Nihilent's test philosophy is that software testing has to be driven by business critical objectives. Nihilent has evolved its Testing Processes based on IEEE 829, addressing Project Management as well as Technical aspects. The testing model is therefore risk-based and focuses on delivery of business value expected.

• Testing Strategy Consulting Services
• Independent Integrated Testing & Validation services
• Test Process Consulting
• Testing Audit Services

• Idea verification
• Business Case and Concept validation
• Architecture and Design testing
• Unit testing, Integration testing in the small
• System testing, Integration testing in the large
• Performance Testing
• Security Testing
• User Acceptance Testing
• Production staging environment
• Business Value Realization verification

• Realization of expected business benefits from technology solution deployment
• Improving time to market
• Optimizing costs
• Ensuring quality through better processes, tools and techniques and appropriate risk management
• Improving system availability levels, and reducing production support efforts

Nihilent's Business-centric Testing Service

• A mechanism to align testing service level measurement to business value expectation, by means of a testing service scorecard
• Integrates the scorecard measures into process and people performance metrics
• Support to implement testing service processes that deliver:
• Predictable Performance (cost, time, risk coverage) through use of metrics o Transparency
• Transparency
• Repeatability (Institutionalization)
• Scalability
• Capability for continuous improvement
• Support in creating mechanisms for building 'risk free human capital'
• Availability on demand: buffer maintenance, back-up for critical resources, redistributing critical resource capacity
• Support in implementing knowledge creation, transfer and retention mechanisms and processes
• Unlocking the critical resources from within the client organization for strategic contribution by taking over some of the activities in systematic manner with appropriate risk management
• Support continuous skill assessment and development to match the capacity requirements as well as to develop internal skills
• Implementation of extensive 'Test Automation Program'
• Infrastructure and back-office facilities at offshore for these services
• Support in implementing the 'Independent Certification Process' spanning across lifecycle stages to cover all-encompassing delivery models.

Case Studies


ABSA Testing - Branch Delivery Platform
Absa Testing - Internet Banking
Dimension Data – GSOA Quality Assurance
Nedbank Testing – National Credit Act (NCA)