Software Futures Ltd is an independent IT consultancy founded in 1991 by Richard Warden. We provide training and consultancy services to the IT industry. Example projects include:

• Delivery and development of training and consultancy to companies including Thomas Cook, Royal Bank of Scotland, BT Exact, Thales, Fujitsu Services, Lex Vehicle Leasing, Swiss Exchange and Ordnance Survey.
• Richard Warden is a certified ISEB tutor and regularly tutors the ISEB Foundation Certificate for Testing Solutions Group.
• Test management for a Futures and Derivatives trading system developed using UML.
• Test planning, design and execution of a new system trading Sale and Repurchase Agreements, again developed with UML.
• Design of specialist UML testing workshops.
• Presenting at conferences including EuroSTAR 2004 and 2005.
• Metrics design and development to improve control of testing activities, using GQM.
• Designing a test automation process for a database conversion project.
• Research and drafting of the IT Infrastructure Library module 'Testing an IT Service for Operational Use'.
• Development of UML testability review processes for an object technology company.
• Process capture, analysis and metrics design for a telecomms company.
• Development of UML testing strategies.
• Motivational studies and job design for IT staff including testers.

In 2004, with the help of Testing Solutions Group we founded the UML Testers' Forum, of which Richard Warden is chairman. Please visit www.umltesters.org for details. You can join today - there is no cost - and help swell the band of UML model-based testers.

We work with other organisations to deliver solutions to your problems, see the Links page.

Please note we have no connection with a company called Software Futures, part of the MGX Group, in South Africa or a periodical of the same name.