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Acutest’s risk-based testing approach helps Wales & West Utilities achieve the ‘impossible’Released on = September 7, 2005, 11:30 am Press Release Author = Acutest Industry = Energy Press Release Summary = Wales & West Utilities was successfully created and launched in just 8 months. They outsourced the testing to Acutest, who used an accelerated business-driven testing approach to enable them to meet the demanding schedule. Press Release
Body = Independent testing consultancy Acutest has helped new regulated
gas distribution business Wales & West Utilities (WWU) successfully
launch its operation from a standing start in just eight months.
WWU outsourced responsibility for its technical and business testing
to Acutest in order to validate its ability to start trading without
major risk and disruption. The project involved testing the business
processes; the core systems, such as the SAP The timeframe
for defining the business processes and implementing the new systems
and technical infrastructure concurrently was very compressed. Acutest
was chosen for its proven ability to test effectively in these circumstances.
Their approach combines focusing testing on the areas with the greatest
likelihood and business A regulated
gas distribution business, WWU has 34,000km of pipelines serving
a catchment area of 7.4 million people throughout Wales and the
South West of England. The WWU network was purchased from National
Grid Transco in August 2004. Industry “The WWU
business went live on 1st June 2005 and was able to fulfil its regulatory
requirements. Post go-live, the systems have run very successfully,”
explains Ian Graham, CIO and Programme Manager, Wales & West
Utilities. “Acutest’s testing approach was the key to
verifying our systems and processes, and giving us the confidence
to go-live. I’m a strong believer that small expert teams
using lean Barry Varley,
CEO, Acutest commented: “Acutest was accountable for validating
WWU’s ability to go live without exposure to major risk. Test
results provided the programme and business management team with
valuable information and the clarity to make key programme decisions.
We only had eight months, so it was impossible to test Ends About Acutest Acutest is an,
independent consultancy specialising in testing software, IT and
technology-centred change. Acutest provides a full portfolio of
outsourced software testing services , primarily to blue chip organisations.
The principal aim of all these services is to substantially increase
the value businesses can derive from Web Site = http://www.acutest.co.uk Contact Details = For further information on Acutest contact: Acutest Ltd For further information on this Press Release contact: Black &
White Communications Ltd
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