Assure ALM+ Webinar Series
Assure "The QC Guys" presents a webinar series concentrating on HP ALM. In this series, we highlight our methodology, technology and expertise that guarantee a successful and rapid implementation of HP ALM.
The World Quality Report 2011/2012 by HP-Capgemini-Sogeti, has defined the key trends in Quality Assurance:
- 58% of the surveyed companies say their QA budgets have not changed while their products have become more complex and have to be delivered in a fraction of the time.
- Only 10% of the organizations have reached a truly industrialized TCOE, while 45% have plans to build one.
- Around 80% of companies collect and report QA metrics but only 24% use a professional Business Intelligence solution.
In our webinar series we will present our customers' experiences, to show what some of the most advanced customers have achieved by implementing HP ALM Features and Assure Best Practices.
Join us for this webinar series and learn more about our unique approach.
- Upgrading to HP ALM 11.5 - the Why and the How? (September 2012)
- Complete standardization of HP ALM (May 2012)
- HP ALM - What should you measure and how? (Feb 2012)
- How should you run HP ALM? (Feb 2012)
- Why upgrade to HP ALM? (Jan 2012)
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Past EVENT:
Thursday, September 13th, 2012
North America time: 12:00 PM Eastern
European time: 10:00 AM London time
Duration: 60 minutes
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Upgrading to HP ALM 11.5 - the Why and the How
In this webinar you learned about the new features in HP ALM 11.5, and the business benefits they bring. You heard real stories and testimonials about the value and savings customers have been able to achieve by upgrading to HP ALM.
In this webinar, you learned about:
- How to easily assess your current HP QC/ALM standardization level and maturity
- What is needed for a successful migration to HP ALM 11.5
- How to leverage HP ALM 11.5 features to their fullest, by standardizing* your projects
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Assure, an HP partner since 2006, specializes in HP's ALM product. We've been involved with HP Quality Center and HP ALM upgrades of all sizes. Assure actively participates in the development of new versions of HP's products.
We have the best knowledge and technology available for executing a successful HP ALM upgrade, within time and budget.
That's why people call us "The QC Guys".
* Assure's unique Project Harmonizer technology enables migrating to HP ALM in record time.
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PAST EVENT:
Thursday, January 26, 2012
European time: 11 AM CST (10:00 AM UK)
North America time: 11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM Eastern)
Duration: 60 minutes
Why upgrade to HP ALM?
Through real-life case scenarios, you'll learn how various customers were able to achieve significant savings by using HP ALM features to optimize their QA activities. You will see the value of HP ALM, and learn how Assure’s expertise, combined with our toolset* makes it easy to upgrade to ALM.
That's why people call us "The QC Guys".*Solution partner of the year 2011 – HP AllianceOne, EMAP Silver
In this webinar, you'll learn about:
- Key HP ALM Features – their true value and potential
- Process Enablement – ALM Project Templates
- Asset Sharing
- Cross-Project Reporting
- Project Planning & Tracking
- ALI (Application Lifecycle Intelligence)
- How an industry-leading Telecommunications company was able to achieve significant savings by using Process Enablement and Asset Sharing
- How HP ALM helps you test faster with more extensive coverage and lower costs
- How Assure can help you upgrade to HP ALM in record time and leverage all ALM features to their fullest
- Why Philips Healthcare upgraded to HP ALM and how they built their Business Case
- Live Q&A with ALM specialists and customers
Past Event:
Thursday, February 9, 2012
European time: 11 AM CST (10:00 AM UK)
North America time: 11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM Eastern)
Duration: 60 minutes
How should you run HP ALM?
HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is highly customizable and can be tailored to suit various test management processes and ways of working. When running HP ALM, it is essential to have ALM projects follow a common and a sustainable way of working, based on best practices and designed to the needs of the organization.
Assure is seeing organizations spend over 40% of their software development budgets on Quality Assurance. Based on our extensive analysis, organizations can significantly reduce their QA spend by fully utilizing HP ALM features.
