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White Paper | Abstract | ACHIEVE COMPLETE AUTOMATION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING | As agile models become more prominent in software development, testing teams must shift from slow manual testing to automated validation models that accelerate the time to market. Currently, automation test suites are valid only for some releases, placing greater pressure on testing teams to revamp test suites, so they... |
White Paper | Introduction | ACHIEVE COMPLETE AUTOMATION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING | Industry reports reveal that many enterprise initiatives aiming to completely automate quality assurance (QA) fail due to various reasons resulting in low motivation to adopt automation. It is, in fact, the challenges involved in automating QA that have prevented its evolution into a complete automation model. Despite ... |
White Paper | Main Content | ACHIEVE COMPLETE AUTOMATION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING | Pain points of Complete Automation Introduction Let us look at the most pertinent problems that lead to low automation statistics: ' Frequent requirement changes ' While most applications are fluid and revised constantly, the corresponding automation test suite is not. Keeping up with changing requirements manually imp... |
White Paper | Conclusion | ACHIEVE COMPLETE AUTOMATION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING | Complete automation, i.e., an end-to-end test automation solution that requires minimal or no human intervention, is the goal of QA organizations. To do this, QA teams should stop viewing automation test suites as static entities and start considering these as dynamic ones with a constant influx of changes and design s... |
White Paper | Introduction | RPA: The future of enterprise test automation | If one word defines the 21st century, it would be speed. Never before has progress happened at such a breakneck pace. We have moved from discrete jumps of innovation to continuous improvement and versioning. The cycle time to production is at an all-time low. In this era of constant innovation where the supreme need is... |
White Paper | Main Content | RPA: The future of enterprise test automation | In the past five or so years, there has been a push from CXOs, based on recommendations from industry experts and analysts, to go for extreme automation. Companies have been adopting multiple tools, opensource technologies, and building enterprise automation frameworks. This attempt to achieve end-to-end automation has... |
White Paper | Conclusion | RPA: The future of enterprise test automation | Take advantage of the Edge The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the organizations' need to be hyperproductive. Companies are realizing that they have to transform to build the capabilities that will prepare them for the future. Companies are thinking of ways to drive efficiency and effectiveness to a level not seen be... |
White Paper | Abstract | RPA VALIDATION PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM | While many organizations are adopting robotic process automation (RPA) to increase operational efficiency, the approach for testing and validating robots is still a software-first strategy. The lack of the right testing and validation strategy can result in under-performing robots that are unable to meet the desired bu... |
White Paper | Introduction | RPA VALIDATION PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM | To execute any business operation or workflow in large enterprises, services personnel or business teams usually work with multiple IT applications. Robotic process automation (RPA) can automate these business workflows across multiple and disparate applications using software robots that mimic the actions of human use... |
White Paper | Main Content | RPA VALIDATION PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM | A successful example of robot validation A good example for RPA validation can be gleaned from the manufacturing industry that has successfully deployed physical robots over many years with a very high level of quality and predictability. On comparing how physical robots are tested with how RPA robots should be tested,... |
White Paper | Conclusion | RPA VALIDATION PITFALLS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM | RPA has the potential to transform how organizations execute business workflows by enabling higher efficiency, faster outcomes and almost error-free operations. One of the key success drivers is the right testing strategy for RPA validation. Validating robots using existing software testing models is ineffective becaus... |
White Paper | Abstract | ENABLING QA THROUGH ANAPLAN MODEL TESTING | Anaplan is a cloud-based platform that can create various business models to meet different organizational planning needs. However, the test strategy for Anaplan varies depending on the application platform, cross-track dependencies and the type of testing. This white paper examines the key best-practices that will hel... |
