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In today’s digital age, enterprises are being compelled to implement new age technologies to accelerate software releases. Even so, with mounting cost pressures and time to market pressures, what to automate and how much to automate still remains a difficult decision! A technology that makes automating the automation straight forward is needed to eliminate this decision. Most enterprises strive to find the perfect balance between the ultimate goals of testing, i.e. highest software quality and lowest testing costs. These goals present opposing perspectives. Can both be accomplished? The answer is yes - by using the right technology. Higher Performance | Better Software Quality | Faster Time to Market CONFORMIQ 360° TEST AUTOMATION FACT SHEET WWW.CONFORMIQ.COM ©2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Automate the Automation Conformiq is a leading software technology company, focused on automating test automation, functional testing design and software quality. Conformiq’s Intelligent Test Automation solutions are designed to automate the entire testing processes from design to generation to execution with minimal human intervention. Our solution adapts quickly to new product requirements, eliminating the time required for laborious test case creation, test execution & script maintenance during short sprints. Thus, enabling High Quality@Speed through a no-touch, script-free testing platform. INTRODUCTION
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In today’s digital age, enterprises are being compelled to implement new age technologies to accelerate software releases. Even so, with mounting cost pressures and time to market pressures, what to automate and how much to automate still remains a difficult decision! A technology that makes automating the automation straight forward is needed to eliminate this decision. Most enterprises strive to find the perfect balance between the ultimate goals of testing, i .e . highest software quality and lowest testing costs. These goals present opposing perspectives. Can both be accomplished? The answer is yes - by using the right technology.
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Conformiq is a leading software technology company, focused on automating test automation, functional testing design and software quality. Conformiq’s Intelligent Test Automation solutions are designed to automate the entire testing processes from design to generation to execution with minimal human intervention. Our solution adapts quickly to new product requirements, eliminating the time required for laborious test case creation, test execution & script maintenance during short sprints. Thus, enabling High Quality@Speed through a no-touch, script-free testing platform.
INTRODUCTION
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C o n f o r m i q 3 6 0 ° T e s t A u t o m a t i o n i s a c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g s o l u t i o n t h a t i n t e g r a t e s a u t o m a t i o n o f e v e r y t h i n g f r o m r e q u i r e m e n t s c a p t u r e t o t e s t e x e c u t i o n . T h e s o l u t i o n l e v e r a g e s A I t e c h n o l o g y t o a u t o m a t i c a l l y t h i n k o f a n d g e n e r a t e o p t i m i z e d t e s t c a s e s , f u l l y d o c u m e n t t e s t c o v e r a g e , p l u s g e n e r a t e t h e e x e c u t a b l e t e s t s c r i p t s a n d t e s t v a l i d a t i o n s f o r a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n i n t h e p l a t f o r m s o f y o u r c h o i c e . T h e s o l u t i o n d e l i v e r s t h e a b i l i t y f o r i n - s p r i n t a u t o m a t i o n a d d r e s s i n g t h e c h a l l e n g e s o f a d o p t i n g a g i l e d e v e l o p m e n t o r u s i n g a B e h a v i o r D r i v e n D e v e l o p m e n t ( B D D ) a p p r o a c h b y e n a b l i n g t e s t i n g t o b e d o n e i n e a c h s p r i n t , n o t j u s t c o m p o n e n t t e s t i n g b u t i n t e g r a t i o n t e s t i n g w i t h t h e p r e v i o u s b u i l d s . D e f e c t s a r e f o u n d i m m e d i a t e l y , n o t w e e k s l a t e r r e q u i r i n g a d d i t i o n a l “ f i x i t ” s p r i n t s . C o n f o r m i q 3 6 0 ° i s c o m p o s e d o f t w o t o o l s p l u s t h e i r t h i r d p a r t y t o o l i n t e r f a c e s . T h e s e t o o l s a r e C r e a t o r f o r d e s i g n i n g a n d g e n e r a t i n g t e s t s c r i p t s a n d T r a n s f o r m e r t h a t e n a b l e s e a s y e x e c u t i o n o f t h e s e s c r i p t s o r o f e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s . T h e t o o l s w o r k t o g e t h e r o r c a n b e p u r c h a s e d a n d u s e d i n d e p e n d e n t l y .
