Case Studies

The intention of the YellowTail performance testing was to establish load and performance metrics, and to discover any anomalies that may exist with the existing services. The intention is to use the load tests to improve performance and identify any issues.

Pioneering UK parcel delivery company Doddle contracted software and services specialist Inspired Testing to test and maintain the quality of its frequently updated web and smartphone software applications at its Global Test Centre in Cape Town, South Africa.

Infocare is a UK-based healthcare systems solution provider, developing innovative software solutions for patients and clinicians. Testing such a robust and ever-evolving system is fraught with challenges, which is why Infocare turned to Inspired Testing for expert advice and support.

Vula is a unique service that directly connects health workers in rural and remote areas in South Africa with specialist doctors at regional and urban hospitals via a two-way smartphone application. Initially launched for ophthalmologists in 2014, the app was expanded to include cardiology, orthopaedics and burns in 2016 and today features 11 specialties, with more on the way.

An international financial institution needed software testing of 53 products within its Enterprise Salesforce Application as part of its expansion in Zimbabwe and Kenya. A tight deadline necessitated innovative thinking, as manual test execution took 2.5 hours per product. Using an Agile approach to test automation, test execution time was reduced to a total of only 35 hours, a 3.8 x improvement in speed.

The client has a very lean IT operation and will be rolling out various new initiatives in the near future. Realising the importance of software quality, they sought assistance in defining a clear test strategy as well as flexible provisioning of experienced quality engineers to execute the strategy.

The client required an experienced testing partner that understands the complex nature of a legal organisation’s specialised requirements, including the known problem areas commonly found in complex legal software implementations. They needed a flexible, expert approach to performance testing that performs to specified non-functional requirements, as well as guidance on performance strategies that align directly with Elite 3E, based on proven experience and skills.

Nedgroup Investments developed the first end-to-end digital investment platform in South Africa, Extraordinary Life. Multiple expert teams collaborated to develop the solution, which provides a paper-free, chatbot-based investment platform to South Africans who might not have been able to make investments with confidence before. The platform integrated multiple technologies and needed a complex architecture and automation strategy.

Software quality assurance within information technology is a quickly growing service within the client, a global law firm with more than 56 offices around the world. With the goal of expanding on the continuity of quality and maximising value to the firm, it required a single global delivery partner to establish a Testing Center of Excellence and deliver test automation of its Elite 3E upgrades, among other projects.

CMS Legal Services EEIG needed to migrate from legacy Enterprise to Elite 3E. Errors in the migration process and differing configurations between the two systems lead to data errors. These data errors carry the risk of financial losses and damage to their reputation as it may lead to clients being billed incorrectly. The sheer volume of data that needed to be imported was tremendous. Simple calculations of Matter numbers and Timekeepers within the system totalled 1 085 840 unique combinations, all of which carried risk. CMS needed a reliable method of testing all these combinations regularly and at speed.