Component Testing bridges the gap between Subject Matter Experts and Quality Engineers. Taking a Component based approach to testing will allow you to start the testing process far sooner than would normally be the case.
Components can be designed before the end screens are complete and added to as more and more of the system becomes available to test.
Assurity is able to help you implement a framework for Component based testing. Using the HPS / Mercury Business Process Tester solution, Assurity is able to assist you to gain a far greater degree of re-use, involve the subject experts earlier, self document and implement manual tests which are very easily converted to automated tests once the system is stable.
A component testing framework will significantly reduce the costs associated with testing, both during system build, and once the systems are in maintenance.