C o n f o r m i q C r e a t o r c o n v e r t s g r a p h i c a l l y c a p t u r e d b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t s o f t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f l o w ( N O T t h e t e s t f l o w ) i n t o o p t i m i z e d t e s t c a s e s f o r a u t o m a t e d o r m a n u a l t e s t e x e c u t i o n . T h i s d i f f e r e n c e i s c r i t i c a l a s C r e a t o r e l i m i n a t e s t h e m a n u a l e f f o r t o f d e s i g n i n g t h e t e s t c a s e f l o w s g r a p h i c a l l y . I n s t e a d , i t t h i n k s o f a n d g e n e r a t e s t h e t e s t s a u t o m a t i c a l l y ! T h e s o l u t i o n c a n b e u s e d f o r t e s t i n g e n t e r p r i s e I T a p p l i c a t i o n s t h r o u g h t h e i r g r a p h i c a l u s e r i n t e r f a c e s ( w e b , d e s k t o p , m o b i l e , e t c . ) , w e b s e r v i c e A P I s ( R E S T , S O A P ) , m a i n f r a m e , b a c k e n d , o r o t h e r o p e r a t i o n s i n c l u d i n g t e s t i n g t h e s e d i f f e r e n t s y s t e m s i n c o m b i n a t i o n . C r e a t o r ’ s e a s y t o u s e b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t m o d e l i n g f e a t u r e a l s o a l l o w s n o n - t e s t e r s l i k e b u s i n e s s a n a l y s t s t o i t e r a t i v e l y c r e a t e m o d e l s o f f u n c t i o n a l i t y t o b e t e s t e d a n d d o c u m e n t t e s t c o v e r a g e a n d t h e n h a v e t e s t a r c h i t e c t s a d d i n t e r f a c e o p e r a t i o n d e t a i l s a s t h e y b e c o m e k n o w n o r a r e d e c i d e d . T h i s p r o v i d e s a w a y f o r a g i l e d e v e l o p m e n t t e a m s t o s h i f t l e f t t o s p r e a d t h e m o d e l i n g a c r o s s t h e s t a g e s o f d e v e l o p m e n t a n d t h e n j u m p d i r e c t l y t o a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n w i t h n o f u r t h e r m a n u a l i n v o l v e m e n t .
T e s t e r s n o l o n g e r h a v e t o w a i t f o r d a t a v a l u e s t ow r i t e t h e i r t e s t s c r i p t s . C r e a t o r u s e r s h a v e t h e o p t i o no f h a v i n g t h e t o o l i t s e l f a u t o m a t i c a l l y g e n e r a t ea p p r o p r i a t e d a t a n e e d e d f o r t h e g e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e sa n d s c r i p t s . U s e r s c a n t h e n r e p l a c e t h i s d a t a w i t hp r o d u c t i o n d a t a a t e x e c u t i o n . C r e a t o r g e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e s a n d t e s t s c r i p t s a r ea u t o m a t i c a l l y o p t i m i z e d f o r v a r i o u s u s e r s e l e c t e dt y p e s o f t e s t d e s i g n f o r f u l l y a u t o m a t e d t e s te x e c u t i o n a l o n g w i t h t h e i r t e s t s t e p v a l i d a t i o n s !C r e a t o r a l s o s e a m l e s s l y i n t e g r a t e s w i t h a p p l i c a t i o nl i f e c y c l e m a n a g e m e n t a n d t e s t e x e c u t i o n t o o l s f o ri n s e r t i n g e x i s t i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s a n d t e s t p l a n s i n t ot h e m o d e l s t h a t d o c u m e n t s a n d e n s u r e f u l lt r a c e a b i l i t y a n d k n o w n a p p l i c a t i o n c o v e r a g e . C r e a t o ra l s o t i g h t l y c o u p l e s w i t h v i r t u a l l y a l l t e s t e x e c u t i o np l a t f o r m s s o t h e g e n e r a t e d s c r i p t s a r e d i r e c t l ye x e c u t a b l e , e l i m i n a t i n g t h e s l o w e s t p a r t o f t e s t i n g .D i r e c t s c r i p t g e n e r a t i o n g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e s o v e r a l lt e s t i n g e f f i c i e n c y . W i t h t h i s s e a m l e s s e n d t o e n da u t o m a t i o n C r e a t o r u n i q u e l y e n a b l e s t r u eC o n t i n u o u s T e s t i n g ( C I ) / C o n t i n u o u s T e s t i n g ( C T ) i nD e v O p s a n d a g i l e e n v i r o n m e n t s .
