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The Company Ready for Every Test imbus is a leading solution partner for professional software testing and intelligent software quality assurance. imbus customers develop their softwarebased products and corporate IT faster and better in the certainty that they work and inspire their users. Convincingly Near imbus AG is a public limited company that is not listed at a stock exchange, and since its foundation in 1992, it has always deliberately focused on continuity, sustainability and self-financed growth. imbus customer base includes a number of large-scale enterprises and SMEs from all sectors, including the automotive industry, healthcare, telecommunications, finance and public administration. What do they all have in common? Software that functions reliably is crucial to the success of their businesses. In more than 6000 projects so far, imbus has made a significant contribution to achieving such reliability with its software testing services, test outsourcing, test tools, training courses and consulting. With locations in Munich, Moehrendorf near Erlangen, Hofheim near Frankfurt, Cologne, Lehre near Braunschweig and Norderstedt near Hamburg, imbus has excellent coverage of the market throughout Germany. In addition, imbus Canada, imbus Peja, imbus Shanghai, imbus Tunisia and an international network of partners make imbus solutions readily avail-able worldwide. All imbus test experts are ISTQB Certified Testers. In 2013, the International Software Testing Qualifications Board recognised this fact by awarding imbus the status of Platinum Partner. Furthermore, imbus test experts are working actively in specialised associations and boards, including the German Testing Board and DIN/ISO. Software Quality The imbus Mission 2 3
Consulting Better Software Quickly Developed It is software that provides services, products and internal business workflows with a crucial competitive edge. imbus advises and assists companies so they can design software development and QA measures efficiently and reduce their time-to-market. imbus consultants analyse the initial situation, localise weak spots, identify optimisation potential and derive proposals for specific, exactly-suited improvement measures. For example, measures to set up modular, reusable test automation, to organise tests for a project, a department or the customer company, or to design development and validation processes in conformance with specified standards and approval regulations. Going Agile / Agile Testing Agile approaches are playing an increasingly important role in software quality assurance. imbus coaching helps project teams to learn quickly agile techniques, such as continuous integration, test-driven development and non-stop testing which they can adapt to their specific requirements and use reliably and sustainably. Especially to optimise testing in agile projects imbus has developed the T5 assessment. Individual, Implementation-orientated, Sustainable Method-based, but at the same time tailoring solutions to fit the particular situation: the imbus consultants don t just make recommendations, they also support the implementation of these recommendations in the course of the project. This takes the form of practice days after a training course, accompanying workshops or long-term coaching throughout the project. The Result for the imbus Customers: Sustainable Increase in Productivity For Sure 4 5
Software Testing Finding Defects at an Early Stage No software is defect-free. However, imbus professional software testing services bring this goal within touching distance. The test experts from imbus complete all inspection and testing tasks reliably, quickly and viably. This includes reviews of the requirement documents and specifications, code reviews and inspection, code and coverage analysis, as well as test automation and test execution in unit tests, integration tests and system tests, plus load testing and performance testing. All inspections and tests are conceptualised, planned and managed by the imbus test managers and are carefully matched to the customer-side development process. Whether it s using the V-model or working agilely with Scrum, the imbus test experts work on site in the project team, or the services can just as well be carried out within an outsourcing model as managed testing services. The imbus test managers align the approach and the testing workload to the corresponding degree of risk. The appropriate tools are selected in accordance with the requirements of the particular technology and the sector the customer works in. Embedded Systems, Web-shops, Mobile Apps imbus is at home in the entire world of IT. From embedded systems to web portals and web-shops and on to mobile apps. For the testing of mobile applications, crowd testing provides an attractive solution for making rapid prototype or usability checks, for benchmarking with competitive applications or for carrying out uncomplicated acceptance tests with the desired user group. As Managed Testing Services or Directly On-site 6 7
TestBench The Smart Software for All Testing Tasks Rapidly develop and efficiently execute software tests it s no problem with the imbus TestBench: The TestBench is a professional working environment and test management solution for all phases of the testing process from planning and design of the tests to their automation and execution and on to the reporting. Using the TestBench makes tests modular, maintainable and reusable. Test procedures can be put together quickly and easily by drag & drop from predefined test components. TestBench helps to maintain an overview even when it comes to testing systems with many variants: it allows to specify test cases for their basic functionality (which all variants have in common) and variant-specific functionality. If product requirements change, partly or across the board, the TestBench identifies this and immediately shows the user which test cases are affected and will have to be adapted. Testing tasks can be distributed and coordinated with just a few mouse clicks, within and between teams, even when the work is distributed globally. Test procedures and test results are reliably documented, and even stringent requirements for documentation and traceability, right up to electronic signatures for test protocols, can be fulfilled with the minimum of effort. Start Straight Away Without High Investment Costs The TestBench licence model is a rental model within which the number of licences rented can be flexibly adapted to the current project requirements. The rental price includes basic support as well as all updates and upgrades. Additionally, the TestBench is also available as a cloud solution, stored on protected infrastructure in Germany. The TestBench package is rounded off by individual customising, compact product training courses, professional implementation support and competent product support. The Tool for All Phases in the Test Process 8 9
Academy Events and Publications Know-how and Professional Training From First-hand Experience From Expert to Expert imbus is one of the strongest and most experienced training providers worldwide in the field of software QA and testing. More than 11,000 participants have already attended the training courses provided by the imbus Academy. imbus training courses are practice-orientated. All the imbus trainers have many years of project experience. The training material has been prepared according to sound educational principles. Alongside the necessary theoretical background, there is always a description of how, and in which situation, the methods taught can be optimally applied to the daily practice of the training participant. Anyone who attends the imbus Academy learns from firsthand experience: imbus is one of the pioneers of the international training standard ISTQB Certified Tester and is continuing to play an influential role in developing this standard, at national level in the German Testing Board and internationally in the ISTQB. In addition, imbus is always up-to-date regarding industry standards thanks to its involvement in DIN/ISO. From the ISTQB Certified Tester modules to test automation and on to agile testing: the imbus Academy provides courses on a broad range of topics at locations throughout Germany and Europe, and worldwide via its cooperation partners. Participants can expect a professional seminar environment in which the course content is efficiently taught and the learning process is fun. The Academy team is also available for personal discussions before and after the training courses. Training participants regularly show their recognition by awarding top marks for customer satisfaction. Every training course can also be booked as in-house training. The imbus Academy will gladly develop professional development packages that have been individually tailored to the customer and his company or project. The events, publications and specialised books from imbus are the perfect source of information. The Software-QS-Tag is the leading conference for software quality assurance and testing in Germany. It takes place every year with a new and demanding focus point that runs as a thread through the entire event. In a relaxed atmosphere, participants, presenters and exhibitors have the right environment to learn new things, exchange ideas and enhance their social networks. imbus on the road provides an annual series of events, Trends in Testing. This includes firsthand information about new technologies and tools combined with examples for best practices. It s a mix that makes this event unique. imbus has also produced numerous publications providing knowledge to be read at any time. Indeed, imbus authors are behind many important standard texts that have been written on the subject of software testing. In addition, imbus test experts regularly publish articles in leading specialised journals. A lot of these articles, as well as whitepapers, are available at www.imbus.de/en as free downloads. More than Just Instruction always the Right Training 10 11
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