Included in a typical proposal
- Planning and execution of the named charter.
- A findings list with evidence.
- Retest of agreed items within the window.
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Software testing & QA
in Dubai & the UAE.
Check that the application behaves as expected on the paths that matter. Define the scope, test environment and severity criteria so findings can guide a useful release decision.
WHAT THIS SERVICE IS
A plain explanation of the work.
Software testing and QA is a planned check that the application behaves on the paths that matter, in an environment that resembles production enough to be useful. It produces reproducible findings with a severity you can use to decide whether to release. It is not a certificate of perfection, and it is not a crowd of users clicking at random without a charter.
Scope is a list of journeys, roles, devices or browsers, and the data you can legally use. “Test everything” is not a scope. Security testing beyond agreed lightweight checks is a specialist exercise; we will not imply a full penetration test on this page.
Independence helps. If we also built the software, the proposal should say whether testing is a separate pair of eyes or the team’s own acceptance. Both can be valid. They are not the same claim.
A CLEAR PICTURE
A labelled diagram, not a decoration.
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Freeze a scope and a build
Testing a moving target is theatre.
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Run the charter
Including the awkward roles.
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Triage with the owner
Severity is shared language.
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Retest what you claim is fixed
Then stop when the window ends.
WHO IT IS FOR
The situations this page is written for.
Product owners before a release, teams that lack QA staff, and businesses taking over a vendor’s build and wanting a snapshot of risk. Also companies that must show a test record to a customer without pretending it is certification.
- Teams that can provide a build, credentials and a staging URL.
- Owners who will classify severity with us, not after a surprise go-live.
- Applications with roles that actually differ in permission.
- Releases that have time to fix what is found, or a willingness to ship with listed known issues.
TYPICAL SCOPE
What a proposal usually names.
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Test planning
Charter, journeys, data, browsers or devices, and what “blocking” means. Automation is included only when it will be maintained; a one-off launch often needs skilled exploration more than a brittle suite.
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Functional testing
Agreed features, roles, and error paths. We write steps to reproduce. “It felt slow” is followed by a method or it is dropped.
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Targeted non-functional checks
Performance or security scenarios you named, at the depth you funded. Load testing a whole production-like estate is extra environment cost.
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Findings and retesting
A list with severity, evidence, and retest of the items you fix in the window. We will not quietly delete a finding because it is inconvenient. You may still release with it, if you own that decision.
HOW THE WORK RUNS
The sequence we follow once the brief is clear.
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Freeze a scope and a build
Testing a moving target is theatre.
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Run the charter
Including the awkward roles.
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Triage with the owner
Severity is shared language.
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Retest what you claim is fixed
Then stop when the window ends.
INCLUDED AND QUOTED SEPARATELY
Labour versus things that sit on their own line.
Quoted separately
- Fixing the defects (unless combined with development).
- Certified labs, device farms you do not fund, and formal ISO audits.
- A full penetration test.
- Unlimited cycles until zero findings.
AFTER HANDOVER
What you should hold when the work is done.
The report is yours. Credentials we used are revoked. Test data is deleted from our machines if it was a copy of personal data; tell us the handling rule at the start.
A clean retest of ten items is not a prophecy about item eleven. New code needs new testing. Maintenance can include a regression slice.
PRACTICAL NOTES
Details that usually affect the proposal.
Time-boxes exist because testing expands to fill the calendar. A charter that names the journeys keeps the report comparable if you run it again after fixes. If you add features during the test window, we will either freeze them out or extend the window — not both silently.
Device coverage is a list, not a vibe. “Mobile” means the models you issue or the browsers your analytics show. We will not pretend a single desktop Chrome pass equals a field tablet on a slow network. Extra devices are extra labour or a farm you fund.
PLANNING THE WORK
Questions worth asking.
Can you certify us for a regulator?
We can provide a test record. Certification bodies and legal opinions are separate. We will not lend a logo we do not have.
Do you only write automated tests?
No. Automation is a tool when the suite will live. Many first releases need exploratory and scripted manual paths.
Will you test production with real customers’ data?
Only with a written rule. Staging with realistic anonymised data is the default we prefer.
CONNECTED SERVICES
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LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT
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