About the client
Investment bank and financial services firm with offices in all major financial centers around the world.
The challenge
- Retraining people working in the business area to work in IT
- Gradually acquiring solid competencies and building a self-developing team
- Gaining practical knowledge of software testing and efficient project management
- Getting acquainted with tools and techniques for requirements gathering
What we did
- Specified the client’s needs through discussions and situation diagnosis
- Verified the level of knowledge of workshop participants
- Defined success criteria for the Testing Academy
- Prepared dedicated program and training materials
- Conducted a workshop for people working in the business area who would like to start their career in IT testing
- Supported the HR department and IT Manager in the transformation process
Effects
- People from business-supporting departments gained the knowledge and skills required to work in IT testing
- Effective testing team with deep commercial awareness and decision-making confidence was built
- Career-path transformation process became much easier and smoother
