Our client who is in need of testing property and casualty managing applications is very much satisfied with our services and made ROI of more than 60% within a year...

1. TestAutomationSuccess
usingOpenSourcetools
Client
Ourclientisaleadinginsuranceandfinancialsolutionproviderfor
schools,communitycollegesandhealthcareorganizations.
Ourclientwaslookingforanindependentsoftwaretestingservicesproviderwhounderstoodtheirdomainverywell.They
wantedtheirvendortotakecareofendtoendtestingoftheirapplicationsthatmanagedpropertyandcasualtyincludingthe
compliancewiththeUSstateregulations.
Requirements
KeyHighlights:
KeySuccesses:
Ourdomainknowledge
Ourteststrategyandplanning
(riskanalysisandmitigation)
Ourtestautomationexpertise
IndustryVertical:Non-lifeinsurance
Domain:Property&Casualty
Duration:3years
Team size:5
Technology:
DevelopedusingJavaEE,Liferay
Portal,JBossandOracleDB
Platforms:Windowsplatform
AutomationTools:Selenium,JMeter
Westartedinamulti-vendorenvironmentwherethe
developmentvendorhadlittledomainknowledge.
Therewerefrequentchangerequeststhatwerereported
andmanagedwithintheongoingsprintsduetomultiple
stakeholders.
Toensurethatthedevelopmentpartnerfollowedsprint
plansforreleasingbuildstousfortestingwasahuge
challenge.
Lackofclearacceptancecriteriaforfeaturessuchas
userdashboardsandreportsthatcanpredictrisksand
exposurescausedambiguitywhileresolvingdefects.
OurChallenges
Casestudy-2 1

2. Weensuredthatagiledevelopmentmethodologywithadherencetobiweeklysprintswerefollowedbyproduct
stakeholdersandvendors.
Werequesteddocumentinguserstoriesanduploadinginatoolthatwasaccessiblebyallvendorsbeforethestartof
thesprint.Weensuredthatthechangerequestswererecordedalongwiththeuserstories.
WeadvocatedTestDrivenDevelopmentastheothervendorteamlackeddomainknowledge.Wecreatedexhaustivetest
scenariosandtestcasesandreviewedwiththedevelopmentteamduringeverysprint.
Tobenchmarkperformanceoftheproduct,wepublishedJMeterbasedloadtestreportsforeverysprint.
WemanagetestcasesusingaTestManagementtool.
Asthenumberoftestcaseswasnearingathousand,wemotivatedtheclienttoapprovetestautomationusing
Selenium.
Wehaveautomatedsanitytestcasesandabout90%oftheregressiontestcases.
OurApproach:
Thepageloadtimeshavebeenbroughtdownfromover20secondsto3-4seconds.
Automatingsanitytestingandregressiontestinghasbroughtaboutthebelowsavinginexecutiontime:
Metrics
Wedeployedateamof3automationengineerstoautomatethebulkoftestcasesfor3months.Wenowhave1test
engineermaintainingandaddingnewtestcasestotheautomationsuite.
Costofinitialdevelopmentwasabout$30,000besidesmaintenanceandnewdevelopmentis$3500permonth.
Thereare5–6releasesinayearthatrequiresustorunallregressiontestcasesatleasttwiceandwerunthesanity
testcasesatleast3timesinaweek.
Sincethescriptdevelopmentwehavesaved4releasesx2cyclesx75hours(regression)and3timesx52weeksx2.5
hours(sanity)totalling1000man-hoursinthelastyear.
OursOursavinghasbeen$20,000forlessthanayear.ROIhasbeen>60%.
ReturnonInvestment
TYPE #Testcases ManualExecutiontime Automationrun
Sanity 120 3man-hours 30mins
Regression 1500 80man-hours 5hours
New 300 40man-hours Underdevelopment
Casestudy-2 2

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