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While the need to regression test large mission-critical systems quickly and thoroughly is a fact of life in business today, most organizations have had trouble realizing the benefits of automation. The primary reasons for this include:
- Lack of a well-defined testing and test automation process.
- Inadequate tool expertise.
- The difficulty and expense of maintaining a regression test bed.
The bottom line is that it is all too easy to automate in ways that are difficult and expensive to maintain.
Mosaic can help you overcome these issues with our field-proven test automation architecture. Effective, maintainable automation requires more than tools – Mosaic provides a solution that addresses all the factors that are needed for success. Our approach is based on experience gained on literally hundreds of projects. Mosaic’s approach is practical and proven, and it can be implemented with any of the industry’s test automation tools. Our test automation architecture includes:
- MSTAR®: The most comprehensive testing methodology in the industry. MSTAR® includes a test automation architecture that integrates the manual testing seamlessly with test automation.
- MSTAR® add-ons for specific automation tools: Add-on repositories provide specific guidance for implementing Mosaic’s test automation architecture in various toolsets. For example, our MSTAR® HP Quality Center add-on provides detailed guidelines for HP Quality Center.
- DSTAR™: Mosaic’s data profile manager manages your test data as a reusable and maintainable asset for both manual and automated testing. DSTAR interfaces with HP Quality Center through its open architecture to manage and track the use of test data by reusable tests. For users of other tools, DSTAR also interfaces with Mosaic’s test planning tool, RSTAR™.
- Training: Mosaic can train your staff in both how to test and how to automate. And we can support the training with hands-on mentoring and ready access to best practices.
- Testing and Automation Support: Our consultants understand both testing and test automation. With Mosaic, you get not only expert support testing your critical projects, but also experienced professionals who will transfer knowledge to your staff.
Key Benefits
- Reduced Testing Costs – Mosaic’s approach reduces costs in a number of ways:
- Manual tests, test data and automation scripts are all designed to be reusable. This significantly reduces maintenance costs.
- Mosaic’s architecture provides a seamless transition from manual tests to automated tests. This significantly reduces the work required to automate manual tests.
- Mosaic’s architecture reduces the need for expensive tool experts.
- Improved Testing Effectiveness
- Mosaic’s risk-based approach to testing is designed to focus effort where it will have the most benefit.
- Improved Regression Testing
- Mosaic’s testing approach is designed to ensure flexible, repeatable regression tests.
- Consistent, High Value Consultants
- Because we specialize in testing and test automation, our consultants benefit from Mosaic’s collective corporate knowledge and Mosaic’s intellectual property.
- Our consultants transfer knowledge to our clients during projects to foster our clients’ ongoing success.
- Improved Management Control
- The comprehensive, consistent testing approach defined by MSTAR® provides the controls, guidelines, deliverables, and metrics to efficiently test even the highest risk, mission-critical systems and give management visibility into the progress and effectiveness of the testing effort.
- Manual and automated tests both provide consistent, comprehensive reporting to ensure management visibility into testing progress and risks.
- Tool Independent Automation Architecture
- You can change your tool without changing your automation architecture.
Who Can Benefit from Mosaic’s Automation Architecture?
- Anyone using test automation tools.
- Anyone interested in test automation in the future.
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