In an Agile project there is no such thing as a ‘testing department’, where a group of testers sit together, usually away from the developers, and are managed by a test lead or test manager. There is also much less emphasis on test documentation, which in traditional working environments is usually the main responsibility of […]
The client was rolling out an ecommerce front-office application across 20 countries in APAC, Europe, US and Latin America. Brickendon was called upon to ensure the system was appropriately tested, making certain that the wide geographical spread of the employees did not affect the quality of the software. The Challenges There was only a small […]
Offshore test management is not just a job or a role. It’s a critically strategic skillset for any sizeable organisation to foster, and for those who practice it, it’s more art than science. Test services have been largely moved offshore in last few decades and the skillset now required to manage dispersed teams is far more […]
One of the world’s most prestigious engineering companies embarked on a major programme of work to migrate the majority of its IT to new state‐of‐the‐art data centres. Brickendon was approached to provide strategic test consultancy on the basis of the expertise and reputation of our consultants. The objective of this project was twofold: in-house testing […]
Brickendon was engaged to assist in the building of a post-trade portal to be used by external clients of a top tier investment bank. The portal needed to allow various cross-asset trades, submitted to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) by the bank on their clients’ behalf, to be updated and resubmitted as necessary. […]
A prominent European bank with global interests and a large presence in emerging markets was replacing its legacy FX platform with a new system from a different vendor. The project had been significantly overrunning and the business required an urgent review of progress and approach. The client engaged Brickendon to conduct a review into the project […]
One critical objective of any Test Project is to identify issues prior to go-live. Brickendon Test Specialists have investigated the causes of ineffective and inefficient test lifecycle management cases in the industry and have formulated a consolidated solution: the Integrated Test Tools Approach (ITTA). The ITTA SolutionBrickendon Test Specialists designed the ITTA solution with two […]
In the highly competitive Investment Banking market, low latency is absolutely critical as it is directly connected to profitability. Many organisations are making big investments to improve their latency performance, carrying out testing to ensure the latency achieved in a project environment is competitive in the market. However, low latency levels achieved in a project […]
A programme continues to evolve after the go-live period as bugs/issues or further enhancement opportunities are identified continuously. Testing for changes made in the production environment is more limited in terms of the testing scope, which often endorses less significant enhancements, yet fails to highlight crucial functional issues. This set-back in quality is referred to […]
Testing plays a critical role in ensuring the successful completion of a change project. The main concerns facing testers include the late planning of a testing process during the project cycle and the inadequate resource allocation based on a rough estimation by the Test Manager. These two issues can jeopardise the quality of testing and […]