Importance of Software Testing Services
QA and testing are the crucial stages of the software development life cycle. Comprehensive software testing ensures that applications work correctly, according to the previously established requirements.
High-quality software testing with Four Ages QA experts helps to reveal unwanted app behaviors and prevent costly mistakes in advance. It also helps to ensure that software runs as expected under any workloads and meets users’ expectations.
Outsource Software Testing to Professionals
Once you outsource testing to professional QA teams, the risk of applications malfunctioning goes down to zero, and the probability of stable functionality rises. Outsourcing QA testing processes tends to greatly improve the quality and reliability of the final product.
Benefits of Outsourcing Software Testing
10+ years in software testing services.
10+ years in QA consulting.
10+ testing engineers with 5+ ages of experience on average.
150+ successful project implementations.
Responsive and helpful support teams.
90+ happy customers.
Advanced tools and best practices are implemented in the outsourced software testing process to provide the best results.
Exceptional technical expertise in testing, which helps to detect and fix critical bugs.
Why Choose Four Ages as Outsourced Software Testing Company
Independent audit
External software testing services aim to execute an independent audit of your software and execute the necessary testing operations on your software. Such an approach eliminates bias and boosts the quality of testing.
Exceptional expertise
When outsourcing software testing services to Four Ages, QA experts with years of experience in the IT industry get assigned to your project. These specialists have worked on diverse cases in their careers and will know how to develop the right approach to testing your apps.
Scalability
Reduce the burden of unpredicted workloads and QA requirements. Enjoy the flexibility of outsourcing software testing that can meet fluctuating project requirements without lock-in.
Flexibility
Once you need to intensify or diminish QA operations, you can do that easily with Four Ages.
More QA testers can be assigned to your project or discharged upon necessity.
Our Software QA Services
Drive your software product to the sky with our expert QA and testing services. A team of QA professionals with exceptional skills and multi-year experience will ensure excellent performance and robust security. All this is available for different types of software, from mobile applications to enterprise-level complex solutions.
Strong understanding of client’s needs and delivery of final products that exactly meet those needs.
Clear and efficient communication with regular updates on the project status.
Ability to adapt to changing project requirements and scope.
Significant impact on the improvement of business processes and KPIs.
Types of Software Testing Services
Enjoy the variety of QA services offered by Four Ages. See the availability of testing types and decide which one might be the most applicable to your project. We can also advise you on the testing procedure necessary for your software when establishing collaboration. Anyway, get acquainted with available QA services and their components.
QA outsourcing
Outsourced software testing services to Four Ages means that we will take the end-to-end QA process under our responsibility, including such procedures:
Testing strategy and plan design.
Measuring the test strategy's effect on the project’s ROI.
Adding all relevant testing activities to the software development life cycle.
Driving your software product through the number of confirmed testing activities.
Conveying regular performance reports and team updates on QA tests.
Companies may decide to outsource software testing for both software products under development and those in evolution.
One-time testing
This kind of testing and QA services provision an in-and-out assessment of your software product performance in a single run. It includes many different procedures, but those are the key ones:
Functional testing.
Load testing.
Compatibility testing.
Cross-platform and cross-browser testing.
Usability testing.
Security testing.
Overall, a one-time QA test set is suitable for software products ready for the first release or subsequent major releases.
QA consulting
Four Ages is also ready to assist businesses with their in-house software QA testing services to enhance software quality. We offer the following spectrum of QA consulting services:
QA process audit with suggestions for improvement.
Consultations on how to obtain QA and software testing certificates.
Test automation design and setup.
Advising on the testing activities that would be appropriate for a specific software product type.
Training in-house QA teams.
Help in execution testing and QA activities.
QA consulting would be an ideal solution for those businesses that aim to ensure optimal performance of their apps and software.
Quality assessment
The quality assessment services imply that the team of our QA experts makes an audit of your existing QA activities and tests. In particular, our professionals do the following:
Performing a manual code review to assess its quality and correspondence to coding conventions.
Checking whether your software product complies with standards and regulations in the industry (HIPAA, GDPR, etc.).
A quality assessment package of services might be necessary to ensure the software's legal compliance before its initial release.
Managed testing services
Four Ages also offers a hybrid model of cooperation, ready to take over a part of your QA activities. In that case, we provide a team of QA experts that will be onboarded and managed by your in-house members, ready to perform the following testing procedures:
Preparing the environment for test execution.
Making the data ready for tests.
Developing test cases.
Test execution.
Bug issue reporting.
Making regular reports on test strategy execution.
The managed testing services scale up QA activities when it’s necessary to meet strict deadlines and release software on time.
