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Prism Consulting

Software Quality Engineering

Understand release risk before software reaches production. Define the business workflows that matter, test them systematically and use the results to make an informed release decision.

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Who this is for

Software delivery teams and ERP project teams preparing a release, integration or migration.

What the work can include

  • Risk-based test plans and repeatable scenarios for important workflows
  • Functional and regression test results with reproducible defect reports
  • Automated browser and API tests for the agreed application scope
  • Migration, interface and cutover validation against agreed criteria
  • A release readiness report covering tested scope, open defects and residual risks

How delivery works

  1. Identify release risks

    Agree critical workflows, integrations and acceptance criteria.

  2. Prepare the tests

    Define test cases, representative data and appropriate automation.

  3. Execute and investigate

    Run tests, reproduce failures and coordinate defect triage.

  4. Report release readiness

    Explain results and remaining risks so the client can decide whether to release.

Ways to engage

Release testing

A defined assessment for a release window or migration milestone.

Ongoing quality engineering

Testing and automation within development, with ownership agreed with your team.

Scope boundaries

  • A guarantee that software contains no defects
  • The client's final production release decision
  • Penetration or specialist performance testing unless separately scoped

What we need from you

  • Requirements, user stories or access to people who understand the workflows
  • An appropriate test environment and authorised representative data

Common questions

Do we need existing test cases?

Scenarios can be developed from requirements and stakeholder discussions as part of the agreed scope.

Who makes the go-live decision?

The client decides whether to release. The assessment records what was tested, what failed and which risks remain.

Where should a website accessibility enquiry go?

Choose Web Development & Accessibility for a website audit or remediation. Related quality work can be coordinated within the same engagement.