Petroleum
Declining supply, increasing demand
Our oil and natural gas reserves are constantly being mined, but are only a finite resource. However, demand for these resources is increasing. Therefore the need to invest in alternative energies like wind, solar and wave energy is critical for the future. In order to drive this research and investment, energy companies need to reduce their costs and drive process efficiencies – SQS software testing and quality management services can support this drive through software and IT effectiveness.
Oil and gas extraction is only one part of the energy delivery life cycle. The full cycle includes exploration, manufacturing and refining, marketing, supply, sales and trading of these resources. Hundreds of computer systems are required to ensure that the interfaces of this process chain and the interfaces between the trading front, middle and back offices of the oil and gas suppliers remain fully functional and support the business needs. The error-free operation of the software platforms is critical. From tool selection for software testing to the construction and implementation stages through to the maintenance of IT solutions: SQS has supported oil and gas companies as an independent trusted quality partner for the last decade. SQS has mainly focused within the supply and trading business areas.
The services provided by SQS in a large number of projects to date include:
- Definition and implementation of group wide test strategies
- Building central test services (Test Centre of Excellence)
- Test process review and recommendation of roadmaps (Test Health Checks)
- Test service ownership governed by SLA and metrics (Managed Service)
- Offshore test transformation and management
- Business and IT operational risk mitigation
- System & integration test preparation and execution (Functional Testing)
- Performance and operational testing (Non-functional Testing)
- Efficient management of test environments and releases
- Test tool selection, implementation, configuration and training
- Continuous integration of test automation frameworks
The customer benefits at a glance:
- Risk mitigation by incorporated quality gates, test reviews, automation and risk prioritisation
- Reduced Time to Market by introduced test automation and Early Error Detection
- Increased Quality by implementing clear processes and quality gateways
- Reusable test assets covering critical system & business areas (Deal entry, Mark to Market, end of day reporting etc.)
- Creation of an integration regression pack to verify connectivity between front, middle to back office
- Implementation of automation reduces testing effort and costs
- Increased governance and management efficiency by an integrated test management toolset
