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Our Test automation capabilities at both Black Box and White Box levels are aligned to address the complex challenges of the most advanced Industry trend of Framework based Automation. The Automate facet of QQA involves
Scripting is the least of the complexities faced by automation because it has to be nurtured from a problematic ground of dynamic change, undefined functional coverage, undocumented Test trail and therefore unstructured benefit expectations. The QQA practice mitigates such adverse pre-conditions during the QUANTIFY & QUALIFY phases and establishes a structured foundation for a goal-oriented Automation process, by evolving a mature set of criteria, pre-requisites, demands & expectations. Moreover functional testing is just one of the portfolios (or domains, so to say) addressed by Automation. The AUTOMATE Deliverables are the drivers for System testing, Load Testing, Compatibility Testing and Post deployment Application monitoring. The AUTOMATE facet of QQA is deemed to benefit from the structured resolution of Testable functional elements afforded by the QUANTIFY facet; while also incorporating an optimized advanced Automation design that leverages Keyword driven Test components. The granular resolution and visibility of Testable Product behavior advanced by the QUANTIFY facet of QQA helps to place Test automation in the proper context of considerations like, functional domains and Test cases to be targeted, Percentage of Functional Testing to be addressed, benefits to be envisaged like reduction of redundancy and repetitive manual effort. The Automation planning and workflow management within the AUTOMATE process also leverages the excellent integration with Manual Testing & Defect management offered by Test Director, apart from the facility to create ready-made scripts from Business process Test cases by exploiting a repository of re-usable components.
PathModeler inputs are standardised to keyword terminology in Test Director; in the process the entire keyword drives automation process is accelerated. PathModeler empowers more tight fit Keyword driven testing by way of the tight binding it offers for the Functional matrix and Test bench. When used in conjunction with PathModeler, AUTOMATE can accelerate Key-word driven Test automation by integrating the structured PathModeler output into test Director. The domain classification of automation in QQA is application specific and may be based on modular (High level or Low level business process description), automation complexity, architectural (service components, database programs, specific database tables), application enhancements and type of testing (sanity, compatibility, stress, load). Recorded scripts of the target cases are developed in QTP, WinRunner, Certify, QA Wizard or Rational Tester and fulfillment of proposed objectives of these automated Test artifacts measured and reported within a time-bound schedule mandated by workflow rules. QQA thus ensures sound life cycle management for Automation and also ensures that certain automation tasks, if not successful are marked close and returned for mandatory inclusion in manual testing. Streamlined change management implicit in QQA ensures that automation is in line with the application evolution and consistently providing resource & quality gain by mitigating change impact. |