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C o n f o r m i q T r a n s f o r m e r i s a s c r i p t l e s s k e y w o r d d r i v e n t e s t a u t o m a t i o n f r a m e w o r k t h a t i n t e g r a t e s w i t h C r e a t o r . I t e n a b l e s t h e t r a n s f o r m a t i o n o f t e s t s f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n w i t h o u t p r o g r a m m i n g f o r b o t h n e w a n d e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s . E x i s t i n g G U I o p e r a t i o n s c a n b e “ s c r e e n s c r a p e d ” i n t o m o d e l s f o r C r e a t o r u s e . W h e n c o m b i n e d w i t h C r e a t o r , u s e r s g e t a s e a m l e s s i n t e g r a t e d C I / C D p r o c e s s l e v e r a g i n g t h e i r t e s t i n g t o o l s o f c h o i c e f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t c a s e d e s i g n , c r e a t i o n , e x e c u t i o n , m a n a g e m e n t , a n d v a l i d a t i o n w i t h e m b e d d e d S e l e n i u m o r u s e r s u p p l i e d M i c r o F o c u s U F T . U s e d a l o n e , T r a n s f o r m e r w i l l c o n v e r t e x i s t i n g t e s t c a s e s d i r e c t l y i n t o a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n .
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P a r t o f C r e a t o r i s C o n f o r m i q ’ s A I b a s e d r e v e r s e e n g i n e e r i n g t e c h n o l o g y t h a t i s u s e d t o r e d u c e m o d e l i n g e f f o r t s b y e l i m i n a t i n g t e s t d u p l i c a t i o n a n d a u t o m a t i c a l l y c o n s t r u c t i n g o p t i m i z e d m o d e l s f r o m e x i s t i n g b u s i n e s s a n d t e s t a s s e t s i n v a r i o u s f o r m a t s t o s e r v e a s t h e b a s i s f o r m o d e l i n g a d d i t i o n a l a p p l i c a t i o n f u n c t i o n a l i t y . T h i s i s e s p e c i a l l y i m p o r t a n t w h e n l e g a c y a p p l i c a t i o n s w i l l b e e n h a n c e d s o t h e n e w e n h a n c e m e n t s c a n a c t u a l l y b e t e s t e d w i t h t h e p r e v i o u s a p p l i c a t i o n f u n c t i o n a l i t y . C r e a t o r c a n i m p o r t m a n u a l t e s t c a s e s f r o m E x c e l , A L M t e s t p l a n s , M i c r o F o c u s B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s T e s t s ( B P T ) , G h e r k i n f e a t u r e f i l e s , V i s i o d i a g r a m s , B u s i n e s s P r o c e s s M o d e l s a n d m o r e t o g e n e r a t e m o d e l s o f a p p l i c a t i o n o p e r a t i o n .
