Outsourcing is a reality in many organizations. If is very easy to make outsourcing fail. If teams are willing to put in the effort to make it work, they can discover a world of global talent that is available to help improve their product. This case study from Halliburton shows how together with two outsourcing partners they developed a comprehensive test automation strategy for their agile teams that effectively leveraged both in house and outsourced activities. This approach resulted in a significant quality improvement (90% reduction in exposed defects) from prior releases. Attendees should get the following take aways from this experience report: -outsourcing can work when used judiciously. -test automation can be outsourced -test automation is critical to maintaining development velocity -use global talent effectively and maximize value of all talent
http://submit2012.agilealliance.org/files/session_pdfs/GlobalAgilityAgile2012.pdf
