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Test Automation of SCON

- Project Proposal

Anantara Solutions Private Limited

Table of contents

1. About Anantara

2. The Business Landscape

3. Business Problem

4. Proposed Solution

5. Project Requirements

6. Similar Accomplishments

7. Our Approach

8. Proposed Schedule

9. Assumptions and Risks

10. Deliverables Summary

11. Deliverables from Siemens

12. Proposed Team for Phase-1

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The Business Landscape

SAP 41(Main Manufacturing)

M.C.M.

SHARE(Oracle Siebel)

SCON

Configure

VB App

E-Commerce

Country Specific Instances of SAP

SAP 40 - USA

SAP 45 – Germany

SCON: Quotation Generation application uses complex algorithm for various product types; details fetched from SHARE

The Business Landscape

SAP system maintains all

details of products and prices

Diagrams & Literature are maintained in MCM, which provides the data to e-commerce website

& the SHARE Siebel system

Siebel system manages

quotations through SCON, a VB application

SCON is driven by complex and detailed logic for quotations, which has validation

requirements

The Business Problem

Logic is complex in SCON quotation module

60-70% of the changes impact SCON

Around 200 test cases in SCON, low test coverage per release cycle

60-75% effort of new releases goes into validation of quotations

Long cycle time for Manual Test Runs of highly business-critical system

Complete manual regression testing of SCON not achieved usually

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Proposed Solution

Phased approach towards automation of SCON regression testing

Phase1 Pre-POC

Understand the requirements in detail

and develop automation plan

Phase2 POC

Develop a proof-of-concept

demonstrating the identified test cases

Phase3 Project

Develop the test automation framework

and deliver the complete solution for regression testing of

SCON

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Project Requirements

•Understand the ecosystem involving SAP-MCM-Share-SCON

•Develop understanding of quotation logic using onsite interactions and documentation

•Identify complete list of test scenarios with priorities

•Validate existing order management system

•Design automation solution for regression tests of SCON

•Deploy data generation for quotation module, which is complex and has extensive testing cycles

•Handover of automation solution to Siemens with detailed training artefacts

Our Approach: Pre-POC to Project Initiation

Pre-POC (2-3 consultants working onsite for 3 weeks)

• Study the requirements, environment and identify tests to be automated

• Will cover requirement analysis and designing the approach for POC

• Deliverable: Proposal presented for the POC phase

Proof Of Concept (offshore team over approx. 10 weeks)

• Automation solution development of identified POC tests

• Test automation environment set up, and automation approach finalized

• Deliverable: Demonstration of identified paths for automation

Project (offshore team with onsite coordinator)

• Implementation of automation for complete set of test cases

• Cost of consulting plus expenses• Deliverable: complete solution with extensive training

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Our Approach: Pre-POC to Project Initiation

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Proposed Pre-POC phase schedule

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Assumptions and Risks

Assumptions

•Current state of defects to be provided along with the system•Parallel development will be minimum during automation development•Availability of SMEs, documentation and stage data for automation development

Risks•Variations in planned scope of POC or project can impact timelines•Access to Siemens environment for offshore team•Availability of Siemens team for regular review of progress

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Deliverables Summary

Pre-Phase

Complete requirement analysis

Identification of apt automation tool

Identification of automation methodology

Identification of test cases for POC

Definition of POC objectives and scope

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Deliverables from Siemens

Training/ demonstration on:

• SCON functionalities

• Logic of quotation-generation

• Integration with SHARE and other systems

Availability of:

• Subject Matter

Experts• Documentation• Source code

Top management buy-in for:

• Automation tool to be used

• Automation approach

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Case Study

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SIMILAR BUSINESS CHALLENGE

Configuration driven AUT

- 3 million test flows- New flows with every new customer/study- Manual testing causing business loss

- Complete coverage through manual testing impossible

- Long regression test cycles

TEST AUTOMATION DESIGNED FOR AUT

Reduced testing cycle from 6 weeks to 5 days per release

Saves 3 person years of test effort per year

Total savings in testing costs USD 1.2 million at current rate

Solution adapts to customizations (Self-navigation feature)

Executes test-flows automatically for all regression/study tests

Generates test data on the fly

Covers both positive and negative tests

Executes comprehensive workflow branches and conditional tests

Creates XML based reports – compatible with web/MS

* References available on request

Our Team for Pre-POC

Deepak Mehta

• Principal Consultant

• 16+ years experience in test strategy design, planning and execution

• PMP Certified, rich experience in Consulting, project planning and execution

• Hands-on with multiple technologies with specific expertise in systems integration, test automation, & system design

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Deepak Mehta

Our Team for Pre-POC

Amit Kulshrestha

• Senior Consultant

• 11+ years experience in test strategy design, planning and execution

• Adept in requirement analysis and solution designing

• Expertise in functional test automation, database testing, manual testing

• Development experience with VB 6.0

• Hands-on with QTP, WinRunner, Test Complete

• Exposure to performance testing of web applications

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