CastleBay Consulting Corporation, a consulting services firm specializing in providing high impact consulting services to the property & casualty insurance market, announced the general availability of the GFIT automated testing tools. Based on the FIT methodology, the GFIT tools are designed specifically for use with Guidewire Software’s core systems for property and casualty insurance.
CastleBay will market the GFIT tools as well as services to offer Guidewire Software clients enhanced quality assurance capabilities. The GFIT tools are now being offered as an integral component of CastleBay’s Quality Assurance Practice for Guidewire, which offers a comprehensive approach to testing, QA planning, test case analysis, manual and automated testing, inspections and QA metrics. GFIT has been successfully deployed for both ClaimCenter and PolicyCenter with BillingCenter implementation expected before year end.
CastleBay CEO George Grieve:
“With these testing tools, Guidewire clients have the ability to leverage both the advantages of the FIT methodology and to work seamlessly in the Guidewire studio environment. The GFIT tools offer considerable efficiency as well as increased quality of outcomes for Guidewire clients. We believe the combination of the GFIT tools and CastleBay’s experience in implementing Guidewire software offers Guidewire clients a superior approach to quality assurance and project success.”
Michelle Lynch, Guidewire’s head of Alliances:
“We value our long term relationship with CastleBay Consulting and appreciate CastleBay’s commitment to our customers’ success.” *
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