Case Studies

TestPro clients include a wide range of organisations, such as:

• Banks, Insurance & Financial Services companies,
• Manufacturers,
• Retailers and Wholesalers,
• Federal and State Government Departments,
• ISVs (Independent Software Vendors),
• IT vendors who subcontract our specialised services.

We have consulted on a large selection of quality assurance and testing assignments and implemented testing solutions in areas including:

• Test management and strategy
• Load and performance testing
• Functional testing incl. UAT
• Automated regression testing
• Requirements management
• Defect tracking and management
• Training on many aspects of testing
• Automated testing tool implementation

TestPro's specialist skills can assist you and your QA teams to complete testing assignments quicker, at a lower risk and lower cost.

Case Study #1: PlanTech IBM

PlanTech is one of the leading providers of integrated technology solutions for financial advisors and distribution networks in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. PlanTech’s products including ProPlanner, Risk Researcher, SuperSolver and 4Cast help financial advisors keep track of interactions with their clients, evaluate and compare multiple insurance products or superannuation funds, and plan for clients’ future needs.

The project brief was for PlanTech to convert its flagship client-server application into a larger enterprise-level system and needed to introduce discipline into its software development processes.

The solution for PlanTech used IBM Rational RequisitePro™ as a framework for documentation and specifications,
Rational Robot to automate product testing and ClearQuest™ for its helpdesk operations.

Because it was PlanTech’s first project designed for 1,000 or more concurrent users, TestPro acting as IBM business partner helped to design and implement the testing systems.

Download the full case studyvia this link PlanTech Case Study

Case Study #2: Test Management and Strategy

TestPro provided senior level support to a complex international integration project, presenting an analysis to the senior management of problems that were faced by the testing team and a strategy to resolve them.

The strategy focussed on practical measures that consisted of a revised testing organisation structure, further mentoring in testing disciplines and techniques of the domain experts who were assigned to do the testing and the establishment of a test-co-ordinator role to ensure that the testing teams were working efficiently in regard to the detailed timing of immediate pre-requisites and road blocks in test cycles.

Outcome: the project was able to proceed to schedule with confidence.

Case Study #3: Performance Test - Major Financial Institution

TestPro completed a performance test using HP LoadRunner including a complex registration process for a major financial institution on a multi-tier architecture including both Banking and Financial Services SOA and traditional components, that proved the durability of the application with loads of up to 1000 concurrent users.

The CIO of the financial institution afterwards voiced that the TestPro staff involved in the project were invaluable to the success of the rollout of the new product.

Case Study #4: Test Management and StrategyTest Management - Major Australian-owned Bank

TestPro provided Program Level Test Management over some 40 concurrent projects, and initiated a number of improvements that dramatically speeded up test cycles, increased the resolution rate for defects and the efficiency of the teams.

Case Study #5: SOA Testing - Global Software Manufacturer, Financial Sector

A TestPro analyst provided "hands on" assistance to the testing team, quickly gaining a solid understanding of the architecture and complex business rules and implementing stronger processes around formalised recording of tests and results in a SOA environment, resulting in the head of the Australian R&D team commenting that the TestPro analyst was worth the headcount of two other test analysts.

Case Study #6: Performance Investigation - Federal Government Agency

A Federal Government Agency was experiencing performance problems on the use of a common application by one of their remote sites, an internal preliminary investigation did not reveal the problem and the telecommunications carrier involved also reported that the pipe to the remotely hosted application was not congested.

TestPro used IBM Rational Tester and TestPro analysis and expertise to measure the problem and isolate it to specific components that were quickly rectified. The senior manager impacted was delighted with the outcome and recommended that TestPro be engaged more widely.