The purpose of this white paper is to introduce the concept of Release Based Testing and to help the testing teams to build the culture where testing teams work in unison for successful and timely release. The release based testing
should not be confused with release testing which is done just before the release goes into production. It is a process and a culture that has to be built across all teams involved in the release. The white paper will cover the Organisation level impact of changing the trend of product based testing to release based testing. The impact will be on Testing Teams, Testing Processes and Release Teams. It will also explain how to model your release testing process and phase wise approach to release testing. The paper is concluded with the Practical Experience in transforming the product based testing practice to release based testing for a major Telecom Service Provider.

Rupa has over nineteen years of experience in Information Technology related services and over twelve years experience in Software Testing, with opportunities to work for customers in different countries like USA, UK, Singapore, Jamaica, New Zealand and Germany.

She has MBA-IT (Master in Business Administration - Information Technology) and is a CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer).

Currently working as a Senior Quality Consultant, she is managing the Testing Practice CoE at Tech Mahindra. Rupa has worked on large variety of application systems, and have managed delivery of large projects in the areas of Functional testing and performance testing. She has setup the Test Automation Center of Excellence (Automation CoE) for Tech Mahindra. Currently, she is providing Test Process Consultancy to a number of projects for domestic and international clients.