Today's IT plans tend to be defined as much by constraints as by requirements. Conventionally, the testing phase starts after the design and build phase. In today's competitive and cost-conscious business environment, companies look to adopt different test strategies to balance the four key constraints of cost, quality, speed, and risk. In the process, quick often wins, and short-term solutions end up causing more problems than they solve. As a testing framework for such scenarios, Cognizant has introduced RITE�comprised of lean and fast delivery strategy, just in-time scheduling, and QA trend analysis�which results in greater value generation. The RITE framework�with its four foundational components: kanban, pattern-based testing, speed, and business value testing�will squarely fit into today's IT scenarios of continuous improvement. |