Offshore Software Development India - Quality Assurance (QA)

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Talking about offshore software programming, India has been the super power in this field, since recent past, overcoming all offshore outsourcing issues. There are many factors, which have helped India do so. Of course the talent rich mass and the cheap labor being the major leaders, Quality Assurance (QA) & Quality Standards of the offshore software development processes and even the People processes need to be addressed.

Offshore Software Programming Process Improvement Facts:

• Software CMM Level 5 = 42 organizations [More than 50% of the worlds Level 5]
• Software CMM Level 4 = 26 organizations
• Software CMM Level 3 = 20 organizations
• PCMM Level 5 = 2 organizations
• CMM I Level 5 = 3 organizations

The above facts certainly talk about the cutting edge that the country has in the quality of software development and the processes followed for the same. PCMM is People Capability Maturity Model, which describes the company’s focus on its people processes and quality processes. Wipro, Indian software major, was the first in the world to achieve the certification of PCMM Level 5. CMM is the Capability Maturity Model for software processes.

The benefits that the Indian quality standards are reaping for the Indian software companies can be broadly listed down as:

• Reduced Costs
• Quality Assurance in offshore software development
• Greater Repeatability
• Better Predictability
• More Profits and Growth

As the list of Offshore Services outsourced to India is increasing in numbers, the Indian players target the global market with the best of the quality assurance available around the world.