White Paper | Introduction | ENABLING QA THROUGH ANAPLAN MODEL TESTING | What is Anaplan? Anaplan is a cloud-based operational planning and business performance platform that allows organizations to analyze, model, plan, forecast, and report on business performance. Once an enterprise customer uploads data into Anaplan cloud, business users can instantly organize and analyze disparate sets ... |
White Paper | Main Content | ENABLING QA THROUGH ANAPLAN MODEL TESTING | 7 best-practices for efficient Anaplan testing 1.Understand the domain As Anaplan is a platform used for enterprise-level sales planning across various business functions, its actual users will be organizational-level planners who have an in-depth understanding of their domains. Thus, to certify the quality of the Anap... |
White Paper | Conclusion | ENABLING QA THROUGH ANAPLAN MODEL TESTING | Anaplan's cloud-based, enterprise-wide and connected platform can help global organizations improve their planning processes across various business sectors. The Anaplan model is a simple, integrated solution that enables informed decisionmaking along with accelerated and effective planning. The strategic approach is o... |
White Paper | Abstract | THE RIGHT TESTING STRATEGY FOR AI SYSTEMS | Over the years, organizations have invested significantly in optimizing their testing processes to ensure continuous releases of high-quality software. When it comes to artificial intelligence, however, testing is more challenging owing to the complexity of AI. Thus, organizations need a different approach to test thei... |
White Paper | Introduction | THE RIGHT TESTING STRATEGY FOR AI SYSTEMS | Experts in nearly every field are in a race to discover how to replicate brain functions ' wholly or partially. In fact, by 2025, the value of the artificial intelligence (AI) market will surpass US $100 billion1. For corporate organizations, investments in AI are made with the goal of amplifying the human potential, i... |
White Paper | Main Content | THE RIGHT TESTING STRATEGY FOR AI SYSTEMS | S.No Evolution stage in AI Typical failure points How can they be detected in testing 1 Data sources ' Dynamic or static sources ' Issues of correctness, completeness and appropriateness of source data quality and formatting ' Variety and velocity of dynamic data resulting in errors ' Heterogeneous data sources ' Autom... |
White Paper | Conclusion | THE RIGHT TESTING STRATEGY FOR AI SYSTEMS | AI frameworks typically follow 5 stages ' learning from various data sources, input data conditioning, machine learning and analytics, visualization, and feedback. Each stage has specific failure points that can be identified using several techniques. Thus, when testing the AI systems, QA departments must clearly defin... |
White Paper | Abstract | DO MORE WITH LESS IN SOFTWARE TESTING | Faced with pressure to deliver more despite ever-shrinking budgets and shorter timelines, most companies struggle to balance the cost of innovation with business demands. Testing is a critical area where neither speed nor quality of output can be compromised as this leads to negative business impact. This paper explain... |
White Paper | Introduction | DO MORE WITH LESS IN SOFTWARE TESTING | Even as the demands for agile software increase exponentially, testing budgets continue to shrink. Software testing teams within most organizations struggle to deliver quality software in shorter timelines and tighter budgets. Further, most software tests tend to reside in silos making integration, collaboration and au... |
White Paper | Main Content | DO MORE WITH LESS IN SOFTWARE TESTING | Agile testing solutions and strategies 1. Test with an end-user mindset The job of testing goes beyond checking software against preset requirements or logging defects. It involves monitoring how the system behaves when it is actually being used by an end-user. A common complaint against testers is that they do not tes... |
White Paper | Conclusion | DO MORE WITH LESS IN SOFTWARE TESTING | In a fast-paced and evolving digital world, companies want their IT partners to do more with less. When it comes to software testing, this places heavy pressure on software testers who are required to push high-quality code faster at lower cost. To streamline software testing, organizations need an approach where their... |
White Paper | Abstract | A Parametric Approach for Security Testing of Internet Applications | Security is one of the prime concerns for all the Internet applications. Often it is noticed that during testing of the application, security doesn't get due focus and whatever security testing is done, it is mainly limited to security functionality testing as captured in the requirements document. Any mistake at requi... |
White Paper | Introduction | A Parametric Approach for Security Testing of Internet Applications | As compared to traditional client-server or mainframe-based applications, Internet applications have different security requirements [1]. For any Internet application, there is a need to provide an unrestricted global access to the user community. This also brings in the threat of outside attack on the system. The hack... |
