Lighthouse software quality assurance testing takes the risk out of the software development process.

As independent software testing experts, Lighthouse steps in with software quality assurance and independent verification and validation (IV&V) methodologies that maximize the efficiency of your software development process. Lighthouse can assess and benchmark your team’s performance, establish a measurement system, and identify specific risk factors that will lead to unexpected software development cost increases and project delays.

BRITEmeasure — Baseline Software Team’s Current Performance
Software quality assurance (software QA) cannot take place without first assessing the team’s current performance. Lighthouse’s experienced software quality assurance team performs a baseline assessment to identify potential risk factors and identify drivers for productivity and predictability. As part of its assessment process, the Lighthouse team determines productivity goals, performs a function point analysis to size the software system, and reviews the software development team’s performance across 17 functional areas. Lighthouse compares the project with a series of industry benchmarks and then integrates all of this information to set expectations on software development cost, schedule, effort and quality. From there, the software QA team develops a productivity road map with pragmatic detailed recommendations for improving the team’s performance, reducing the software development cost and shortening the schedule … all while increasing software quality.

BRITEassure — Implement to Drive Productivity Improvements
The Lighthouse software QA team implements the road map first by addressing the “big boulders.” Budgets and goals are established to measure performance. Our BRITE methodology is a pragmatic approach that integrates with your current software quality assurance process and tweaks itto add best practices. In addition, there are often training and organizational changes needed to assure continued progress throughout the software development life cycle (SDLC). The software QA team performs “health checks” (or mini-assessments) at scheduled intervals to monitor the road map’s progress, report on results and address any external factors that might cause the road map to be modified. And, if needed, Lighthouse subject matter experts are available to offer guidance to perform deep dives into high-risk areas. Metrics are established and continually reported to drive improvements in productivity.

BRITEquality — Removing Defects Early Saves Unplanned Rework.
If called upon, the Lighthouse software QA team can take an active role in your software project to remove defects early in your software development life cycle. On average, a defect in the U.S. costs $250 to find and fix. Should that defect leak into the next development phase, it is projected to cost $1,250, and will likely cost $6,000 in the subsequent phase. Lighthouse’s software QA testing techniques and tools find these defects early, saving thousands of dollars for each defect. The software QA team uses a series of document inspections, stringent phase gates, and code analysis to identify these defects.

And of course, Lighthouse can finish the project by performing system testing and UAT testing on the final deliverable, completing the software testing life cycle.

Full Life Cycle Quality/IV&V
Lighthouse can deliver all of the BRITEmeasure, BRITEassure, and BRITEquality processes and tools as an ongoing software quality assurance service for you, or we can package it for you as a full software testing life cycle quality management system (QMS) that you execute. For large enterprise systems, Lighthouse software QA teams also provide these services as independent verification and validation (IV&V).

With our full BRITE suite of services, you can maximize your software quality while minimizing your software development cost and time to market. Don’t risk project overruns and poor software quality.

Software Quality Assurance Resources

• White paper - The Value of Quality
• White paper - World Class Productivity
• Presentation - Reduce Software Development Costs & Improve Software Quality

Call Lighthouse today if you want project software quality assurance testing methodologies that deliver results: (937) 458-0055.