QA Validation and Regression Testing

Case Study

ComPro QA Validation

The Customer is one of the leading players in the Consulting Domain.

Problem Statement

Application was web based and used to distribute the Year End Bonus. The high complexity of the app due to complicated financial calculations made the testing extremely challenging. CresTech was to provide the Client with a viable and robust solution which could overcome these challenges in a short span of time.

ComPro: Web based application for year end bonus distribution.

Challenges

Collaborative efforts among various teams (BA , Dev & QA) were missing
No regression testing was performed on priority models leading ad-hoc and insufficient testing
Presence of redundant defects in the system
Traceability from requirements and bug needed to be implemented. BRDs needed to be aligned to requirements.
Number of UAT defects were increasing in prod support
No proper documentation was present
No RTM , closure reports were prepared

Varying (1-3)

What we did

Currency conversion calculation as application caters to geographically distributed employees
Financial calculations involved with various factors included in Bonus calculation
Employees with unique scenarios in bonus term identified and calculated bonus based on that.
Suggested automation to cover regression testing of critical model after every release.
Understood their existing QA process and identified gap areas
Plugged the gaps by designing customized workflows/fields for requirements and defects
Prepared RTM and closure reports to keep track of quality and timelines
QA team took ownership of server testing
Provided ongoing support to customer migration
Conducting Quarterly Audits for customer to ensure compliance

Finance

Outcome

Collaboration among team members has significantly enhanced with extensive use of TFS for communication
UAT defects have reduced by 55%.
Issue redundancy has been completely eliminated
Customer is now able to gauge the health of project in real time (have better insight and visibility) with proper reporting
Quality (descriptiveness, thoroughness etc) of test cases and reports has improved
Windows 10 testing was successfully concluded with 0 majot and critical defects in UAT and prod.