CHICAGO, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- With today's introduction of TestDrive- Assist, Original Software (http://www.origsoft.com/) continues to redefine software testing, and plans to prove it by showing the world that its 'Crawl, Walk, Run' solution strategy is the only practical methodology to address 100% of testing needs.

TestDrive-Assist is a key element of the 'Crawl' in the 'Crawl, Walk, Run' approach, and offers a totally new concept in testing in that it delivers active support for manual testing in a non-intrusive way, without forcing testers to change the way they work. When manually testing Web-based, GUI, or legacy IBM iSeries green-screen applications, TestDrive-Assist guides you through a list of the steps needed to properly and thoroughly test applications. Then, it monitors and records your progress and documents all of your test results. Since TestDrive-Assist provides a full history of all of the test steps taken, it is much easier to recreate and isolate defects in software, thus speeding the time to resolution. Furthermore, documented test results can serve the growing number of audit and compliance requirements that businesses face. To improve workflow in the IT department, all results can be accessed and viewed by other team members and any problems simply re-created.

A Fast Start to Full Automation

Requiring only minimal training, TestDrive-Assist is an ideal entry-level product for those testers who may not yet need full automation but want some way of capturing their work and findings to improve their time to market.

As comfort or requirement levels grow, you can seamlessly incorporate extra automation by utilizing more of the TestDrive solution offered by Original Software, thus providing a first step on the ladder to full automation.

"TestDrive-Assist offers a significant helping hand to existing manual processes, and testers have seen immediate benefits from its use," says Colin Armitage, CEO of Original Software. "TestDrive-Assist gives powerful tracking functions to testers that are non-intrusive and feel more natural. Developers can correct defects much faster, as the problem can be simply re-created, while the results can eventually be used to build fully automated tests. No one else does this."

Take a Test Drive

Original Software has set out to prove its point and is hosting live webinar demonstrations of TestDrive-Assist. A schedule of these demonstrations can be found at http://www.origsoft.com/. To book your place on one of these webinars call (630) 321-0092 in the US. or +44 (0)1256 338666 in the UK. You an also email your request to solutions@origsoft.com.

About Original Software

Original Software offers an automated software testing and quality assurance solution across a wide range of IT and application environments that provides a complete solution, answering the big question: How to produce quality applications while controlling business risk, cost, time and resource.

Privately held, Original Software has its North American headquarters outside Chicago and its European headquarters near London, England. Original Software products can be obtained through these offices or through a network of qualified and knowledgeable business partners in Germany, Holland, Italy, Indonesia, Australia, the UK and North and South America.

More than 350 organizations operating in 25 countries use Original Software products. Current users range from small software development shops to major multinationals, including: Cargill Global Financial Solutions, Circuit City Stores, Pfizer Pharmaceutical (Ireland), DHL, Coca-Cola and hundreds of others.

CONTACT: Scott Addington, Head of Marketing, Original Software,
+44 1256 338 666, saddington@origsoft.com; Tom Nutile, Bridgeman
Communications, +1-617-742-7270, tom@bridgeman.com

Web site: http://www.origsoft.com/