The IT Industry is gradually recognizing the value of moving from Quality Control (end gate testing) to Quality Assurance (in-process testing). Scintel clearly understands the importance of this paradigm shift and has established a Quality Assurance Center of Excellence to support quality initiatives.

Scintel’s Quality Assurance practice offers a complete range of services from Test Process Consulting to ‘End to End’ Quality Assurance solutions. The QA Center of Excellence has a dedicated team of professionals with extensive experience in all facets of testing the entire SDLC and the latest in functional and automated testing tools.

Each business application has complexities and risk areas uniquely its own through all stages of the project lifecycle, yet it is not unusual for companies to focus on testing almost exclusively on the last stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). This approach often results in a lot of re-work, increased project costs and delays. Naturally, defects which should have been caught earlier in the development phase are not discovered until the delivery stage.

Wastage of person-hours and costs on testing can accumulate to considerable expenses for the organization. As a pioneer in Quality Assurance, Scintel understands how these losses can be avoided. The most vital aspect of rigorous testing is to understand how defects occur at every stage. While many organizations believe the majority of defects are introduced in the coding stage of the SDLC, studies have shown that 64% - 80% of software defects are introduced in the requirements gathering / design stages of the SDLC. It is a fact that the earlier a defect is detected in the SDLC the less expensive the defect is to the organization. However, preventing defects from being introduced in the SDLC in the first place is infinitely less expensive.

The Quality Assurance professionals at Scintel are focused on helping organizations prevent the introduction of defects in their SDLC. This is done by implementing best practices and proven methodologies to fine-tune the entire software development life cycle. Zero defect software is the holy grail of software development and Scintel can provide the know-how and the tools to move closer to the goal of defect-free software with each release cycle.

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