Session
Presen d by:
Mathi Natarajan Sree an
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340 Corporate Way, Suite Orange Park, FL 32073 888‐2
W12 Concurrent4/9/2014 2:00 PM
“Rapid and Intelligent Test Engineering”
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300,68‐8770 ∙ 904‐278‐0524 ∙ [email protected] ∙ www.sqe.com
Mathi Natarajan Cognizant
A senior consulting manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions, Mathi Natarajan has broad experience in telecom, media, retail, CRM, BPM and business intelligence in a wide variety of technologies and testing techniques. Mathi leads the SAP Test Consulting services and is responsible for SAP SMAC (Social, Mobile, Analytics, Cloud) Testing solutions for North American clients. He has pioneered innovative delivery models for complex SAP engagements and established independent SAP testing factories.
Sreeram Gopalakrishnan Cognizant
A passionate and experienced QA professional with fifteen years of industry experience, Sreeram Gopalakrishnan is a senior QA manager at Cognizant Technology Solutions. Sreeram's forte is managing QA for large programs such as ERP, technology migrations, and system integrations. He is experienced in managing and strategizing automation and regression testing for large engagements. With an MBA in systems and holding PMP and CMST certifications, Sreeram has authored and presented papers at international conferences and in magazines.
Rapid & Intelligent Test Engineering
Testing Transformation for Application Support & Maintenance
Mathi Natarajan&
Sreeram Gopalakrishnan
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Agenda
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§ CIO’s Freudian Dilemma
§ Industry Asks
§ Changing IT Landscape
§ RITE
§ Pattern Based Testing
§ Business Value Testing
§ KANBAN
§ Intelligent Automation
§ Managed Innovation
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CIO Dilemma
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§ Cost
§ Quality
§ Speed
§ Risk
Today’s IT plans are more defined by boundaries rather than requirements
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Industry Asks
6.4 Production releases
67% functionality Increase
55% Budget reductions
<6 Project Months
Teams get lesser time to develop, test and deploy
Increase in average annual releases
Organizations expect more functionalities in each release
Reduction in available IT budget
90% had problems with application stability and availability
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Changing IT Landscape
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Agile Life Cycles
Technology Trends
Flexible Delivery Models
Integrated Tools
Data Analytics
There is a greater need for holistic strategies which can deliver robust results in the long term
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Shift RITE ‐ Rapid & Intelligent Test Engineering
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RITE - comprises of lean and fast delivery strategy, just in-time scheduling and QA Analytics resulting in greater value generation
KANBANJust In Time Scheduling
AGILITYInnovation & Automation
PBSTrend & Impact Analysis
BVTQuality & Change Control
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PBS – Pattern Based Testing Strategy
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Analytical capability for identifying patterns to right size the test coverage
Impact analysis provides technical and functional coverage ensuring quality delivery
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Pattern Analysis
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Business Value Testing
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Understand Business Scenario
Develop defect prevention
Establish Quality &
Change Control Process
Socialise approach alignment
Maintain Quality Control
Leverage Poka-Yoke Techniques for Defect Prevention and Risk Control thus accelerating the business RoI
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KANBAN
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Just in Time Scheduling enabling flexible intake process as well as transparent tracking system
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AGILITY ‐ Faster Go to Market
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Early Automation through Script-less tools and framework
Modularizing E2E business flows
Accelerating test execution through Service Virtualization
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Componentization of End to End business flows
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Automation – Virtualization of Services
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Managed Innovation through Gamification
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Targeting work activities to reward desired behaviour
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End Note
Quality
The Canvas of the Changing world needs a new palette to paint a new
picture“Rethink – Reinvent - Rewire”
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Quality
Q&A
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Thank You