Client Profile:  Fortune 100 Retirment Services company in New York

Challenge:  Managing over $350 Billion in assetts and seven distinct business units operating with differing implementation processes and decentralized IT leads to a series of customer facing issues and poor PR. 

Solution:  SQA created a Custom Made Team of senior architects, and provided a detailed assessment of the current environment. Taking into account the company's culture, skills, and technology, SQA's team built on the company's successes and made recommendations for changes to the SDLC, QA, and Testing processes.

The assessment identified nine key SDLC and QA process areas for linking development activities across the company. The process changes have been implemented collectively throughout the organization, and are now accepted as the standard for all software life cycle activity.

Impact:  Our client achieved a higher level of reusability with software components. In addition, they now have better communication and leverage throughout different business areas for the development of shared and integrated business solutions.

The shared SDLC and QA models eased the company's strategic transition to SOA, and these same process changes facilitated cost reductions at home through the use of shared services. The new models further affected costs as the client began to move some development and testing activities offshore using the new processes and procedures.