IVIS Group has over a decade of experience developing applications for our customers and for ourselves, including our award winning Sonetto™ Information Management Suite. We have a wealth of experience testing not just our own developments but also those of our clients' internal teams and 3rd party developers.

IVIS Group Testing Services

Our testing services cover a broad range of requirements. Our expert ISEB-qualified testers can be deployed remotely or on-site and can work standalone or alongside your own team in a mentoring role, covering the following areas:

• Functional Testing

  Whatever stage of the development process you are at, IVIS Group can help ensure your application or website meets your functional requirements.

• Compatibility Testing

  With the rapid expansion in the number of end user environments it is critical to make sure that your developments are compatible with the full range of desktop environments and browser technologies. IVIS Group excels in testing applications across the full range of possible user and customer environments.

• Performance Testing

  Assessing how your application or website performs under different load scenarios is key. IVIS Group's performance testing services simulate end-user activity to verify the availability and performance of your application and the scalability, resilience and reliability of your infrastructure.

• User Acceptance Testing

  IVIS Group's user acceptance testing ensures that the application meets the requirements of the business users and that any process changes required match those anticipated at the beginning of the project.

• Accessibility Testing

  The need to make websites accessible was mandated by the Disability Discrimination Act of 1999, but beyond mere legal compliance and keeping your customers happy there are many more commercial benefits that can accrue from a well-architected accessible site. We have considerable expertise in accessibility and the W3C WAI guidelines and standards and can test your website for accessibility to ensure it will read correctly in a wide range of browsers, including special technologies used by sight, hearing or cognitively impaired users.

• Usability Testing

  Usability is a wide ranging subject which in the case of websites can be tested for at site, page or specific user action level. Testing for good usability requires specialist expertise. IVIS Group has experienced usability specialists who will work collaboratively with your Business Analysts and Graphic Designers to ensure that your site or application provides the optimum user experience.

The IVIS Group Testing Methodology

Our testing methodology has been proved through many client testing projects and those performed on our own commercial software applications:

• Requirements Analysis - Ideally, the testing programme should start at the beginning of the software development cycle and will shorten the project delivery time if implemented at the same time as the project Requirements Analysis. Failing this we can initiate a testing programme at any stage of your development process.


• Design Analysis - Our testers are experts in discovering bugs in existing designs. They will work with your development team in the design phase to determine which parts of your development are testable, how and at what stage they should be tested. Bugs found early in the project lifecycle are easier and cheaper to correct than those discovered later.


• Test Planning - IVIS Group has a rigorous process for developing testing strategy, planning tests and creating test beds. Our methodology is pragmatic and based on fitting the test plan to our client's business needs.


• Test Development - Our methodology includes the development of procedures, scenarios, cases and scripts to use during each testing project, based on your unique requirements.


• Test Execution - Our test teams will test your application, site or system professionally and report any errors to your development team or whoever you specify as the point of contact for bugs.


• Test Reporting - Throughout the testing project our testers will produce reports on the progress of the project and will recommend whether or not the system being tested is ready for release.


• Retesting the Defects