BWI: Steria becomes first IT Services organisation in India to conduct TMMi eSurveys

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Steria
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 04:34 PM IST (11:04 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Business services, Information technology; Technology
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Steria becomes first IT Services organisation in India to conduct TMMi eSurveys


Noida, Uttar Pradesh; Chennai, Tamil Nadu; Pune, Maharashtra, India, Tuesday, January 31, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Steria India partners with Experimentus to become among the first organisations in India to offer Test Maturity Model Integrated (TMMi) e-surveys.

Steria India, a leading provider of IT enabled business services, and Experimentus, the software quality management consulting firm, today announced a strategic partnership to service the growing needs of the Testing and Quality Assurance (QA) community in India.

This follows the launch of the three part Steria RightTestingTM service in February which helps clients identify the critical risk and quick-win opportunities in testing operations and improve quality, enhancing Steria's existing Consultancy offering.

This partnership will streamline the development process, helping Steria customers to identify the strengths and weaknesses across the full software development life cycle, challenging the traditional testing model. This will highlight issues that need to be addressed in setup to ensure the best products and services are brought to market.

TMMi has become a well respected industry acclaimed standard against which organisations can measure and improve software testing and quality related processes as well as benchmark their level of maturity. The e-surveys are already used by financial services, telecommunications, media, retail and healthcare organisations in continental Europe, UK, Singapore and India.

Dr. Mukesh Aghi, CEO, Asia Pacific, of Steria said "India is a growing market so it is great to see that both the IT community and Indian organisations have started to understand the value of an independent third party testing gateway testing service. Businesses are constantly on the look out to find ways to improve their internal testing functions and Steria India can provide a quick view into the maturity of testing functions. We are already talking a lot about it to our customers and prospects and they are very excited to get their testing functions assessed to TMMi maturity levels."

Customers want to know where they stand today and want help in deciding where they can go tomorrow. Ultimately, it is about optimising cost by doing things the right way and making sure that the offerings that are brought to market are the best they can be.

Julian Clarke, director of sales and marketing at Experimentus commented, "We are delighted to be working with Steria India and making the TMMi e-Survey available to the Indian market. Many organisations have previously used TMMi to independently measure and identify improvements in their own test and quality capabilities but more recently we have seen TMMi become part of the evaluation criteria when selecting a supplier which has driven the need for formal TMMi Certification. As a first step towards Improvement or Certification we developed our TMMi e-Survey solution to help quickly identify areas for improvement and provide those organisations wanting formal certification with an informal but useful indication of their maturity level."

About Steria India (www.steria.com/in/)

Steria delivers IT enabled business services which help organisations in the public and private sectors operate more efficiently and profitably. By combining in depth understanding of our clients' businesses with expertise in IT and business process outsourcing, we take on our clients' challenges and develop innovative solutions to address them.

Through our highly collaborative consulting style, we work with our clients to transform their business, enabling them to focus on what they do best. Our 20,000 people, working across 16 countries, support the systems, services and processes that make today's world turn, touching the lives of millions around the globe each day. Founded in 1969, Steria has offices in Europe, India, North Africa and SE Asia and 2010 revenue of ?1.69 billion. 20%of Steria's capital is owned by its employees. Headquartered in Paris, Steria is listed on the Euronext Paris market.

About Experimentus: (www.experimentus.com)

Experimentus is an IT solutions and services company that specialises in software quality management. The range of solutions it provides helps organisations to reduce the risks associated with software development lifecycle and enables organisations to properly manage, control and measure existing IT applications.

About the TMMi® Foundation (www.tmmifoundation.org)

The TMMi Foundation is a non-profit making organisation, founded by a number of leading European test and quality practitioners and is dedicated to improving software test and quality related processes and practices. The Foundation owns and supports the TMMi model, provides an independent accrediting service for lead assessors and assessors, along with the structure to accredit assessment methods.



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