Unexpected End of Good Project

Yes...You guessed it right, I am talking about CW project assignment which was closed down last month.Despite shown good QA results and working hard for the client,one fine day we came to know about the project closure news.
Closure news was in air for sometime and I also got to sense the same from the situation.I was still in hope of QA work to be continued seeing the QA work load and challenges to release OXXXS on time.But unfortunately it didn't work.

Time to Introspect
Unexpected end of this project has triggered array of questions to everyone.As a Analyst I tried to look into the situation and tried to find out what went wrong and where did it failed to shape up the already built relationship.Whether its we (the Offshore team) who didn't perform well or Its Client who failed to take advantage of such a good QA team.Regarding performance of the team so far we never received of any negative comment/feedback from the client.So does it mean Client has failed to take advantage of QA team.
I think it may be due to different and non standard SDLC/work modules they follows.It may be the failure of typical Offshore Development Module(ODC) which didn't work for either parties.Though client claims they follows Agile methodology but in reality they don't.
One of my good QA friend says..."it only takes one man with a vision" and to add to it.."It takes good amount of skilled resources to achieve that vision".
I still remember the starting days with this assignment where everyone on board were new to the system.Initially we started implementing testing process which was missing in Client's QA department.We documented each and every feature of the System Under Testing as a part of learning process.Our first assignment was huge success wherein we worked long hours,put up lots of hard work in to the product's testing.

Lessons learnt
Requirements can change at any given time as and when needed by Business. We learnt to write the smart test cases which were came handy for regression testing.
The greatest thing we learnt from this project assignment is Planning is very important.Planning should be integral part of each and every stage of SDLC irrespective of SDLC modules one follows.Sadly this is never been realized by the client.We also learnt working independently and at the same time ensuring to meet projects common goal of Quality product.

Signing Off
It was such a wonderful experience working with different personalities(Advertising Guru's), Knowing great product idea's and also the knowing US working culture partially though not completly. May be this kind of experience will be useful for my own startup.

It was really sad moment for all of us who worked on this asignment. It was also very difficult for me to explain resources about the reasons behind project closure.Thanks to Management who supports us now and during the project tenure as well.

Thanking all those who worked and help to make it a BIG success.


Special thanks to those who actually didn't work at all or little worked and still able to influence the Client Management's decision.

PS: I am unable to write all the things like strategy used for the client or its product in detail due to information security policy.If you have any query regarding solutions and would like to know more, email me.