For the majority of organisations, the testing effort is often cyclical, with high and low peaks of activity. However, because of this it is not efficient or practical to maintain a fully resourced test team all year round, leaving excess capacity during the low peaks. One solution is to use a specialist outsourcing testing company to provide the help you need, either in the form of attaining in-house assistance (consultants onsite), or, as discussed in this article, outsourcing this function completely.