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Fig.1 Process diagram of continuous integration and testing with full test automation
Fig.2 Reverse engineering process flow
“ T e s t c a s e o p t i m i z a t i o n i s n o t k e y , t e s t a u t o m a t i o n i s ! ” e x p l a i n e d a t e s t i n g d i r e c t o r o f a g l o b a l b a n k . G e n e r a t i n g s c r i p t s f o r a u t o m a t e d t e s t e x e c u t i o n s h o u l d b e t h e g o a l o f i n t e l l i g e n t t e s t d e s i g n b e c a u s e t h a t d e l i v e r s b y f a r t h e m o s t g a i n i n o v e r a l l t e s t i n g e f f i c i e n c y . O n c e a g r a p h i c a l m o d e l o f t h e e x p e c t e d s y s t e m o p e r a t i o n i s c r e a t e d f r o m e x i s t i n g a s s e t s a n d l i n k e d t o a p p l i c a t i o n r e q u i r e m e n t s , e v e r y t h i n g e l s e i s a u t o m a t e d . C r e a t o r a u t o m a t i c a l l y d e s i g n s a n d g e n e r a t e s t h e t e s t c a s e s a n d t e s t d a t a , i f d e s i r e d , p l u s g r a p h i c a l t r a c e a b i l i t y o f r e q u i r e m e n t c o v e r a g e a n d a g r a p h i c a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f e a c h t e s t c a s e ' s r o u t e t h r o u g h t h e m o d e l f o r a l w a y s c u r r e n t d o c u m e n t a t i o n . W i t h e v e r y m o d e l c h a n g e C r e a t o r a u t o m a t i c a l l y p r o v i d e s i m p a c t a n a l y s i s h i g h l i g h t i n g w h i c h t e s t c a s e s a r e n o l o n g e r v a l i d , w h i c h r e m a i n u n c h a n g e d , a n d w h i c h a r e n e w . C r e a t o r e v e n g e n e r a t e s u n i q u e u n d e r s t a n d a b l e t e s t c a s e n a m e s . G e n e r a t e d t e s t c a s e s c a n b e s e a m l e s s l y u p l o a d e d a s t e s t p l a n s t o A L M t o o l s , a n d e x p o r t e d t o C o n f o r m i q T r a n s f o r m e r o r a n y o t h e r t e s t e x e c u t i o n t o o l s i n c l u d i n g S e l e n i u m b a s e d s o l u t i o n s , M i c r o F o c u s U F T a n d L e a n F T , T r i c e n t i s T o s c a , R o b o t , C u c u m b e r , E g g P l a n t , e t c . , p l u s t e s t i n g s e r v i c e s c o m p a n y a n d c u s t o m i z e d e n d u s e r p l a t f o r m s f o r a u t o m a t i c t e s t e x e c u t i o n .
C r e a t o r e n a b l e s a n d a c c e l e r a t e s o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o a d v a n c e t o c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g b y p r o v i d i n g e x t e n s i v e i n t e g r a t i o n s w i t h r e q u i r e m e n t / u s e r s t o r y t o o l s i n c l u d i n g M i c r o F o c u s ( f o r m e r l y H P E ) A L M , C A R a l l y , A t l a s s i a n J I R A , I B M D O O R S , a n d o t h e r s . R e q u i r e m e n t s , u s e r s t o r i e s , a n d o t h e r b u s i n e s s a s s e t s c a n b e u s e d t o c r e a t e b u t a l s o a n n o t a t e m o d e l e d f u n c t i o n a l i t y t o b e t e s t e d . C o n f o r m i q C r e a t o r ’ s i n t e g r a t i o n s t h e n a u t o m a t e t h e t r a c k i n g o f r e q u i r e m e n t c o v e r a g e a c r o s s a l l p h a s e s o f a p p l i c a t i o n d e v e l o p m e n t . C o n f o r m i q ’ s s u p p o r t f o r m o d e l i n g a t t h e b u s i n e s s r e q u i r e m e n t s l e v e l o f d e t a i l e n a b l e s b u s i n e s s a n a l y s t s o r t e s t e r s t o e a s i l y m o d e l f e a t u r e s h a v i n g l e s s c o n c r e t e r e q u i r e m e n t s . C r e a t o r ’ s u n i q u e a b i l i t y t o t h e n i n c r e m e n t a l l y a d d u s e r i n t e r a c t i o n s a n d a u t o m a t i c a l l y t u r n t h e m i n t o t e s t s t e p s c r i p t s f o r a u t o m a t e d e x e c u t i o n s e t s i t a p a r t f r o m a l l o t h e r t e s t d e s i g n t o o l s . T h e k e y i s C r e a t o r ’ s e n d - t o - e n d a u t o m a t i o n s o t h e r e a r e n o m a n u a l s t e p s t h a t w o u l d l i m i t o r s l o w c o n t i n u o u s t e s t i n g .
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CONFORMIQ IN AGILE/DEVOPS ENVIRONMENT
TEST GENERATION AND AUTOMATION
CLIENT BENEFITS
70%
Approximate number of test cases – 3160
TRADITIONAL APPROACH (MANUAL)
USING CONFORMIQ (AUTOMATION)
Test design effort (including requirement analysis, scenario creation, test script draft)– 25,280 hours Cost of test case design - $1,643,200
Modelling and test design efforts – 6500 hours Cost of test case design - $498, 084
Reduction in test case design cost and effort
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