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Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Case Study - Testing Certification
 6 Jul 2006 
Adelaide Bank Case Study - Testing Certification Adelaide Bank Case Study - Testing Certification
Adelaide Bank Case Study - Testing Certification
INSIGHTS / Case Studies

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Case Study - Testing Certification
 6 Jul 2006 

How our training enabled Bendigo and Adelaide Bank to adopt a more thorough and consistent approach to testing.

Background

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank (BaAB) is one of Australia’s newer regional banks, providing leading edge financial services through its distribution network and national alliances.

BaAB has a team of 10 Quality Assurance testers supporting an in-house development team of 50 analysts and programmers. The Quality Assurance team tests all mainframe and server-based changes. It wanted to develop consistency in its Quality Assurance work practices.

“We had testers with different levels of experience and backgrounds. This led to different methodologies and standards. We were endeavouring to get consistency across the whole team as well as ensure a shared, basic understanding of testing methodologies,” said Kaye Johnson, Manager Quality Assurance of BaAB.

Solution

Planit was engaged because of its capacity to deliver a training program to a large number of participants inhouse, its variety of courses, as well as its flexibility in tailoring its courses to meet the needs of the industry.

In order to achieve a shared basic understanding of testing methodologies and get consistency of work practices across the whole Quality Assurance team, Planit and BaAB agreed that the training should be the ISQTB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing.

The qualification measures an individual’s knowledge, competence and ability in software testing. The course covers fundamental test processes, models and phases of testing, test planning, black & white box test techniques, reviews, analysis and standards for testing. The course is aimed towards gaining the qualification with a certificate awarded to those who pass a one-hour examination.

BaAB saw the Foundation Certificate as part of their focus on quality which also assists to increase the confidence and self-esteem of employees. Foundation is a pre-requisite for new starters after the initial three month trial period as well as for all current staff.

Undertaking the software testing component of the framework would be a logical progression for the staff already certified in ITIL. ITIL is strongly aligned from an implementation and management perspective with software testing because a structured testing strategy is essential to the delivery of all business and technical strategies. Within the Qualifications Framework, the Practitioner Certificate in Software Testing sits next to the Practitioner Certificate in IT Service Management.

BaAB would certainly recommend Planit to other businesses.

"The whole team has a new level of confidence in their abilities, and we now see a much more thorough, consistent approach to the work being undertaken,"

Kaye Johnson
Quality Assurance Manager, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
Key Outcomes:
  • Shared understanding of testing methodologies across QA team.
  • More thorough and consistent approach to testing.
  • Improved consistency of work practices and confidence in abilities.
Delivered:
  • In-House Training
  • ISTQB Foundation Certificate
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