{"id":10970,"date":"2026-07-15T22:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtpinternational.mx\/800-applications-10-years-the-managed-qe-service-for-social-security\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T20:14:00","slug":"800-applications-10-years-the-managed-qe-service-for-social-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtpinternational.mx\/en\/800-applications-10-years-the-managed-qe-service-for-social-security\/","title":{"rendered":"800 Applications, 10 Years: The Managed QE Service for Social Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2014, MTP has operated the managed quality control service for Social Security systems, with a team of up to 150 specialists managing nearly 800 critical applications that serve millions of citizens. The model includes software lifecycle definition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redhat.com\/es\/topics\/devops\/what-is-ci-cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CI\/CD integration<\/a>, functional and security testing, performance, UX accessibility, artificial intelligence to prevent the risk of production deployment without testing, and the XPlora knowledge portal for disseminating a culture of quality across all development teams. In the last year, the service executed over 198,000 hours of Quality Engineering activities.  <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>800 Applications, 10 Years of Quality: The Managed QE Service Protecting Social Security Systems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Context: Software Quality Where Errors Don&#8217;t Have Abstract Recipients \u2014 They Have Citizens<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IT Management of one of the country&#8217;s largest social security institutions manages a technological ecosystem of extraordinary complexity: nearly 800 applications that support social security&#8217;s digital processes \u2014 benefits, contributions, healthcare, employment, pensions \u2014 directly affecting the lives of millions of citizens.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this context, software quality is not an internal technical indicator. It is a public responsibility. An application with errors is not just a bad user experience \u2014 it can be the difference between a citizen receiving their benefit on time or not, between a worker contributing correctly or not, between critical public agency systems being available or down at a moment when their use is indispensable.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organization also faced the cross-cutting challenge common to all public bodies of its size: a heterogeneous application portfolio \u2014 diverse technologies, varying ages, development teams with unequal capabilities \u2014 and the need to evolve towards agile and DevOps models without compromising the stability of systems in production. The internal QA team lacked the scale, specialization, and tools to absorb this challenge alone. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Solution: A Managed Quality Service That Grew With the Organization for a Decade<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2014, MTP has taken on the managed quality control service for IT Management, with a model designed to adapt to the scale and complexity of an organization of this nature.<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Full software lifecycle coverage.<\/strong> The service covers everything from the earliest development stages \u2014 software lifecycle definition, procedure review, training, and team support \u2014 to active monitoring in production and error cause analysis. No phase of the delivery cycle is outside the scope of the model. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Installed and operated quality technology infrastructure.<\/strong> MTP installed and manages GitLab as a central repository, integrated with the organization&#8217;s complete ecosystem of tools: demand management (Jira), static quality (Kiuwan), continuous integration and deployment (Maven, Nexus, Jenkins, OpenShift, Helm, Tekton), security analysis (Dependency Check, AppScan), and test automation (Postman, Karate, Selenium, Appium, Robot Framework). The organization not only uses these tools: MTP operates, maintains, and evolves them. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Specialized services that go beyond testing.<\/strong> The operation includes UX services (methodology, usability testing, remote user tests, and accessibility audits), performance and diagnostics (test design and execution, bottleneck detection, resource monitoring), and database query review and optimization \u2014 a service with a direct impact on the operational efficiency of the systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Artificial intelligence for production risk prevention.<\/strong> One of the most strategic advancements of the model is the incorporation of AI to identify the risk of an application reaching production without having completed the required tests. This capability transforms the QE model from reactive to predictive: instead of detecting problems after an application fails, the system anticipates when a release is at risk before it occurs. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>XPlora: The Quality Knowledge Portal.<\/strong> MTP developed and operates XPlora, an internal knowledge portal that centralizes guides, manuals, video snippets, and training resources on software quality for all development teams within the organization. XPlora is the instrument of cultural change: its goal is not for QA teams to do their job better \u2014 it&#8217;s for development teams to internalize quality as part of their way of working. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Demand management model.<\/strong> A demand dashboard operated by QA Leaders allows for real-time planning and balancing of team capacity, ensuring that no project is left uncovered and that resources are allocated according to the criticality and volume of each delivery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Metrics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Indicator<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Magnitude<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Years of continuous relationship<\/td><td>+10 years (since 2014)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>QA Hours Executed in the Last Year<\/td><td>+198,000 hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Specialists in the Service (2024 Peak)<\/td><td>Up to 150 specialized resources<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applications Managed<\/td><td>~800 applications across all agency centers<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Operational AI Capabilities<\/td><td>Risk prediction for production deployment without testing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Knowledge Portal<\/td><td>XPlora \u2014 guides, manuals, video snippets for development teams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Impact on Production (defects, incidents)<\/td><td>(Data pending \u2014 essential for completing the OSIR)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Measurement Methodology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 198,000 QA hours from the last year correspond to the activity records of the managed service, periodically reported to the Management Directorate. The number of 150 resources corresponds to the team&#8217;s peak capacity in 2024, measured by active assignments on the service&#8217;s demand dashboard. The ~800 managed applications correspond to the official inventory of the Management&#8217;s application catalog, which MTP&#8217;s own model helped structure and classify. The AI capability for production risk prevention operates on historical testing data, coverage, and input logs for each application in the catalog.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does your organization manage a portfolio of critical applications without a quality strategy that scales with it? MTP offers managed Quality Engineering services for highly complex public and private organizations. Schedule a QE Maturity Assessment \u2014 free, in two weeks.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mtpinternational.mx\/en\/contact\/\">Schedule a QE Maturity Assessment \u2014 No Cost<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2014, MTP has operated the managed quality control service for Social Security systems, with a team of up to 150 specialists managing nearly 800 critical applications that serve millions of citizens. 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