Content Management System Testing, Office of the New York State Comptroller

Overview

New York State Comptroller is the State's chief fiscal officer who ensures that State and local governments use taxpayer money effectively and efficiently to promote the common good. The Office of the New York State Comptroller serves a wide range of audiences, including New York State taxpayers, local governments, state agencies, vendors, New York State employees, New York State and Local Retirement System members and retirees, individuals entitled to unclaimed funds, policymakers and public interest groups.

Project Scope

The New York State Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) was looking for a vendor that can provide system testing, assist in moving the Content Management System (CMS) to production, and conduct post-production monitoring and maintenance of an Acquia/Drupal CMS pursuant to its discretionary purchasing authority under State Finance Law §163(6). This procurement opportunity was limited to New York State small businesses as defined in State Finance Law 160(8), businesses certified pursuant to Article 15-A of the New York State Executive Law, and businesses certified pursuant to Article 17-B of the New York State Executive Law.

Solution

Being an experienced vendor knowing Drupal CMS, best practices for conducting business analysis and testing V Group was capable to deliver the complete solution for the requirement of OSC. During the project, V Group provided absolute requirement analysis and designed a definition. Our Drupal team constructed several test plans and test scenarios to satisfy the complete scope.

V Group was responsible for requirements life cycle management to ensure that business, stakeholder, solution requirements, and designs are aligned to one another and whether the solution implements them. V Group’s experts provided basic on-the-job knowledge transfer and training to other team members of OSC to ensure smooth knowledge transfer and awareness for future reference. Our team also provided the required assistance to the department’s team members in testing key features, functionality and conducted post-implementation system verification.