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Testing Engagement for a Leading Non Profit Organization in US
GTEN provides testing support in an on-site/offshore model for the majority of systems within ZIMS which constitutes 100% of the client’s software testing needs. The scope includes testing of their new multimillion-dollar initiative to revamp existing client server systems with an enterprise-wide, Web-enabled system.
Duration: Ongoing – October 2009 to present
Location: Offshore – Delhi, India
About the client: Our Client delivers and supports the world’s most current, comprehensive and reliable source of knowledge on animals and their environments for zoos, aquariums and related organizations to serve institutional, regional and global animal management and conservation goals.
About the engagement:
Testing Background & Problem Statement
The following are the facts about the client testing:
- No dedicated testing environments.
- No dedicated testing Organization/processes /practices.
- Agile Development Methodology was followed.
- Testing carried out on development environments
- Release planning was crunched with almost negligible documentation available
- Tester profile was of senior developers and business users
- Ad hoc scenarios were used for testing with no test cases being developed
- Application was developed using custom .Net Controls from Telerik which are not recognized and supported by HP QTP.
- Requirements were changed very frequently.
- Application flow and objects were changed regularly.
Engagement Strength: Offshore – 6 + 3
GTEN Solution: The client testing engagement saw several contributions from GTEN in order to build a testing organization for the client.
Broadly our solutions are categorized into the following areas:
Test Process Consulting
Designed and successfully implemented a Test Methodology to be used across the client functional and performance testing. These methodologies detail out the approach to be followed for testing a release (e.g., identifying testable requirements for functional and performance testing, designing test suites, test execution approach.
Domain-Focused Functional Testing & Manual Test Execution
Extensive focus given on domain by means of team training and trainings conducted by business analysts. Before test cases are designed, requirements are discussed and analyzed within the team for business understanding and end-user focus. Over 70% of all test cases written are focused on domain-specific business processes and user scenarios.
Test Automation
Implemented GREATS - GTEN Automated Regression Test Solution a keyword-driven automation framework for regression test suite using HP QuickTest Pro which reduces time to market while increasing test coverage.
Performance Testing
Provide as-needed Performance Testing using WAPT to detect critical performance bottlenecks.
Client Benefits:
The client benefits are categorized into the following areas:
Test Automation
- Over 85% savings in regression testing costs. Decreasing the testing cycle from 2 weeks to 4 days and giving an estimated savings of $51K(in terms of US onshore billing rates) in every testing cycle.
- Overall resource requirements have been cut by 45% through the use of automation tools and frameworks.
Performance Testing
GTEN’s performance testing team helped the client identify critical system bottlenecks and scaling issues prior to production leading to over a drastic improvement in average response time for critical system functionality.
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