Blue Border Limited
End-to-End Test Management
Our Test Management Service offers to plan, manage and coordinate all aspects of testing including infrastructure, network, ERP and software development. Developing test strategies, plans, scripts, defect management and metrics to manage risk against agreed criteria. We have Oracle EBS, Fusion, HCM, finance, Payroll and business process testing expertise.
Features
- Experienced test managers ensure effective test delivery
- Develop test strategies, policies and plans
- Consultancy on current test strategies and process
- Process Improvements inc. Governance
- Testing and service assurance(Infrastructure, Network, Security, Software)
- Extensive Oracle Single Operating Platform SOP experience
- RFC and IA on testing for BAU
- Deployment of and customisation of DevOps Tool sets
- Deployment of and customisation of test management tooling
- Security cleared consultants
Benefits
- Platform & processes to implement in a brief period
- Process improvement to existing test management
- Flex resource on demand including technical and functional specialists
- Experienced professionals across a range of managed services
- Independent and unbiased views on current testing methodology
- Multi platform experience including SOP, Oracle Fusion, SAP and Workday
- Experience incorporating cloud and locally hosted solutions
- Fully managed integration testing of interfaces and data sources
Pricing
£450 to £850 a unit a day
- Education pricing available
Service documents
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Framework
G-Cloud 14
Service ID
1 2 8 9 0 7 5 5 4 9 7 9 8 7 3
Contact
Blue Border Limited
Mick Stocker
Telephone: 07773159587
Email: mick@blueborder.co
Planning
- Planning service
- Yes
- How the planning service works
- Blue Border offers cost effective fully managed test consultancy services. We offer this management on all sized programmes and projects. We will involve all stakeholders within the programme/project at an early stage to get buying for planning to ensure complete coverage. Governance around key dates and deliverables will be established early to be ingrained into the programme/project.
- Planning service works with specific services
- No
Training
- Training service provided
- No
Setup and migration
- Setup or migration service available
- Yes
- How the setup or migration service works
- Blue Border can provide cost effective Test Management Consultancy and resources across a wide range of programmes and projects. Providing Quality Assurance and Manual/Automation Testing; depending on the need of the customers. We are able to deploy various Test Management Tooling such as HP ALM, Selenium, Team Foundation Server, Jira – Confluence. We also ensure the customisation of each tool to meet the bespoke needs of the customer. We can also migrate existing test management tooling into said tools if required. This will be done via ETL of the current data set using standard APIs where possible.
- Setup or migration service is for specific cloud services
- No
Quality assurance and performance testing
- Quality assurance and performance testing service
- Yes
- How the quality assurance and performance testing works
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Following the TMMi5 Documentation and IEEE29119 Standards we ensure that quality is embedded throughout the entire Software Life Cycle. We develop the Governance with all key stakeholders in the Programme/Project at the earliest stage possible to allow the adoption of Quality Assurance. The use of RTMs within test management tools being deployed will track test coverage of these requirements during the various testing phases we are involved with; if they do not exist, they will be developed and deployed. For an automation deployment the use of agile centric tools will be utilised; with Definition of Done agreed and disseminated through the Dev/Test teams.
Whilst Blue Border do not provide a Performance Testing service, we will deploy an assurance role to oversee this specific phase of testing. The assurance will cover Load, Stress, Peak and Volume Test Plans to ensure Independent views on performance.
Security testing
- Security services
- Yes
- Security services type
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- Security strategy
- Security risk management
- Security design
- Cyber security consultancy
- Security testing
- Security incident management
- Security audit services
- Certified security testers
- Yes
- Security testing certifications
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- GBEST
- CHECK
- CREST
Ongoing support
- Ongoing support service
- No
Service scope
- Service constraints
-
We would required customer approved device access to the network.
We would not create any test data and would expect the business to provide GDPR compliant datasets.
We will work in an open and collaborative manor and so we can flex to the customers requirement therefore we do not see our service as having constraints.
User support
- Email or online ticketing support
- Yes, at extra cost
- Support response times
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Our standard support is acknowledged within 1 business day, response within 48hrs.
