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We provide on-site
classes taught by industry-certified instructors based upon
recommended standards issued by the Institute of Electronic and
Electrical Engineers (IEEE). These standards supply document
templates which easily be modified to fit your company's needs --
providing a solid foundation for your new or improved IQ policies.
Our
classes constantly receive superior ratings from student
evaluations. After a class presented for J.B. Hunt, one of
North America's largest transportation logistics companies
with annual revenues in excess of $2 billion and recognized as
Wal-mart's Intermodal Carrier of 2006, in Lowell, Arkansas,
Quality Assurance Manager Donna Dixon states: "The class
Sundown Consulting conducted at J. B. Hunt was excellent. The
instructors were very professional. The course concepts and
exercises were clearly communicated. We will use them again!!
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Marilyn K. Ledbetter - CSTE, & SCS owner-instructor
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Today's World has
become critically dependent upon computer systems due to the
ever-increasing volume of information, the assurance of having key
aspects of your business experience the "human touch" with
day-by-day manual auditing has been tremendously minimized; however,
by utilizing professional software testing techniques, your
company's information can have built-in assurances of consistent
quality. Also, as a result, an important side benefit will be
realized - documented, repeatable tests which can set the stage for
future testing automation.
Government and industry all face complex challenges in today's
highly competitive global environment and each are striving to find
the balance between:
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Demands for
faster delivery |
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Information
quality concerns |
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An ever-changing
business environment |
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Minimizing
"Errors & Omissions" claims |
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An
ever-increasing volume of information |
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Staying
profitable, competitive, and remaining in business |
Sundown
Consulting Services
can introduce
industry-recognized proven processes and procedures into your
company by providing training presented by senior-level software
testing professionals.
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"Software Testing - The
Process and the Profession" This 2-day basic
software testing theory class introduces several topics included in
industry-recognized certification tests and provides total exposure
to the function and benefits of software within an organization.
As an extra bonus, activities can be included which have very much
enjoyed by previous classes. These activities are presented by our
colleague with several years' experience in leadership development
and can include an activity which helps to determine each student's
"teaming" personality - ultimately identifying how best they can
excel within a team while identifying all of the various "teaming"
personalities.
This class can be
offered from different perspectives based upon the expected
audience:
- All software
testing professionals
- Entry-level
software testing associates
- Experienced
software testing associates
- Mixture of
software testing experience
- Non-software
testing professionals. Developers, leadership, other job roles -
those who interface with software testing associates
- A combination of
the above. If a mixture of job roles attend, a short round-table
discussion can be held at the end of the 2-day class to work
through the new information and to help determine how these new
processes could be introduced at your company
Each student
receives an extensive training manual.
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Click here
to see the
topics covered in "Software Testing - The Processes and The
Profession".
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Round-table discussion
- In a consulting role, Sundown Consulting Services moderates
discussions between job roles selected by you to help work through
information quality issues your company may be experiencing while
focusing on the positive aspects of how things are currently being
done.
■ 1-Day information quality audit
- An
on-site quality audit to review your current processes and
procedures with the goal of receiving an information quality audit
report.
Sundown
Consulting Services Instructors
Phillip G. Basinger
CSTE (Certified Software Testing
Engineer) credentials from Quality Assurance Institute plus:
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20 years US Army
Officer, including several years in test and evaluation plus new
systems development
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Litton
Corporation, Software Test Director for Space Mission Payload
Software, U.S. Space Command, Colorado Springs Co
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Acxiom
Corporation, Software Test Team Lead, Director System Integration
Testing, Senior Level Software Tester/Test Manager
Marilyn Ledbetter
CSTE (Certified Software Testing
Engineer) credentials from Quality Assurance Institute plus:
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Over 20 years
teaching experience at a community college in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
teaching both credit and non-credit computer science-related
courses
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Over 34 years of
solid IT experience ranging from consulting at Fortune 500
companies to working Year 2000 contracts plus permanent employment
arrangements with several major companies as a Senior Systems
Analyst, Systems Administrator
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Senior
Programmer, education specialist, and Senior Software Tester
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International
instructor of software testing theory
Gail Stickney
Graduated from the University of Arkansas with a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Education with an emphasis in Human Resource
Development. She is employed by a Fortune 500 company as Human
Resource Manager of Leadership Development.
Contact
Us
If you would like to
learn more about our services please contact:
Email:
Marilyn@sundownconsultingservices.com
Office Phone: 479-643-3730
Cell Phone: 479-422-4979
Web Address: www.sundownconsultingservices.com
Sundown Consulting Services
Fayetteville, AR 72701
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