Procurement
Running the selection: process, risk and evaluation.
The vendor selection process, step by step, for QA services
The generic vendor selection steps from public procurement guidance, mapped onto buying software testing services, with the points where a QA purchase differs.
2026-09-24
Third-party risk management for testing vendors
Where a QA vendor sits in a third-party risk programme: inherent risk from code, data and system access, and what procurement should require at onboarding.
2026-09-24
Writing a due diligence questionnaire for a QA vendor
How to trim a generic supplier due diligence questionnaire down to the questions that matter for a software testing vendor, and how to check the answers.
2026-09-24
The risks of outsourcing QA and how procurement can reduce them
A risk register for a QA outsourcing decision: delivery, people, data, IP, lock-in and exit, each paired with a procurement or contract control.
2026-09-24
Buying QA services for a fintech product
What changes when you buy testing for regulated financial software: PCI DSS test data rules, audit trails, and regulator expectations on outsourcing contracts.
2026-09-24