With the current focus within organisations being determined through the ability to sustain profits during these unstable economic times, innovation and low risk / low cost initiatives have taken priority over long term investment in technology and solutions. Organisations are seeking to deliver business value through cost reduction, business process integration, better data quality, higher service quality and greater agility.

Strategically, companies are adopting practices that retain or maintain their current levels of service delivery, whilst looking for means of developing existing assets to deliver greater effectiveness and efficiency.

Operationally, they are seeking to stabilise technologies and IT operations through process standardisation, best practices and better use of technology. As traditional software testing processes are having to adapt to this new environment, organisations are blending multiple methodologies to achieve their operational and financial goals.

Traditionally, software quality assurance (SQA) and testing were seen as lower priorities tagged at the end of a development life cycle prior to software product launch or application delivery. Due to current economic downturns, a significant shift has taken place in IT circles, recognition of the strategic role that mature SQA and testing functions play in delivering software quality, increasing customer satisfaction and achieving targeted cost savings. Today on average 40% of IT project budgets are allocated to testing. While the benefits of testing are well-understood, IT organisations still struggle to test software efficiently and effectively. Simply put, software testing is hard to do well. To overcome these software testing challenges, iMeridian brings a holistic new approach for predictable, efficient and cost-effective software testing. Our software testing practice integrates into all phases of the QA test cycle and is built upon three cornerstones: Process & Methodology, Skills and Technology.