At this point in time, most organizations and companies find it beneficial to develop a Center of Excellence (CoE). A recent study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)  found that 44% of CEOs are very concerned about the rate of innovation in their organizations that does not keep pace with the speed of technological change and 32% of them did not possess the availability of skills or innovative processes to counteract sudden disruptions. Gartner shows that 95% of companies that set a Center of Excellence will deliver measurable transformational success through 2021.

As the number of companies owning the Centre of Excellence has increased, many challenges have emerged in trying to improve product quality, reduce costs and save time. The implementation of the Test Center of Excellence was therefore the best solution to these challenges that we will recognize in this article. Companies that have adopted the TCoE have reported an average cost reduction of 35% over three years.

What is the Center Of Excellence (CoE)?

A Center of Excellence is a centralized unit of dedicated individuals managed from a common central point, separate from the functional areas that it supports within an organization. This team employs expertise in a particular subject area, applies best practices for wide-scale adoption, and provides thought leadership and direction in their area of expertise. These virtual or physical centers combine learning and oversight in a specific area, driving the organization to shift across multiple disciplines together.

In its simplest definition, a CoE is a team located in an enterprise-wide function that provides process consistency across the enterprise. It serves the enterprise-wide process community and acts as the highest level of process expertise, stewardship, and enablement.

The benefits of Center Of Excellence

Typical benefits:

• Integration: better end-to-end integration of the processes.
• Efficiency: less waste.
• Conformity: faster compliance with regulations and better visibility.
• Network: better integration with providers, customers, and users.
• Quality: fewer variations and better predictability.
• Agility: a faster answer to strategic initiatives.

Quantitative and qualitative benefits

Why should companies and organizations set up a CoE?

• Establish visibility: when you have a dedicated CoE team who focuses, provides, and promotes best practices in research and development, that means your organization is committed to excellence. 
• Eliminate Risks: It does not require the team to follow the day-to-day work of an organization. They are free to channel their expertise and focus on a single activity or process to avoid risks.
• Flexibility: CoEs are not restricted by all the process overheads that product teams may have to deal with. They have the flexibility to innovate fast and fail fast.
• Monitor and Control Costs: CoE makes it easier to control and track costs by measuring KPIs and outcomes, and that will help in planning and defining the focus areas for the future.

TestCrew is keen to implement quality tests regularly as well as provide international standards software-testing training. TestCrew also provides all technical, functional, and non-functional software quality test services related to user experience, which ensure the security and protection of end products from vulnerabilities and the risks of penetration, as per the standards of ISTQB and Test Maturity Model Integration Professional certification (TMMi).

In addition to that, TestCrew also offers software quality consulting services, you can also know more about what we do by visiting the various communication channels mentioned on our page, LinkedIn, email, or through our unified number.