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QA Strategy Consulting

With over two decades of experience in testing for Canada’s largest companies, our clients value our strategic advice on QA and development to help them to achieve delivering greater velocity while continuously providing their customers with the best user experience.

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How our Software Clients Benefit from our QA/Dev Advisory & Consulting

We help you achieve the best user experience your customers expect

First impressions matter, and providing a flawless user experience is critical to high customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. We help you develop effective QA strategies to identify defects and issues early in and throughout your software development cycle to ensure you deliver the best user experience to your customers without exception.

We free your team to deliver faster and better user experiences

We help your team to accelerate delivery by designing QA strategies and processes to automate manual tasks, address time-consuming tech debt, and build a feedback loop that supports ongoing enhancements. The end result is to unburden your team so they find it easier to deliver faster and with greater quality.

We help you realize real cost savings

Detecting and fixing bugs early in the development cycle is far more cost-effective than addressing them after deployment. We develop integrated testing strategies that can significantly reduce the total cost of ownership and operation - from infrastructure to human resources - to help you improve your bottom line.

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How we helped the TTC and Metrolinx meet immovable deadlines and deploy full fare integration

In 2024, the Toronto Transit Commission and Metrolinx completed a challenging and complex fare integration project. Learn more on how we developed and executed a testing strategy that spanned 6 transit agencies and thousands of test scenarios.

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Our QA Strategy & Consulting Services

Our QA strategy offerings are tailored to take a holistic view of your people, processes, and technology. We offer strategy and advice that is practical, effective, and aligned with your goals.

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QA Assessment & Strategy Development

We analyze existing QA processes, tools and methodologies to identify gaps and areas for improvement. By understanding your organization’s current position on the QA maturity journey, we create a strategic roadmap to define your future state. Once a goal is defined, we guide you in achieving it.

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Test Management & Process Improvement

We develop comprehensive, streamlined, and efficient test plans and execution strategies tailored to specific project needs. We implement QA practices that align with Agile methodologies, including continuous integration continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, Shift-Left testing and integrating QA processes within DevOps environments ensures seamless collaboration between teams.

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Test Automation Strategy

We design and implement test automation frameworks that result in tangible and measurable improvements in both coverage and development velocity, shortening time to market. Our expertise means you avoid the hidden complexities and maintenance issues that companies commonly discover when they embark on test automation.

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Performance & Load Testing

We help you discover application performance issues before they become a social media and PR dilemma. We develop performance testing strategies with key performance indicators and goals at scale so your customers get the best user experience when they open your application, no matter the load.

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Tool Evaluation & Implementation

Our team recommends, selects, and deploys the appropriate QA tools that seamlessly integrate with your process and pipeline. Ultimately, we deploy and train your team on the right mix of tools that will make a measurable impact to efficiency, code quality, and organizational bottom line.

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Continuous Improvement and Innovation

An effective QA strategy includes establishing metrics and reporting mechanisms to track QA performance and outcomes. We help you achieve greater velocity and efficiency with innovative techniques and AI tools that leverage a commonly neglected resource that you already have - your own historical data.

Canada’s largest companies trust CSE to manage their quality and user experience

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