Nous Infosystems believes in evolving based on market needs and dynamics. Being in the software services market for over a decade, now it sees the need for independent verification and validation to help its clients focus on core activities. Listed below are observations which catalysed the growth of Testree, which is a wholly owned part of Nous Infosystems.


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Companies being truly international: Outsourcing and offshoring is a reality today. It is not just the large companies with bottomless pockets and vision but also the small players who are being driven to exploring the benefits of offshoring. The reality of offshoring however is the fact that now since products are being developed across continents, being defined by one group, developed by a second group and used by a third group (usually all geographically dispersed) there is an urgent need for an independent fourth group to enter the domain to make sure there is an order within the chaos. Certifications, best practices and the like exist in the form of the CMMi and Six Sigma groups but these have grown far too large to be relevant to emerging software product development companies

A need to cut costs: While this seems to be a moot point, the relevance of this fact in the testing scenario is immense. Software product development companies need the option to have flexible testing teams, which will allow them to maintain resources only when needed

Inherent nature of testing: Testing by its very nature is an exercise easily outsourced. It is non intrusive as far as the development cycle goes and ideally should be performed by a team alien to the development. Given the way software products evolve, it also means that testing needs experience peaks and troughs

Emergence of QA as a domain: Today QA is not just about finding bugs though many software development companies are forced only to look at this aspect due to the circumstances they find themselves in. These companies have a need for QA consultants to advise them on their processes in general, the completeness and robustness of testing and the feasibility of automation