Intelligent Delivery Solutions

Intelligent Delivery Solutions, usually known as IDS, works on what it calls data certainty. The company combines software testing with data quality management, so that errors in information are found before they reach live systems. Its work is most common on migration projects, where poor data can otherwise be carried into a new platform and cause failures after go-live.

The Kovenant methodology for testing and data quality

IDS builds its approach around a methodology it calls Kovenant, which joins testing and data quality management into one process. The aim is to give clients confidence in their data at every stage of a project rather than only at the end. The firm's chief technical officer has written about how complex data testing projects can be approached with a methodical plan, and the company's articles stress that data problems tend to surface late unless they are checked continuously.

Data quality for councils, health bodies and universities

Much of the firm's published writing is aimed at the public sector and at regulated professions. It has written about the causes of data migration failure in local councils, the common quality challenges that councils face, the impact of poor data on public services, and the quality issues that affect higher education institutions. In healthcare it covers data migration as a complete guide and sets out how data problems affect patient care and decisions. It has also written for law firms on what to check when moving to the cloud.

Testing, migration and cloud work

Data migration support is a central service, including guidance for organisations moving to cloud platforms. The company describes cloud migration challenges and the ways teams can overcome them, and it offers quality assurance and test automation resources to delivery teams that need extra capacity. It presents this work as a way to reduce the risk that a migration fails or carries bad information into its new environment.

The iData 2.0 testing product

IDS also offers iData 2.0, a testing tool that prospective users are invited to try. The firm presents it as a way to test data directly rather than relying on sampling. The firm's articles on the real cost of bad data set out the financial and decision-making effects that poor information can have across a business.

The Allbound partnership and compliance writing

IDS has announced a data quality partnership with Allbound, a move that extends its work into new delivery channels. The company's recent writing covers data compliance, which it links to the need for accurate records in regulated settings, and it argues that organisations that get data right early avoid expensive corrections later.

Fixing data management and test automation problems

The firm says it specialises in fixing problems in data management and test automation, and that it can scale its team to match what a client's delivery programme needs. That combination of testing and data quality, rather than either one alone, is the basis of its offer.