Key issues among customers:
- Project customizations are often poor and not based on ALM best practices
- ALM Projects are not using Project Templates – each project is customized independently
- Test assets are not shared or reused, which often leads to 30-40% of test assets being duplicated or rewritten
- Fragmented reporting methods and practices lead to lack of visibility and no single version of truth resulting in impaired decision making
The Solution
To address these issues, Assure has combined its award-winning technology*, QA knowledge and ALM best practices, into Assure ALM+, designed specifically to enable organizations maximize their HP ALM investment.
*Solution partner of the year 2011 – HP AllianceOne, EMAP Silver
With Assure ALM+, you will:
- Design and deploy HP ALM features according to industry best practices
- Standardize both new and existing projects with HP ALM Project Templates
- Regognize and eliminate any unnecessary test artifact duplication
- Recognize and eliminate pain points in your QA process implementation
- Set up the foundation for multi-project analytics, to gain end-to-end visibility into your QA activities
- Maximize visibility to QA project maturity and project performance
- Improve communication between QA teams
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Past Event:
Thursday, February 23, 2012
European time: 11 AM CST (10:00 AM UK)
North America time: 11:00 AM PST (2:00 PM Eastern)
Duration: 60 minutes
HP ALM - what should you measure and how?
HP ALM is commonly used as the platform of choice for all QA and Testing activities in the organization. This makes HP ALM data a valuable asset and is a critical resource for decision making.
HP ALM offers various methods for generating reports to provide customers with the ability to measure their progress and maturity. However, as customers reach a more mature state in their QA practices, and managing business processes becomes more complex, they may find themselves needing to go beyond the reporting functionality offered by HP ALM.
Mature HP ALM customers are looking for a business intelligence solution that can unleash the untapped potential of their HP ALM data, compliment the business culture in the organization, and empower corporate decision makers. A Business Intelligence solution for HP ALM, based on proven methodology and best practices, is the best solution for HP ALM customers wanting to go to the next level in HP ALM reporting and data analysis.
In this webinar, you'll learn about:
- The various reporting methods available in HP ALM - Analysis, Excel, Project Planning and Tracking, IT Executive Scorecard
- What should you measure? Some best practice metrics for measuring your QA projects
- Assure TotalView - the Business Intelligence solution for HP ALM
- Live demos of QA dashboards built in TotalView
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Past Event:
North America date and time:
Thursday May 31st 2012, 9:00 AM PST (12:00 PM Eastern)
European date and time:
Tuesday May 29th 2012, 11:00 CEST (10:00 UK)
Duration: 60 minutes
Complete Standardization of HP ALM
Organizations are seeking to minimize their R&D costs by:
- Implementing and deploying common ALM processes
- Minimizing redundant testing and development
- Gaining cross-project visibility into their ALM initiatives
Customers are realizing that in order to achieve these goals, they must standardize their HP ALMproject structures and data.
Assure ("The QC Guys") has the best knowledge and technology* available for implementing this change.
In this webinar, you'll learn about:
- Why is standardization needed
- What are the implications and costs of a non-standardized ALM/QC
- DEMO: How to easily assess your current ALM standardization level (NEW!)
- DEMO: How to standardize project data (NEW!)
- How to standardize project fields and structure
*Solution partner of the year 2011 – HP AllianceOne, EMAP Silver
HP Application Lifecycle Management can be extensively customized to suit different QA activities. This flexibility often presents a challenge - how to configure the application in a sustainable way while supporting the company’s testing practices and business needs in the best possible fashion?
About Assure ALM+
Assure ALM+ is a set of packaged consultancy services, designed specifically to enable organizations to maximize their HP ALM investment.
The service is aimed at business-centric enterprises that look for central management of their HP ALM projects and test assets and who could benefit from best practices that are not only endorsed by the Vendor (HP) but are also battle-tested with large and complex customers.
HP ALM introduces valuable new features for lowering the TCO and effectively manage a centralized environment. These features often require changes to existing ways of working and processes. Assure offers essential expertise and advise for customers to fully benefit from these features while maintaining focus on critical business processes.
How does it work?
Assure's practical HP ALM expertise combined with our award-winning tool-set* guarantees results in record time, while minimizing project costs.That's why people call us "The QC Guys".
*Solution partner of the year 2011 – HP AllianceOne, EMAP Silver