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 Quality Assurance / Testing

Testing performed: Functional and Regression
Scope: Help client plan and deploy automated testing tools and process for a strategic web based data management application.
Results: Higher quality and a reduction in cost over manual testing process.

Testing performed: Performance and Regression
Scope: (Project 1) Assist client to evaluate and consolidate software testing tools and process.
Results: Improved level of quality and reduce cycle time on internally developed client server and web based applications.
Scope: (Project 2) Lead effort to test web based electronic trading application for retail financial services division.
Results: Launched with confidence; Deployed a mission critical web based electronic trading application that needed to function as designed, perform accurately, and meet volume performance requirements.

Testing performed: Functional, Regression and (future) Load
Scope: Leading the Q.A. and testing effort within a complex Java based web application. Services include assessment and planning, test case design, tool selection, automated test environment setup, test execution and knowledge transfer.
Results: By using Cornerstones methods and framework, client was able to build quality into the development process, flushing out business requirements issues, identifying high risk issues, and promote development productivity by providing early feedback.

Testing performed: Manual, Functional, Regression and (future) Load
Scope: Assess, plan, design and deploy functional and regression testing for mission critical web application to run core business.
Benefits: Identify and reduce risk, ensure application release meet customer requirements, promote developer productivity.

Testing performed: Load
Scope: Automated load testing for web based core business application. Test planning, risk analysis, tool selection and implementation, test execution and associated feedback.
Results: Discovered several issues that would have led to a failed release. Cornerstone provided detailed feedback to the development team enabling them to rectify issues and release with confidence.

Testing Performed: Manual, Regression and Functional
Scope: Full integration with development to test and deploy world-class web application within Fortune 100 companies. Application includes wireless end user functionality.
Results: Speed to market with technology that will drive a competitive advantage. It allows client companies (Ford Motor Company, The Dow Chemical Company, Sprint, BP and Amoco) to identify and manage surplus assets across their entire organizations, avoiding the cost of new equipment through redeployment to other parts of the organization. Project was completed both within budget and schedule

Testing Performed: Automated and Load testing
Scope: Automation of Oracle Applications system for HR, Payroll, and other Oracle modules.
Results: Reduced time regression testing between releases of Oracle applications upgrades and broader testing coverage of Oracle applications.

Testing Performed: Manual, Regression and Functional
Scope: Functional testing of highly integrated music player software with embedded operating system code.
Results: Reduced time to market with high quality music player software.

Testing Performed: Performance Testing
Scope: Web based performance testing (simulating 500 concurrent users) for core business application.
Results: Identified performance bottlenecks and architectural problems. Corrected issues prior to releasing the system into production and prevented high cost production problems and user dissatisfaction.