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The New Economics of SAP Quality Assurance Testing

By: Lynn Shourds,Neil Kosman,Brad Germany



What Creates the C hallenges ?


Real Experience. Real Advantage.
?What Creates the C hallenges
?Mapping the complex relationships between the business processes and the underlying application in order to determine the impact of a change prior to implementing it.
?Managing and validating application upgrades/updates to minimize disruptions and to lower risk.
?Reporting on the progress of lifecycle activities for the extended project team and management.
?Recording and documenting all authorized changes for a complete and detailed audit trail for IT audit and/or compliance initiatives.


Current Model needs to Change


?Manual Testing is a Burden
?Limited Resources
?Manual Testing can’t keep pace
?No reusability means less coverage
?Time/Turnover causes loss of knowledge
?Multiple skill sets required
?Limited visibility into test coverage
Why Automate SAP Testing?



-Typical lifecycle process required for deploying application changes is people and time intensive = 2 weeks to 6 months ?



-"One-third of the cost of a package implementation is being spent on software quality issues, and testing accounts for 40% of maintenance efforts.”, Thomas Murphy, Gartner

-Be more agile
-Spend less money “keeping the lights on”
-Just in time documentation of business processes
-Reduce risk
-Streamline compliance

Test Automation–It’s not about quantity

?Your 1000’s of test cases are based on functional / departmental scenarios, not end-to-end business processes

?Breakpoints and handoffs between functional areas / departments are where most opportunities for error occur

?Functional / departmental testing does not give a true representation of the overall flow of business information and business rules

?Automating 1000’s of manual tests will be extremely time consuming and will not produce a better end result

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The New Economics of SAP Quality Assurance Testing