Case Studies

Q3 creates mission critical testing environment for development projects

• Client is the leading supplier of Internet browser and webserver based life science desktop software, enterprise solutions, chemical databases and consulting services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.
• Client’s partnerships with recognized scientific information providers make a rich array of databases and sources available to customers. Information publishers include Merck, Wolters Kluwer, Organic Syntheses, Derwent and ISI (Thomson), and InfoChem (Springer Verlag/Candover & Cinven).

• End to end integration and functional testing of a complex business application environment
• Manage multiple teams across time zones
• Provide suggestions in areas of performance improvement
• Test planning, strategy and execution
• Defect reporting on daily basis

• Mix of user acceptance, functional and integration testing.
• Smoke testing to identify potential issues in navigational, user related and security issues
• User acceptance support provided to client
• Test cases based on business scenario
• Trend analysis of defects
• Identification of areas that can be fine tuned to improve performance

• Freeing up of client’s resources to perform core activities and focus on sales and marketing.
• Extension of client’s development teams globally by taking advantage of Q3’s highly flexible automated testing expertise.
• Business model and culture at Q3 entails ownership of the process. It is not only the team members who are dedicated to a client; it is the whole company management which works in complete tandem and efficiency to ensure that the relationship is seamless and successful.
• Complete setup was achieved in a very cost effective solution on account of being able to cut down resource costs from average $90,000 to approximately $30,000 per resource.