Software testing consultancy
Senior software testing, without the full-time hire.
Two weeks of hands-on product testing every few months, done out of hours, ending with a prioritised list of what's broken and what to fix first. Four rounds a year cost a fraction of a full-time tester.
- $ protesting round --weeks 2
- sign-up works on a slow 3G connection
- password reset links actually work
- file upload copes with a 9MB PDF
- search rejects short terms with an error
- fix first: it blocks real searches
- filters survive the back button
- emails render in Outlook. Yes, Outlook.
- screen reader can reach every button
- 6 passed · 1 caught, ranked, fix first
Test rounds
Regular testing, without the full‑time hire
Rather than a permanent hire, or before one, book a round of testing every few months. Your product gets a senior tester's full attention, and you only pay for the weeks it's being tested.
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Two weeks of hands-on testing
Real journeys, real devices, the odd edge case nobody thought of. Everything a careful user, a careless user and an impatient user would do.
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Done out of hours
Testing happens in the evenings and at weekends, so nobody on your team loses a day to it. No onboarding, no desk, no laptop to order.
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A prioritised list at the end
What's broken, how to reproduce it, and what to fix first. Ranked by how much it hurts your users, so your developers know where to start.
The problem
The cost of getting QA wrong
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Too expensive
Traditional consultancies charge premium agency rates for junior testers hidden behind an account manager. You're paying for their overhead - not their expertise.
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Too late
Quality bolted on at the end of a sprint isn't quality - it's panic. The later a bug is found, the more people it drags in and the longer it takes to put right.
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Too siloed
When QA is someone else's department, everyone else stops caring. Broken builds, repeated bugs, and a culture where quality is always someone else's problem.
- The developer
Caught while the code is being written
- A hotfix release
- A tester
- The developer
- A product manager
- Support
- A customer
Caught after release
Services
Other ways I can help
Test rounds suit most teams. Some need testing at a different moment - before a big launch, or long after it.
End-Stage Testing
Need a thorough, independent test pass before a major release? I'll test it ahead of launch and give you a clear picture of what's ready - and what isn't. Quoted per release. No retainer required.Why ProTesting
Not your typical testing consultancy
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Senior-led, always
I do every piece of work myself. No junior handovers, no bait-and-switch staffing. The person you speak to is the person doing the work.
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Cheaper than you'd expect
No agency overhead. No inflated day rates. You pay for expertise - not a brand name, a big office, or a salesperson's commission.
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Flexible by design
Book a single round, or one every few months. Each round stands on its own, and whether you book the next one is up to you.
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Quality is everyone's job
I don't just find bugs. I help your whole team think about quality differently - so it sticks long after I've gone.
Quality is everyone's responsibility.
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5 out of 5 stars
"Really helps to understand what software testing is all about."
16 years testing software
Dan Wilson
- Author of The Book On Software Testing
- Coached hundreds of testers and engineers
- Does every piece of work personally
About
Led by a tester who's seen it all
I'm Dan Wilson, and I've been testing software for 16 years, leading QA strategy at scale - from early-stage startups to global enterprise teams. I've built testing frameworks from scratch, coached engineers across every discipline, and written the book on it, literally: The Book On Software Testing.
I started ProTesting because I believed the industry was overcharging and underdelivering - and that quality should be part of how teams work, not a department you call when something breaks.
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