GTI Federal defines Product Assurance (PA) as independent professional assessment services that help ensure that mission goals and objectives are achieved throughout implementation of information technology projects.  Each year, government invests significantly in the development and deployment of technologies that are intended to better serve citizens.  Using PA throughout the system development lifecycle, organizations are more capable of maximizing return on the investment, improving organizational processes, and ensuring that project goals are achieved.

GTI is able to independently assess, verify, test, and validate project deliverables, by drawing on many years of experience and the practical use of industry best practices – such as those defined by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and the Project Management Institute (PMI),  Our proven Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) methodology mirrors traditional  software development methodologies and adapts to specific project requirements.  For example, GTI can be brought into a project during early phases of the SDLC to help ensure that project governance and proposed project management processes are clearly defined and sustainable.  Conversely, we are able to assess projects after they have been completed to aid in “lessons learned.”

Specifically, GTI Federal’s PA programs include:

• Conducting effective project deliverable inspections, reviews and audits.
• Creating effective test strategies.
• Managing and executing system, functional and regression tests.
• Establishing and maintaining configuration management processes.
• Planning for post deployment operations and maintenance.