Testing as a service (TaaS)
This type of testing service is similar to outsourced QA. The main difference is the payment model: with TaaS, you pay for what is tested, while outsourced services are project-based with fixed prices established beforehand. TaaS grants an end-to-end QA process that includes the following activities:
Testing strategy and plan design.
Preparing tests and writing scripts.
Adding all relevant testing activities to the software development life cycle.
Driving your software product through the number of confirmed testing activities.
Providing tools and frameworks for automated testing.
TaaS would be appropriate for constantly developing and growing projects for which the testing and QA services can’t be predefined beforehand but go in line with the agile development of the product itself.
Independent Software Testing Services across Industries
Four Ages is the right QA outsourcing solution for companies in different sectors of the economy, from automotive production to entertainment. We adhere to a comprehensive approach to software assessment before QA strategy design and implementation. Over the decade of operation in the IT sphere, we have tested various apps, including healthcare applications requiring extreme data protection and 3D printing solutions in need of complex test scenarios.
Automotive
We carefully design the QA strategy for automotive industry companies to ensure the overall safety of the final product. Our independent software testing services company acknowledges that automotive software requires a high grade of diagnostics and maintenance testing to ensure vehicle reliability for the end user.
LegalTech
Software testing services in the LegalTech sphere improve the experiences of lawyers and legal practitioners in their daily workflows. We aim to improve the usability of legal tech software and provide recommendations on how to modernize your app to streamline workflow for legal professionals.
Retail
We focus on ensuring exceptional user experience for software apps. Four Ages focuses on a customer-centric approach in load testing, cross-browser testing, and mobile testing to make sure your retail service work is stable.
Hire QA Testing Expert with Ease
The main reason to hire QA team with Four Ages is the unseen cost-effectiveness that meets your budget. Outsourcing testing services takes weight off your shoulders and expenses on hiring, training, and maintaining a QA testing team.
Depending on the complexity of your software, we will define the scope of testing services required to ensure top-notch product quality. Our professionals use manual and automated testing techniques to reveal all possible defects and speed up your product release.
Considering the scope of work to be carried out, we will assign an entire team with a QA manager and several testers or put a dedicated self-managed test engineer for your project. We are also ready to establish ongoing collaboration for continuous testing practices.
Technologies We Use for QA Software Testing Services
We rely on both standard and innovative approaches to testing applications. In practice, we choose the most applicable approach that matches the software structure and development style.
Such tools as Selenium and Cypress are in our toolkit, helping to streamline repetitive testing tasks and improve the accuracy of tests. JMeter and LoadRunner are our assistants for load testing, which is heavily used in web and mobile application quality assurance practices. Below, find a list of other technologies we use for QA testing services at Four Ages.
Front-end
Back-end
Node.js
PHP
Python
.Net
C#
C++
Mobile
iOS
Android
React Native
Flutter
Xamarin
Advanced technologies
SaaS
Cloud
VR & AR
Data Science & AI
Big Data
IoT
MEAN
Cooperation with Four Ages for Outsourced Software Testing Services
Collaboration with a software testing company is a structured process. It starts with the initial communication to discuss the details of your project to understand its scope, which transforms into daily or weekly syncs as collaboration evolves.
Here are some common stages for establishing communication and cooperation with Four Ages.
Step 1
Get in touch with us for the initial consultation and ask all the questions that interest you.
Step 2
Discuss your requirements for QA and testing services and define the scope of work.
Step 3
Sign the Professional Services Agreement (PSA), a document that includes timelines, deliverables, and other key aspects of a project. This document also outlines the rights and obligations of each party.
Step 4
Get acquainted with the outsourced software QA team assigned to your project by Four Ages. Our test engineers will perform all the necessary testing to guarantee the success of the product release.
Step 5
Participate in regular checkup sessions that will be scheduled to discuss the progress of testing and adherence to the previously established deadlines.
Outsourced Software Testing Experiences
Both small companies and enterprises can enjoy the possibility of outsourcing software QA to experts in the field. With Four Ages, you will gain the best experiences with outsourced testing procedures.
Outsource Software Testing KPIs
We agree on metrics to assess the quality of testing activities during the PSA and SOW sign stage. All the KPIs are defined specifically for each QA project, including its scope, industry, testing procedures, and other factors.
When you outsource software QA, the typical KPIs are the following:
Total number of created test cases.
Total number of executed test cases.
Ratio between planned and executed test cases.
Number of updated and redone test cases.
Percentage of software covered by test cases.
Quantity of found defects and bugs.
Percentage of issues reported by software users during UX testing.
