Quality assurance and testing

Higher quality, less costly applications testing

Application testing is essential to driving quality, productivity gains and cost savings in the application development lifecycle. Some organizations are spending as much as 25 to 50 percent of application development costs on testing without experiencing the desired results. Undetected bugs, delayed releases, regulatory non-compliance, security intrusions and customer dissatisfaction are just some consequences of inadequate testing that can hurt your bottom line and weaken your competitive edge.

CGI's Global Testing Center of Excellence (COE) offers end-to-end quality assurance and testing services that deliver quantifiable results, including timely, high-quality releases and a reduction in testing spend by as much as 20 to 40 percent. We partner with each client to establish and manage a Testing Management Office that defines the client's objectives and service-level requirements and performs all aspects of testing, relying on a standardized approach and industry best practices.

The results we deliver

CGI's Global Testing COE focuses on people, processes and technologies to streamline and optimize the testing function, delivering the following benefits:

  • Significant cost reduction (20 to 40 percent on average)
  • Increased productivity and decreased testing time
  • Accelerated product releases
  • Full lifecycle testing approach
  • Early defect detection and resolution
  • Improved quality through standardized processes and best practices (IEEE, ITIL®, CMMI, ISO and QAI)
  • Line of site into testing coverage and quality at every stage through requirements traceability and risk-based modeling

What makes us unique

Finding a qualified testing provider among so many that can deliver the strategic benefits of testing while reducing your costs and risks is a challenge. CGI stands out from the competition by offering the following:

  • Full suite of testing services and capabilities
  • Large number of industry-certified testers
  • 10+ years as a dedicated testing provider combined with 35+ years of application know-how
  • "Best fit" global delivery model that lowers cost and reduces time-to-market
  • Concert™ global delivery testing methodology
  • Testing tool independence (experienced in using all leading vendor and open source tools)
  • Outstanding client satisfaction ratings

Another key advantage is our Automation Test Service Management (ATSM) framework, which drives efficiencies and excellence throughout the testing lifecycle. ATSM enables our testing professionals to achieve the following:

  • Leverage industry-leading, open source test management and execution tools
  • Achieve automation in a matter of weeks, not months
  • Make automation scalable by enabling our manual testing staff to automate with zero coding required 
  • Achieve automation percentages ranging from 40-90% in each current release of testing

 ATSM enables CGI to reduce clients' costs and time to market without sacrificing quality.

Quality assurance and testing services

CGI's Global Testing COE offers comprehensive testing services, including the following:

  • Test planning, management and execution
  • Automated testing through CGI's ATSM
  • Performance and load testing
  • Application security assurance
  • Operational readiness testing
  • Handset and mobile application testing
  • SOA testing services
  • Localization and internalization testing
  • Usability, privacy and accessibility testing
  • Testing training and development
  • Testing assessment and consulting services