Capital Markets
the way we do it
End-to-End quality
assurance helps minimize
defects & lower costs
A leading US securities firm used
an outdated order management and
routing application that required
frequent enhancements and updates.
The application lacked a defined
testing process and dedicated testing
resources—two factors which led to
a high incidence of post production
defects. In addition, there was no
structured process for configuration
and release management.
Capgemini performed an assessment
to help our client identify areas which
could lower defects. We evaluated the
testing process and looked at industry
testing best practices which could be
applied to simplify and streamline
testing.
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Capgemini’s Solution
After our assessment, we performed the
following activities to help streamline
our client’s testing processes:
n Set up a Quality Assurance (QA) test
lab at our client’s site
n Tested over 4,000 trading and order
management scenarios for each
application, supporting four separate
applications
n Introduced defect prevention
strategies, productivity and defect
analysis procedures
n Defined and implemented new testing
metrics to measure Test Coverage,
Execution Percent, and Schedule &
Effort variances
Rolled out a structured configuration
and release management process
n Created a test case repository to store
all test cases for reuse
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The Results
Capgemini helped our client
reduce turnaround time by 50% by
streamlining the daily build cycle. In
addition, we significantly reduced the
amount of post-production defects by
catching major errors in the testing
cycle itself.
For more information, contact us at
capitalmarkets@capgemini.com.
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