White Paper | Main Content | A Parametric Approach for Security Testing of Internet Applications | The two main objectives of an application security testing are to: 1. Verify and validate that the security requirements for the application are met. 2. Identify the security vulnerabilities of the application under the given environment For security testing of an application, the first step is to capture requirements ... |
White Paper | Conclusion | A Parametric Approach for Security Testing of Internet Applications | A parametric approach to security testing not only, works very well for security requirement capture, effort estimate and task planning but also for testing different levels of security requirements by different components within same application. This approach for requirements gathering comes out to be real handy in c... |
White Paper | Abstract | DATA ARCHIVAL TESTING | Today, there is an exponential rise in the amount of data being generated by organizations. This explosion of data increases IT infrastructure needs and has an immense impact on some important business decisions that are dependent on proficient data analytics. These challenges have made data archival extremely importan... |
White Paper | Introduction | DATA ARCHIVAL TESTING | One of the most important aspects of managing a business today is managing its data growth. On a daily basis, the cost of data management outpaces the data storage costs for most organizations. Operational analytics and business intelligence reporting usually require active operational data. Data that does not have any... |
White Paper | Main Content | DATA ARCHIVAL TESTING | Data Archival Testing ' Test Planning Data Archival is the process of moving data that is not required for operational, analytical or reporting purposes to offline storage. A data retrieval mechanism is developed to restore data from the offline storage. The common challenges faced during data archival are: ' Inaccurat... |
White Paper | Conclusion | DATA ARCHIVAL TESTING | Due to the critical business needs for data retention, regulatory and compliance requirements and a cost effective way to access archived data, many businesses have started realizing and adopting data archival testing. Therefore an organization's comprehensive test strategy needs to include a data archival test strateg... |
White Paper | Abstract | AN INSIGHT INTO MICROSERVICES TESTING STRATEGIES | The ever-changing business needs of the industry necessitate that technologies adopt and align themselves to meet demands and, in the process of doing so, give rise to newer techniques and fundamental methods of architecture in software design. In the context of software design, the evolution of 'microservices' is the ... |
White Paper | Introduction | AN INSIGHT INTO MICROSERVICES TESTING STRATEGIES | Microservices attempt to streamline the software architecture of an application by breaking it down into smaller units surrounding the business needs of the application. The benefits that are expected out of doing so include creating systems that are more resilient, easily scalable, flexible, and can be quickly and ind... |
White Paper | Main Content | AN INSIGHT INTO MICROSERVICES TESTING STRATEGIES | The definition of what qualifies as a microservice is quite varied and debatable with some SOA (service-oriented architecture) purists arguing that the principles of microservices are the same as that of SOA and hence, fundamentally, they are one and the same. However, there are others who disagree and view microservic... |
White Paper | Conclusion | AN INSIGHT INTO MICROSERVICES TESTING STRATEGIES | Improvements in software architecture has led to fundamental changes in the way applications are designed and tested. Teams working on testing applications that are developed in the microservices architecture need to educate themselves on the behavior of such services, as well as stay informed of the latest tools and s... |
White Paper | Introduction | ENHANCING QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TESTING PROCEDURES | In today's world, most large and mid-size organizations have opted to centralize their software quality assurance (QA) and testing functions. If you are part of any such dedicated QA and testing team, looking to learn more about the latest QA trends, then, this paper is for you. The Software World Quality Report, 2015-... |
White Paper | Main Content | ENHANCING QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TESTING PROCEDURES | Defining quality The ISO standard defines quality as 'the totality of features and characteristics of a product or service that bears its ability to satisfy stated or implied needs.' The important part of this definition is the conformance to requirements and the expectations from the quality assurance function. Qualit... |
White Paper | Conclusion | ENHANCING QUALITY ASSURANCE AND TESTING PROCEDURES | In summary, it's more beneficial to know 'what' is happening at the macro level rather than 'why' it is happening at the micro level. While it's important to measure perfectly but due to huge amount of QA data such as count of test cases prepared, executed, effort consumed etc., it's more beneficial to understand the t... |
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