Planit Press Releases

Planit aiming to take on 90 extra consultants

Press Releases | January 20, 2006

Sydney, Australia – 20 January 2006: Planit is planning to take on 90 extra consultants in 2006. The specialist for software quality management and testing, is taking this step in response to the significant increase in demand for software management and testing experts.

The extra consultants will boost Planit’s existing team and is in line with last year’s recruitment of around the same number of consultants. About 50 are expected to be employed in Melbourne, with the remainder working in Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane.

Planit is seeking new employees with the right profile to be able to provide the services where demand is strongest. These are primarily test management, test team leadership, test automation, delivery management, project management and offshore quality assurance areas. The company is also looking for consultants for software quality assurance where formal risk management processes are the services in greatest demand – particularly in the telco, utilities and finance industries.

Software testing certification service launched – ‘learntesting’

Press Releases | June 7, 2005

Sydney, Australia – 07 June 2005 – Planit, Australia’s leading software testing company has launched Learntesting, a new concept in online certification education for IT professionals.

Learntesting is the online version of the ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing and offers a quality, cost-effective alternative for organisations or individuals who are unable to attend classroom based training.

Planit’s Managing Director Chris Carter says there is increased recognition of the importance of software quality, reliability and security, especially with so many project and cost overruns, and poor quality business systems.

Single international certification syllabus for software testers leads to increased demand

Press Releases | February 22, 2005

Sydney, Australia – 22 February 2005 – Planit Test Management Solutions (Planit), Australia’s leading specialist in software quality assurance and testing solutions announced that Mr
Peter Bingham, Director of Corporate Products & International Development, from the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) will be the key-note speaker at Planit’s March Testing Forum events.

Mr Bingham will be outlining how and why a single international syllabus and certification for software testing professionals has been developed by the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), the Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB), a German certification and accreditation body, ASQF, and other national boards in January 2004. The partnership establishes a common international standard of examinations at foundation, advanced (practitioner) and expert levels.

Planit announces new divisional appointments in testing services and training

Press Releases | February 4, 2005

Sydney, Australia – 4 February 2005 – Planit Test Management Solutions (Planit), Australia’s leading specialist in software quality assurance and testing solutions today announced two new divisional appointments as a result of recent growth and decisions to restructure business operations based on divisional management by appointing Graham Davis as Director of Testing Services and Mark Otter as Director of Training.

Chris Carter, Planit’s Managing Director, commented that “with Planit continuing to expand and with the demand for Testing services growing at such a rapid rate we have been looking at ways of managing the business more efficiently and effectively.” He continued “as a result we have decided to move away from a geographical based management structure and adopt a, more suitable, divisional management structure.

Planit Introduces Radical Pricing Changes to T-Plan

Press Releases | November 4, 2004

Sydney, Australia – 4 November 2004 – Planit Test Management Solutions (Planit), Australia’s leading specialist in Software Quality Assurance and Testing solutions has today announced a radical change to the licensing and pricing structure for the T-Plan suite of software testing products. Organizations now have the option to acquire T-Plan licenses on an annual subscription basis, providing a greater flexibility and enormous cost saving compared to traditional software package acquisitions.

Chris Carter, Managing Director of Planit, attended the recent T-Plan User Conference at Cornwall, United Kingdom, where the new pricing structure was discussed with the T-Plan Ltd Board. Chris observed: “For years the cost of software testing tools has been prohibitively expensive, often beyond the budget of many organizations and return on investment has proved difficult to justify. The new subscription based acquisition model for T-Plan now offers a cost effective solution which will contribute significantly towards quality deliverables whilst keeping expenditure at an affordable & appropriate level.”

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