Managed Automated Regression Testing
The fully managed solution for effective Automation Regression Testing
- Fully managed and implemented on demand Regression Testing service with no automation development costs
- Completely removes the requirement to perform in-house manual regression testing
- Regression tests run on pre-agreed schedule to ensure high confidence level
- Additional on-demand service available at short notice for exceptional circumstances
- Provides the benefit of expert automation services without the need to employ specialists or deploy expensive tools with predictable cost of ownership - enables in-house teams to focus on critical change issues
- Service Level Agreement provides guarantee of deliverables
- On-site or off-site implementation
Regression testing after development can be a time consuming and resource intense requirement. To ensure that new development and modifications to existing content have not compromised the applications and systems vital to business critical operations, full Regression Testing should be a vital undertaking.
There is, however, always a time and resource pressure within in-house test teams that often means that a full regression testing programme cannot be undertaken.
The application
of advanced automation techniques to reduce the often large
element
of manual testing is often considered as an alternative.
Successful automation
requires the deployment of experienced and often scarce automation
expertise and the use of expensive and complicated specialist
automation tools and can be beyond the means of many projects.
Often attempts at automation fail when incompatible elements
of the test programme are selected for automation or fall
into disuse due to the large
effort needed to maintain and update automated scripts.
Why use Managed Regression Testing?
Effective regression
testing requires that the intensive manual element should
be reduced
as much as possible. This means that some degree of automation
should be
implemented. Automation expertise is not usually freely available
within in house test
teams and is often in demand.
Automation also
requires the use of specialist tools to build and maintain
the complex scripts
required. In many cases, automation expertise needs to be
brought in from an outsource
supply and can be expensive. The ongoing requirement to constantly
maintain and
upgrade these complex scripts sometimes leads to them falling
into disuse.
What is Managed Regression Testing?
Managed Regression
Testing is a fully planned, managed, costed and delivered
service that enables a business to choose the frequency of
deployment of regression testing
to suit requirements. The on demand service can be operated
either in-house or offsite to
accommodate the requirements of the project.
SQS-UK will prepare an in-depth plan in consultation and produce
a fully costed quotation to deliver the managed service. We
will then use our automation expertise to select
the most appropriate items to be automated and will apply
methodology and tools to
achieve the best level of automation. This ensures that the
predicted cost of ownership
can be assured allowing the maximum benefit to be accrued
without incurring any risk of
failure.
The Managed Service
gives a total package price for regression testing that delivers
the
appropriate level of automation to ensure success. This safeguards
the in-house team by
enabling them to perform “business as usual” testing”
to ensure day-to-day, business critical
issues are fully covered and addressed.
The regression suite
is then run on an agreed schedule to suit the business
requirement and full reports of errors or problems are delivered
at the end of each
run.
A Service Level Agreement is implemented to assure the frequency
and delivery of the
Managed Regression Testing is maintained.
Deliverables
- Agreed plan of action and firm quotation for delivery
- Schedule of planned tests
- Automated scripts developed and maintained at no cost
- Additional, unscheduled tests to meet exceptional requirement possible
- All manual effort required to complete test
- Report of errors and problems delivered at the end of
each test
Business Model
A sample project
that required the implementation of some level of automation
to assure successful regression testing over six development
phases in a year was
selected. The option of developing in-house the regression
pack or outsourcing the same
development was compared. This was then contrasted against
implementing a managed
service using a scheduled service to run the tests and select,
develop and maintain the
optimum level of automation.
The model includes the cost of tool licenses development,
maintenance and running six
scheduled test per year.
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