Information technology services provider Sogeti has launched a free app for iOS and Android: TMap Life Cycle. Sogeti’s TMap is a methodology for structured risk-based software testing.

Sogeti’s TMap Life Cycle app provides the mobile-based framework, guiding software testers through the software testing lifecycle, from planning and infrastructure to control and all stages of a critical path.

Using TMap’s structured framework for end-to-end test process, TMap Life Cycle app helps testing professionals track the progress of their projects and also enables the earlier identification of defects resulting in the consistent reduction of timelines by at least 30%, lowering overall costs.

The new app is compatible with Android mobile devices as well as the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPads and provides users with free downloads to support the TMap process, including checklists and templates.

In addition, the app also features videos explaining test design techniques, product risk analysis and methods to determine test strategy, as well as links to software testing resources such as eBooks and whitepapers.

Sogeti USA Managed Testing Practice national vice-president Dan Hannigan said TMap is a proven and trusted software test management methodology, relied upon by tens of thousands of software testers across the globe for structured risk-based testing.

"Releasing this free app is just another extension of our primary goal, which is making structured software testing and quality assurance methods easily available to professional testers," said Hannigan.