Our enhanced services provide a response service same business day. - User can manage status and priority of support tickets
- No
- Phone support
- Yes
- Phone support availability
- 9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
- Web chat support
- No
- Support levels
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We provide support throughout the Project lifecycle.
For Project Management we only have one level of support. We will provide onsite support to work though the issue, identify the rectification steps and then implement and review the outcomes.
Resellers
- Supplier type
- Not a reseller
Staff security
- Staff security clearance
- Conforms to BS7858:2019
- Government security clearance
- Up to Developed Vetting (DV)
Standards and certifications
- ISO/IEC 27001 certification
- No
- ISO 28000:2007 certification
- No
- CSA STAR certification
- No
- PCI certification
- No
- Cyber essentials
- No
- Cyber essentials plus
- No
- Other security certifications
- No
Social Value
- Social Value
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Social Value
- Fighting climate change
- Covid-19 recovery
- Tackling economic inequality
- Equal opportunity
- Wellbeing
Fighting climate change
Fighting climate change: Blue Border enforce a paper free workplace, ensuring all communications and activity are conducted via mail/online facilities (teams, zoom etc..) where possible, we also strongly encourage the use of technology as an enabler of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions which is why Blue Border have used a hybrid/remote working model for many years. As an organisation we recognise the impact unnecessary travel can have on the environment and achievement of wider environmental goals.Covid-19 recovery
Covid-19 recovery: The ways of working post Covid has had a huge impact on the workplace and social interactions, from our perspective in line with the UK we have come to terms with the need to live with COVID and understand this can be extremely difficult for some, who have or are suffering from COVID-19 and are also anxious for themselves and the vulnerability of others. We continue to support individuals with specific requirements to ensure mental wellbeing and promote a good working environment through a number of different activities, which promote healthy well-being and socialisation wherever safe and possible to do so.
We have adopted a mixture of hybrid and fully remote working for colleagues, to allow those the flexibility of working however they feel best and most comfortable as we understand this allows productivity across our organisation. We also understand the constraints COVID-19 can have across PMO/BAU teams at organisations we currently operate, therefore we ensure we provide the best possible service and provide cover wherever needed and possible to ensure there is no detrimental impact to service due to COVID-19.Tackling economic inequality
Tackling economic inequality: By ensuring our employment focuses on personality we employ individuals across different levels of experience, backgrounds and sectors. We offer training and natural progression to ensure we are always in line with recognised policies, frameworks and training.
As part of our professional services Blue Border has experience and knowledge within the cyber security space, allowing us to deliver effectively whilst minimising risk, both financially and in line with GDPR. Our supply chain experience has enabled us to have a clear and defined understanding of the end to end delivery of a contract.Equal opportunity
Equal opportunity: When we look for individuals to join Blue Border, while they need to have the skills and experience to deliver the outcomes, we do not discriminate. We see diversity as a positive addition to the team since this opens up different perspectives and opportunities for all across Blue Border. We focus on personality and ensure that we focus on the wellbeing of that individual as well as providing the necessary tools and experience for all parts of the Blue Border family to succeed.
We employ individuals across all skill sets and levels of experience, and support internal progression as we invest in our employees through training and support, which also includes full financial support for any training provided to enhance our individual’s skill sets across recognised qualifications.Wellbeing
Wellbeing: Blue Border recognises the importance of positive health, both physical and mental and well-being within the workplace, we are an open workforce where we encourage each other to talk openly about how we are feeling and recognising where support is required, the team is referred to as the Blue Border Family where we openely look out for one another. This can be shown through ongoing consultations between individuals and the Blue Border partners, team days where we look to socialise and support eachothers well-being outside of the office.
Where possible and safe to do so, we encourage socialisation and integration with the PMO/business change teams that we operate in, we find this influences our support networks and communities, our experience of this has positively influenced the contracts that we have worked within.
Pricing
- Price
- £450 to £850 a unit a day
- Discount for educational organisations
- Yes
Service documents
Request an accessible format
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