Accenture TaaS - Testing as a Service Platform Americas January 14, 2016
Brought to you by: Vivit Testing, Quality and ALM Special Interest Group Leaders: Bernard P. Szymczak Jr., Andreas Birk, Mihai Grigorescu, Robert Linton, Christopher Scharer, Damian Versaci www.vivit-worldwide.org
Hosted by: Bernard P. Szymczak Jr. IT Systems Engineer Lead Progressive Insurance
Today s Presenter: Mihai Grigorescu High Velocity Application Development Lead Accenture
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Agenda 1. WHAT IS REALLY TESTING AS A SERVICE TAAS? 2. MARKET STATUS QUO 3. WHAT IS TAAS IN OUR (ACCENTURE) VIEW? 4. TAAS EXAMPLES 5. OPEN FORUM DISCUSSION: Q&A
Poll 1 Poll 1: Do you know what TaaS is? Yes [my knowledge of the force is vast] No [teach me, Jedi master]
What is really Testing as a Service: TaaS? Let s have a look at what Google search brings up: Sources: http://www.guru99.com/what-is-testing-as-a-service-taas.html http://searchcloudapplications.techtarget.com/definition/testing-as-a-service-taas
Poll 2 Poll 2: Do you employ TaaS (of any kind) in your organization? Yes [the force is strong within our org] No [we are still wandering the darkness of space]
Market status quo Fig.1 Source: IDC, Worldwide and U.S. Discrete Testing Services 2014 2018 Forecast Fig.2 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2014-2015 Fig.3 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Worldwide Discrete (Standalone) Enterprise Application Testing Services market was $16.7B in 2013 with a constant 15% annual growth, reaching ~$33.7B in 2018 according to IDC studies (Fig.1) Budget spend % per testing projects is continuously increasing (Fig.2) Tools (incl. licensing) + infrastructure are still the largest investments in testing organizations (Fig.3)
Market status quo Fig.1 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Testing Centers of Excellence - TCoEs are still growing in adoption (Fig.1)
Market status quo Fig.1 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Fig.2 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Security is predominant as one of the main focus points for IT strategies (Fig.1) Manual testing still counts as the main challenge in app development (Fig.2)
Market status quo Fig.1 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Security testing is split mostly between internal teams and outsourced ones, with some companies not even investing into it at all (Fig.1)
Market status quo - summary Digital transformation / business is here. One s QA methodologies and tools need to cater for digital and cloud based technologies, with a focus on business value as much as end-user experience. Test environments and test data management are playing a larger role in testing, as such user monitoring, analytics, virtualization (network, services, users, data etc.) cloud solutions etc. are all elements to consider and invest in. Applications are more fluid, delivered faster, which implies, leaner development testing. Agile will take even more precedence than before, consequently develop competencies and centralized capabilities. TCoEs are evolving from traditional constructs into more hybrid and agile models. More test automation + DevOps are required for faster, organized release to production and for bridging the gab between dev teams and operations (continuous integration). Since QA & testing budgets are experiencing an extraordinary increase, investing (more BUT smartly) in tools is the next logical inherent step. With security counting as one of the most pressing concerns within IT, companies need to invest in proper enterprise IT security governance frameworks and conduct more testing in this space. Investments in up-skilling and flexible & scalable tools adoption on one side, as well as change management on the other are the crucial elements in winning the testing battle. With commoditization of testing, one needs to invest into more creative cost efficient TaaS models, more agile service based, output driven models, cross-shared and cross-skilled resources vs. legacy, traditional waterfall processes, dedicated resources and restrictive tools licensing models.
What is TaaS in our (Accenture) view
TaaS examples
TaaS examples Test Tools
TaaS examples Tools licensing Accenture Testing as a Service (TaaS) Tools Licensing modell TaaS licenses TaaS licenses Existing Client licenses (perpetual/on-prem/saas) COMPLEMENTARY No Client licenses SUPPLEMENT / GREENFIELD
TaaS examples Tools licensing 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Jan; 25 Mar; 40 Feb; 25 Apr; 40 May; 40 Aug; 30 Sep; 30 Dec; 45 Jan; 45 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 0 Jun; 0 Jul; 0 Oct; 0 Nov; 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Core 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Flexi 25 25 40 40 40 0 0 30 30 0 0 45 45 45 Core Flexi Feb; 45 Core Flexi Delta Jan 10 25 15 Feb 10 25 15 Mar 10 40 30 Apr 10 40 30 May 10 40 30 Jun 10 0 0 Jul 10 0 0 Aug 10 30 20 Sep 10 30 20 Oct 10 0 0 Nov 10 0 0 Dec 10 45 35 Jan 10 45 35 Feb 10 45 35 CORE: the typical automation licenses owned by client and used long term for execution of automation scripts. FLEXI: automation licenses required for projects for ramp ups or specific short/medium term projects (spikes) Cost reduction: 1 Year: Perpetual TaaS licensing $323 130,00 [53.8%] DELTA: difference between Total number of licenses (Flexi + Core) minus Core
TaaS examples Fig.1 Source: HPE/SOGETI, World Quality Report 2015-2016 Would TaaS address most of the above concerns (Fig.1)? absolutely YES!
Poll 3 Poll 3: if you are planning on / currently employing TaaS in your organization, what do/would you use it for primarily? 1. Test Services only 2. Tools, tools licensing and tools support 3. Test Data and Environments / Labs 4. All of the above 5. Other (not specified here)
Open forum discussion: Q&A mihai.grigorescu@accenture.com
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