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Patni's automated testing strategy helps streamline a complex test environment
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Patni helps a leading financial services firm to formulate a long-term strategy for automating regression test process for a complex 401K processing system
The Client
A leading financial solutions company providing services to individuals and institutions. Starting as a Mutual Fund manager, the company evolved in to a provider of complete financial solutions.
The Challenge
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Reduce cycle time and improve testing productivity |
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Create a strategy for maintaining a large test base size (over 10,000 test cases) |
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Increase the longevity of an automated test base |
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Recommend a GUI-based tool for automated testing based on business needs |
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Create an effective test automation process |
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Create a comprehensible, maintainable test base. |
The Solution
The Patni approach included:
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Onsite consulting to explore application functionality and testing process |
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Detailed interviews with QA personnel and other stakeholders |
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Analysis and study of client's testing environment and test process |
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Review of the user interface design and GUI standards |
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Review of application documentation |
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Review of test artifacts, such as test plans, test bed and test cases |
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Evaluation of commercial tools based on application specific requirements; this included proof-of-concept of these tools in the environment |
Patni's recommendations included:
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Long-term strategy for streamlining process to handle complexity and changes |
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Tool for automating test process |
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Approach to reduce testing cycle time. |
The Benefits
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Well-defined test architectural framework |
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Highly maintainable test base |
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Improved test coverage |
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Streamlined test process with higher proportion of automated testing. |
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