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Royal Mail Chief Information Officer David Burden explained, "We've created a panelthat contains a number of suppliers to provide Royal Mail with flexible access tospecialist client-side skills and services that it needs to help progress it's ISplans. Acutest's track record in software testing and assurance services proved anattractive proposition for inclusion on the panel."
 WeÂ're particularly pleased to have been awarded this contract as the solespecialist testing consultancy on the key skills panel, explained Acutest ManagingDirector Barry Varley.  It allows us to build on the client-side assurance servicesweÂ've provided to the Post Office since 2003 and extend them to the rest of theRoyal Mail Group. For example, weÂ've demonstrated the benefits of bringing testingforward into the early stages of complex projects with multiple suppliers and welook forward to helping all of the Royal Mail Group achieve these benefits, aswell.Â
The agreement covers testing services throughout the software development lifecycle,from testing the functional requirements are fit for purpose through tonon-functional, operational and user acceptance testing.
 Acutest has already shown that it can evolve its services to meet changing demandsvia its work with Post Office Limited, said Steve Lucas, Head of ServiceDevelopment Management in Royal Mail.  Over the lifetime of this framework, we willbe going through further significant change, and we look to Acutest to continue todevelop flexible approaches that provide us with assurance that our IT systems andprocess changes are implemented effectively and efficiently.Â
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About Acutest
Acutest is an independent consultancy focused solely on testing software, businessprocesses, and IT. Our goal is to help our customers achieve the benefits of theirtechnology-enabled change faster.Our approach is to: Reduce the cost of changeThis covers both the overall cost of the full development lifecycle and the cost ofall the testing activities, such as performance testing or user acceptance testing Increase the speed of changeThis covers reducing the elapsed time spent testing and the time spent on remedialwork and operational maintenance Improve the governance of change This is achieved through better business alignment of testing and better managementinformation from the testing activities throughout the projects and programmes.
