Luxoft Helps International Telecom Company to Implement a New HR Assessment Tool.

Luxoft Helps International Telecom Company to Implement a New HR Assessment Tool.

Telecommunications, Software Quality Assurance


life:) — GSM operator presented by the Astelit company in Ukraine in January 2005. From the very beginning life:) developed in an
unprecedented way — within first 8 months of its operations in Ukraine life:) attracted one million customers. In the third quarter of 2005 respected research organization Wireless Intelligence, founded by GSM Association, has acknowledged life:) as the world's fastest growing operator in terms of subscriptions.

Along with the company’s rapid growth came the need for the better management of Human Resources. When Astelit project managers started developing electronic Performance Measurement System (PMS) for employees assessment and evaluation, things were going smoothly until it came to user testing.

“We opened a tender for testing services and Luxoft offer was the best,” says Victor Kmita, Manager of Development Unit in Astelit. “We started with a three-month pilot project and then continued our cooperation.”

life:) was in charge of general project coordination and implementation, Luxoft handled all the quality assurance testing, and there were also some other vendors involved . According the Victor Kmita, Luxoft professionals met all the challenges successfully and completed the second and the third project phases in 60 days.

Totally the new PMS system was successfully on air in less than six months.


The Solution:

Client:

Astelit Ltd. launched life:) – a new GSM operator of Ukraine in January 2005. Quickly, life:) established itself as the third largest Ukrainian mobile telephone network operator, covering 96% of the country’s population.
Today, the mobile operator serves more than 11.9 million subscribers (as of Q1, 2010).

Summary:

With the company’s growth came a need for better personnel and performance management tools. Astelit turned for help to Luxoft and other vendors to develop and implement a customized internal solution.

Challenge:

Find the right software testing and quality assurance professionals to complete user testing; thereby letting Astelit employees focus on their primary job responsibilities and goals.

Why Luxoft?

Luxoft was chosen for several key reasons:

  • Competitive price
  • Mature processes
  • Overall industry expertise
  • High level of account management

Technologies and Tools Employed:

  • PL/SQL for Oracle, Oracle Developer
  • Groovy, SOAP UI
  • Eclipse
  • J2EE
  • TestLink
  • Track Studio
  • Subversion

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“The solution offered helped us set up the proper testing procedures and to take the overall development process to a completely new level, Luxoft provided us with trained and qualied staff that helped us to avoid overloading company staff and saved time.” -
Victor Kmita, Astelit Development Manager

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