Test Automation Services

The time taken to implement testing strategies can be significant. The cost of investment in today's testing tools can also be significant. Test automation can bring great benefits to an organization by shortening the testing cycle and thereby reducing testing costs. These benefits can only be realized by choosing the right tools for the job and targeting the right areas to be automated.

At GTEN we have a range of services to help you make the most of test automation and to ensure that critical time-to-market objectives are met and cost reductions achieved that provide an effective return on investment.

Consultancy and Testing Services
The GTEN philosophy is to add value to the business development process by understanding the business case for testing and by providing metrics to prove the effectiveness of our service. GTEN would complete a full analysis of individual systems and applications, drawing upon many years experience in automated testing, before recommending the most effective test automation strategy.

Lack of knowledge of test design and test-scripting languages often means automated testing projects fail in their objectives and test tools often end up as 'shelfware'. Our testers have experience in both areas and ensure you will reap the benefits of automation.

These are some of the factors that GTEN consider:

• Whether testing of all of the application (including interfaces and environments) can be automated - if not, we will identify the most suitable parts.
• The types of testing to be automated (regression, functional, load & performance, stress, navigation and so on)
• Which items should NOT be automated
• The sequence in which manual testing should be automated
• Review of current testing methods and standards for the application
• Expertise of the people who will be testing
• Identify any additional resources required - people, hardware, test tools, other software
• Client expectations and timescales

Deliverables

• Full analysis of individual systems and applications enables recommendation of the most effective test automation strategy
• Test case survey enables outline plans and estimates for completion of the project
• Reduction in the time taken to run a fixed set of tests by up to 50%
• Reduction in the cost of testing by up to 25% by creating a reliable, scalable Test Automation Framework.
• Automated testing suites have built in recovery and re-start features so they can be run outside normal working hours with complete confidence.