Reducing the Cost of Software Quality Without Increasing the Risk of Poor-Quality Software

Organizations are constantly balancing two critical priorities: driving long-term value through strategic investments and managing costs to maintain financial efficiency. While there are times when businesses prioritize investment to drive innovation, at other times, cost reduction becomes the dominant focus.

When it comes to software quality, this dynamic often leads organizations to ask:

• How can we invest in improving software quality, enhancing customer experience, and accelerating speed to market?

• How can we simultaneously reduce the cost of software testing and quality assurance?

At TTC Global, we firmly believe that investing in software quality brings tangible business benefits—from de-risking major system go-lives to improving customer retention and unlocking new revenue opportunities. However, given the current economic climate, many organizations are under pressure to reduce IT costs. In fact, while surveys of IT executives suggest that organizations do anticipate IT budget increases in 2025, nearly 50% of IT leaders expect budgets to increase by less than 5%. After adjusting for inflation, organizations are actually facing a relative budget decrease that leaves little room for investment.

But what if we told you this didn’t have to be a binary decision? What if you could reduce software testing costs while simultaneously improving software quality? Would you be interested in spending less while achieving better outcomes?

The reality is—you can.

Unlocking Cost Savings While Improving Software Quality

Through nearly two decades of experience, TTC Global has assessed over 100 organizations using our proprietary Quality Maturity Assessment (QMA) methodology. The findings?

• 80% of organizations operate at a software quality maturity level of 3 or lower (on a scale of 1-5).

• Organizations that move from level 3 to level 4 save an average of 15% in software testing costs while also improving software quality.

This means that for most organizations, at least 15% cost savings are achievable without sacrificing quality. As it turns out, you really can have your cake and eat it too.

Our team is so confident in our approach that we offer outcome-based commercial models, where we commit to delivering improved quality outcomes while locking in cost savings.

How Do We Achieve This?

Our approach is built on three key pillars:

1. Quality Maturity Assessment (QMA)

We start by assessing your organization's current quality maturity—identifying strengths, weaknesses, and inefficiencies. This helps us establish a baseline and build a roadmap to improve software quality while reducing costs.

2. Implementation of a Modern Quality Engineering Platform

We integrate a modern Quality Engineering framework into your CI/CD pipeline, leveraging best-in-class testing tools and TTC Global’s custom Accelerators, including AI, to streamline Quality Engineering and testing.

3. Managed Services for Continuous Quality Improvements

We establish a Managed Service model tailored to your needs. This commercial model is driven by business outcomes, providing the flexibility to scale up or down based on project demands—all while ensuring cost efficiency.

Real-World Success: How a Life Sciences Company Achieved 50% Cost Savings

A leading Health & Life Sciences company was facing significant challenges with its software quality strategy. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the company relied on a waterfall delivery approach, making it difficult to introduce efficiencies and accelerate time to market. Testing was 100% manual, leading to high costs, long test cycles, and delayed releases. Additionally, leadership recognized the need to adopt DevOps practices to improve software quality and reduce defects, but they lacked a clear roadmap for implementation.

TTC Global engaged with the organization through a structured approach, starting with a Quality Maturity Assessment (QMA) to establish a baseline for improvement. Through this assessment, we identified inefficiencies in their testing processes and developed a roadmap for modernizing their Quality Engineering approach. Our team then implemented a modern Quality Engineering platform, seamlessly integrating it into their CI/CD pipeline. This transformation enabled them to automate testing at scale, significantly reducing manual effort and improving software quality.

Recognizing the need for cost control and flexibility, we established a Managed Service model aligned with the organization’s commercial outcomes. This allowed them to scale testing resources based on project needs while ensuring predictable and optimized costs.

The results were remarkable. By shifting from manual testing to an automated and scalable quality engineering model, the organization reduced testing costs by 50%. Test execution time decreased by 95%, allowing for faster releases and improved agility. Most importantly, by implementing shift-left testing strategies, the company caught 92% of defects earlier in the development lifecycle, preventing costly rework and improving software reliability.

Are You Ready to Reduce Costs & Improve Software Quality?

If you are under pressure to decrease Software Testing & Quality costs, want to drive efficiencies, or simply want to deliver higher-quality software, let’s talk.

We’ll walk you through our proven methodology and explore how we can help you achieve similar results.