software, web, and e-business testing services
software, web, and e-business testing services
client
Major provider of payroll and human resources data processing services
application under test
Windows-based client/server payroll software
engagement description
Testware has provided test automation, functional testing, performance testing, Web testing, usability testing and testing training services to this client since 1994 and continues to do so today.
Approximately 90% of this work has been performed at the client's office and 10% at Testware's facility.
Over time, depending on the client's release schedule and other considerations, Testware has provided as few as one Testware consultant to as many as seven Testware consultants to work on-site. The off-site work performed at Testware involved a team of two Testware consultants.
specific tasks performed
test automation and functional testing
- developed an automated regression testing suite that reduced test cycle time from 6 weeks to 10 days
- designed and implemented a cross-database and cross-platform automated testing framework
- extended framework to handle multiple product versions and product internationalization
- authored an automation standards document and reviewed test scripts against standard
- implemented a generic automated GUI test suite reusable across all of the client's applications
- designed and implemented a distributed automated performance test suite to test a variety of hardware, network technology, and back-end database configurations
automated test execution and reporting
- participated in rigorous ten day test cycles, executing automated scripts and investigating test failures
- collated and reported test results
- delivered Borland SilkTest Foundations course onsite
- delivered Testware's Compressed Software Testing Techniques & Writing Test Plans course onsite to three separate groups
- delivered Testware's Programming Foundations for Testers course onsite
technologies