On-time test automation results improve quality for time tracking company

On-time test automation results improve quality for time tracking company

Project Summary

A global retail specialist, representing some of the world’s most loved FMCG and commerce brands, have developed two apps to expand its service offering. Inspired Testing’s test automation experts created a solution that provided the client with daily automated results of smoke tests, which allowed the client to address any issues early in the development cycle.

Company

Time tracking company

Industry

Technology

Location

South Africa

Solution

Test Automation

Technology Stack

Team

1 x Delivery Manager
1 x Team Lead
1 x Scripter
2 x Interns

Client Overview

The client, a global retail specialist, provides time and attendance solutions to large-scale South African companies. The apps under test are its leading retail sales and execution software tools for managing, scheduling, and monitoring field team activities in real-time.

Problem statement

The client required test automation to improve overall product quality and provide daily smoke test result reports.

Solution

Test automation that also generates a daily smoke test report that is automatically sent to the client via email.

Before improvement

The client needed daily smoke testing, or build verification testing, to determine issues of the most crucial functions of its applications.

After improvement

Daily smoke test reports were automatically emailed to the client.

Benefit to the client after implementation

The daily smoke test reports allowed the client’s dev team to identify and focus on issues early in the development process. Early detection is much more cost-effective and bugs are generally easier to fix.