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SQC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

Test Automation Establishment Service

This service helps organisations to establish, in-house managed, test automation capabilities. Guidance and supervision is provided to ensure effective organisation setup, personnel selection/training and operating model creation. Assistance can be provided establishing processes to manage work and developing initial test automation assets. Early use of automation is monitored and guided.

Features

  • Organisation and operating model tailoring
  • Availability of good practice gleaned from previous implementaions
  • Coaching on how to manage automation for external managers
  • Coaching on how to operate automation for automation leads
  • Coaching and one to one training for automation engineers
  • Quality assurance of early automation work
  • Assistance with the creation of initial automation assets

Benefits

  • Accelerated start-up of the capability, be effective quicker
  • Avoid creating perations that will fail in the medium term
  • Learn and use good operation practices from the start
  • Learn and use good engineering practices from the start
  • Know what 'good looks like'
  • Expert support clearing early technical blockers
  • Expert support overcoming environmental and organisational barriers

Pricing

£650 to £1,200 a person a day

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at neil.hudson@sqc.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.

Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

3 8 0 8 2 4 3 5 1 8 0 9 2 3 4

Contact

SQC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED Neil Hudson
Telephone: 0207 993 2287
Email: neil.hudson@sqc.co.uk

Planning

Planning service
No

Training

Training service provided
Yes
How the training service works
As part of this service mentoring and training can be provided on the leadership / management of test automation, on good test set management, on good engineering practices and on the day to day utilisation of automation capabilities.
Training is tied to specific services
No

Setup and migration

Setup or migration service available
No

Quality assurance and performance testing

Quality assurance and performance testing service
Yes
How the quality assurance and performance testing works
There are a lot of factors that influence whether a test automation operating is effective and sustainable. Much has to be known or learnt for this to be the case. Many attempts fail along the way.

This service, effectively, turns the establishment of a capability into a repeat journey, guided by a team that has made this journey before. This service ensure a cloud programme can use effective test automation to enable it to realise the benefits of Agile delivery of a cloud based solution.

Security testing

Security services
No

Ongoing support

Ongoing support service
No

Service scope

Service constraints
None

User support

Email or online ticketing support
No
Phone support
No
Web chat support
No
Support levels
Support levels for automation teams operating capabilities created through this service will be negotiated on a case by case basis. Support can range from regular, or on-demand, on-site support to remote, ticket based, support. Support issues can range from management and problem solving advice to technical support on tool operation or on how to automate effectively in a particular circumstance.

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
Yes
Cyber essentials plus
No
Other security certifications
No

Social Value

Social Value

Social Value

Tackling economic inequality

Tackling economic inequality

We create good IT employment opportunities for people in the UK who would otherwise face barriers to employment because they need to work from home due to family commitments. We create opportunities for people to work in IT, from home, who live in deprived areas of the UK.

Pricing

Price
£650 to £1,200 a person a day
Discount for educational organisations
No

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at neil.hudson@sqc.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.